Samsung Biologics to spin off biosimilar unit Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Biologics to spin off biosimilar unit Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, will undergo a strategic split to separate its contract development and manufac...

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in energy, AI, mobility

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in energy, AI, mobility

South Korea’s auto behemoth Hyundai Motor Group has spun off its four in-house startups with innovative technologies in mobility, automation a...

NCSoft to spin off AI, game divisions into four units

NCSoft to spin off AI, game divisions into four units

NCSoft Corp., a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Monday it will spin off its artificial intelligence R&D and game deve...

Global Sae-A completes spinning mill in Costa Rica

Global Sae-A completes spinning mill in Costa Rica

South Korea's Global Sae-A Group said on Monday it had inaugurated a third spinning factory for its yarn-producing subsidiary, Sae-A Spinning, in ...

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has decided to separate its non-core units to concentrate on the defen...

Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm

Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm

Woongjin Co., better known as the home-study workbook brand Woongjin ThinkBig in South Korea, has been transforming into an information technology s...

Jusung Engineering to spin off major units

Jusung Engineering to spin off major units

South Korea's Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a holding com...

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units to focus on defense business

Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units to focus on defense business

Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is spinning off its non-core units to focus on defense and aerospace b...

LG Electronics spins off X-UP, 4 other in-house venture firms

LG Electronics spins off X-UP, 4 other in-house venture firms

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it is spinning off five promising in-house venture firms as separate entities to strengthen South Korea’s...

SK D&D relaunches renewable energy business spin-off as SK Eternix

SK D&D relaunches renewable energy business spin-off as SK Eternix

SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday it has completed the planned spin-off of its renewable energy bus...

Hyundai Motor Group spins off three in-house startups

Hyundai Motor Group spins off three in-house startups

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday it spun off three in-house startups Eficar, Hcharge Lab, and 3I Solution. Eficar provides a service th...

SK Energy to spin off tank terminal business as new logistics firm

SK Energy to spin off tank terminal business as new logistics firm

SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., is spinning off its crude oil storage and shipment business t...

South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands

South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands

South Korean gaming companies are eyeing the fashion industry in a bid to diversify their revenue sources by broadening the fan base for their popul...

Ildong Pharma to spin off R&D subsidiary in Nov

Ildong Pharma to spin off R&D subsidiary in Nov

South Korea’s Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. will spin off its research and development (R&D) unit into the subsidiary Yunovia from Nov. 1.&nbs...

Hyundai Motor spins off 3 in-house startups in innovative sectors

Hyundai Motor spins off 3 in-house startups in innovative sectors

Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it has spun off three promising in-house startups, which the South Korean automotive group has nurtured as part ...

LS e-Mobility to supply $187 million in EV parts to Hyundai Motor, Kia

LS e-Mobility to supply $187 million in EV parts to Hyundai Motor, Kia

LS e-Mobility Solutions Co., a power transmission parts maker, has won a 250 billion won ($187 million) deal to supply electric vehicle (EV) parts...

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

S.Korea's STX to spin off shipping division

South Korea's general trading company STX Corporation has announced plans to divide its shipping division into a new company specializing in shippin...

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data

Hyundai Motor Group has spun off four new in-house startups, including MOBINN with autonomous driving technology and APLAYS with AI-powered music cu...

Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea

Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea

Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...

Polysilicon maker OCI to spin off its major chemical units

Polysilicon maker OCI to spin off its major chemical units

OCI Co., South Korea’s lone polysilicon producer, is set to spin off its chemical units and transform itself into a holding company.On Wednesd...

KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism

KT&G taps top-tier law firm to defend itself against shareholder activism

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, has appointed South Korea’s top-tier law firm Kim & Chang to take action ag...

Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz

Singapore PE firm proposes KT&G spin off ginseng biz

A Singaporean private equity firm has proposed a number of measures to KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, including a sp...

Korea’s Aju to spin off key building material business

Korea’s Aju to spin off key building material business

South Korea’s Aju Group is set to split its parent company into a construction material firm and an investment corporation to enhance its prof...

Chip foundry DB HiTek pulls the plug on fabless division spinoff plan

Chip foundry DB HiTek pulls the plug on fabless division spinoff plan

DB HiTek Co. has pulled the plug on the possible spinoff of its fabless division, named the brand business department. The decision comes on the bac...

Hyundai Mobis to spin off parts, module units amid revamp talk

Hyundai Mobis to spin off parts, module units amid revamp talk

South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. is poised to spin off two of its major units that make car parts and modules into sep...

Kolon Global to spin off auto unit, eyes Kolon Mobility IPO in 2023

Kolon Global to spin off auto unit, eyes Kolon Mobility IPO in 2023

Kolon Global Corp., an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate Kolon, will spin off its car import business unit to improve management efficiency and...

SK Square makes its first exit seeking new target firms

SK Square makes its first exit seeking new target firms

South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. has sold all of its shares in Korean biotech NanoEntek Inc., a 28.4% stake, for 58 billion won ($44.3 mil...

Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?

Will LG Energy’s IPO overcharge?

The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...

Korea Inc 2021: Year of record M&As, tie-ups and spin-offs

Korea Inc 2021: Year of record M&As, tie-ups and spin-offs

South Korea’s corporate sector has seen record deals through mergers and acquisitions, tie-ups and spin-offs this year, as big companies and s...

Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

South Korea's top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Inc., backed by SoftBank, was on Thursday named as the preferred buyer of a majority sta...

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