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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix Eye KRW 150 Trillion Operating Profit Era
South Korea's memory semiconductor "big two," Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are expected to generate approximately KRW 150 trillion in combined operating profit next year. This represents a stagge...
2025-11-17 월요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Why Cosmax Can Smile Despite Slowing Profitability
Cosmax remains unfazed despite sluggish profitability. Although profits declined due to increased initial investment costs for domestic indie brands, the company views this as an investment for the fu...
2025-11-14 금요일 | 양현우 기자
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Traders Hits Quarterly Sales of KRW 1 Trillion for First Time, Driving Emart's Q3 Performance
Emart recorded an operating profit of KRW 151.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, up 35.5% from the same period last year. This was thanks to the strong performance of Traders, which has been driv...
2025-11-13 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Samsung SDS Rapidly Emerges as 'AI Infrastructure Powerhouse' with OpenAI Partnership
Samsung SDS (CEO Lee Jun-hee) is establishing its presence in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. The company plans to leap forward as an emerging powerhouse in the AI industry by recently joi...
2025-11-12 수요일 | 정채윤 기자
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When Will Ecopro BM's Debt-Fueled Investment Pay Off?
Ecopro BM had no choice but to increase borrowings while expanding CAPEX (capital expenditures) for external growth. However, it is struggling to overcome declining profitability and increased financi...
2025-11-11 화요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Indifferent Except for 'High Dividends' to Owner Family : Why GS Is Left Out of the Rally
GS Group, with assets of KRW 81 trillion, is Korea's 9th largest conglomerate. However, its market capitalization is only KRW 12 trillion as of the closing price on the 4th, ranking 23rd. Unable to fo...
2025-11-10 월요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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"Sales Up, Profits Down": Which Drugmakers Are Failing to Cash In?
Domestic pharmaceutical companies including Chong Kun Dang, Green Cross, and Korea United Pharm succeeded in expanding their external growth in Q3 this year but saw profitability deteriorate. Yuhan Co...
2025-11-07 금요일 | 양현우 기자
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SKC Narrows Losses but Eyes Turn to Glass Substrate Breakthrough Amid Long Slump
SKC has continued losses for 12 consecutive quarters. Despite persistent poor performance, expectations are growing for business normalization and full-scale new business launch next year.On the 5th, ...
2025-11-06 목요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Hanwha Systems' Operating Profit Down 60% Due to Philly Shipyard Investment: "Nuclear Submarine Plan Undecided"
Hanwha Systems (CEO Son Jae-il) saw its third-quarter operating profit decline over 60% this year due to initial investment costs at Hanwha Philly Shipyard.Through its Q3 2025 earnings conference call...
2025-11-03 월요일 | 신혜주 기자
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“Harsh Tariffs Hit Hyundai Motor: Despite Record Q3 Revenue, Operating Profit Drops 29.2%”
Hyundai Motor recorded its highest third-quarter sales ever, driven by strong sales in key markets. However, profitability retreated as U.S. tariff impacts materialized in full. Hyundai Motor plans to...
2025-10-31 금요일 | 김재훈 기자
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SK Square Sells 11st to SK Planet: "Leap Forward Through OK Cashbag-E-commerce Synergy"
SK Square is selling 11st to SK Planet. Through this transaction, it will repay the entire investment of financial investors (FIs). Two years after SK Square forfeited its call option in 2023, the sit...
2025-10-30 목요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Hyosung Heavy’s Unpredictable Stock Surges 370% This Year
On May 26, Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-jun sold 456,903 shares (4.90% stake) out of his 1,388,233 shares (14.89% stake) in Hyosung Heavy Industries at 568,100 won per share through after-hours blo...
2025-10-29 수요일 | 신혜주 기자
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"Finally Like Buffett": SK Sheds Risks, Value-Up 2.0 Expectations Rise
Despite its transformation into an "investment company," SK Inc.'s stock price has remained flat for an extended period, disappointing investors.With the recent commercial law revision issue, attentio...
2025-10-28 화요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Yoon Sang-hyun takes control of Kolmar BNH: first move to 'prove management capability'
Vice Chairman Yoon Sang-hyun of Kolmar Holdings has seized management control by ascending to co-CEO of Kolmar BNH. Vice Chairman Yoon, who has directly entered management citing Kolmar BNH's poor per...
2025-10-27 월요일 | 양현우 기자
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SK Telecom's 'major surgery': starts with SK Stoa after KRW 1 trillion cash bleed
SK Telecom (CEO Ryu Young-sang) has moved to sell non-core asset SK Stoa as losses from the USIM hacking incident accumulate. As SK Telecom restructures its business around telecommunications and arti...
2025-10-24 금요일 | 정채윤 기자
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LS Electric issues public bonds again after 8 months: 'fundraising confidence' amid power equipment boom
LS Electric (CEOs Koo Ja-kyun, Chae Dae-seok) will issue corporate bonds at the end of this month. This marks the second public bond challenge in eight months following February.LS Electric will issue...
2025-10-23 목요일 | 신혜주 기자
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LG Electronics challenges to become India's 'national appliance brand', targeting growing middle class
LG Electronics has turned its attention to the mass-market segment to break through growth limitations at its Indian subsidiary, which has been delivering the most impressive performance.According to ...
2025-10-22 수요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Samsung 19%, Apple 18%: tight race in Q3 smartphone market share
Samsung Electronics maintained its top position in global smartphone market share, but Apple's pursuit is formidable.According to market research firm Counterpoint Research, global smartphone shipment...
2025-10-21 화요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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LG Household & Health Care turns to 'external DNA' to overcome crisis: can it recreate Cha Seok-yong success story?
LG Household & Health Care returns to 'external CEO' system after three years. Industry attention focuses on whether the company will recreate the success story of former CEO Cha Seok-yong, an externa...
2025-10-20 월요일 | 박슬기 기자
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Soaring Korea Zinc share price: Choi Yun-beom's prescient vision on rare metals
As US-China trade war intensifies, prescient foresight of Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-beom, who bet early on rare metals, is drawing renewed attention.Korea Zinc's share price stood at KRW 1.386 mill...
2025-10-17 금요일 | 곽호룡 기자
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Hanwha caught in crossfire of US-China trade conflict... Are HD Hyundai and Samsung Heavy safe?
As the U.S.–China trade conflict intensifies, Hanwha Ocean has been caught in the crossfire after being added to China’s sanctions list. Meanwhile, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and S...
2025-10-16 목요일 | 신혜주 기자
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Hyundai Motor Group 'Chung Eui-sun era' 5 years ②: 'Bold strategist' Chung Eui-sun to break through with KRW 112 trillion investment over next 5 years
"While the situation we face is difficult in many ways, there has never been a time when we faced crisis before. Just as in the past, we can do better." (From Chung Eui-sun's 2025 New Year's address a...
2025-10-15 수요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Hyundai Motor Group 'Chung Eui-sun era' 5 years ①: 'Disruptive innovation leadership' powers global Big3
"In our journey to open a future of dreams we share together, there will be difficulties, but based on the group spirit of 'making it happen if it must be done,' with positive mindset, mutual encourag...
2025-10-14 화요일 | 김재훈 기자
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Why did Hanwha Aerospace outperform KAI by 13-fold in shareholder returns?
Defense companies are heating up the stock market. Share price competition among defense firms including Hanwha Aerospace, LIG Nex1, Hyundai Rotem, and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is fierce.Howev...
2025-10-13 월요일 | 신혜주 기자
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Hanmi Pharm pursues performance rebound through technology transfer and indication expansion
Hanmi Pharmaceutical is raising expectations for a performance rebound as it simultaneously pursues technology exports and new drug pipeline expansion. Following the technology transfer of oral absorp...
2025-10-02 목요일 | 양현우 기자
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SK Innovation targets 2nd-half turnaround under Jang Yong-ho leadership
SK Innovation, which suffered a credit rating downgrade in the first half of 2025, is expected to gain breathing room through a second-half performance rebound.According to financial information compa...
2025-10-01 수요일 | 곽호룡 기자