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South Korea A tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.

Country 3827 mentions The number of distinct real collected signals in which the entity has been identified. First seen 15th July 2026 Last seen 23rd October 2026

  • 31Open events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.
  • 31Linked events
  • 0Developing situations
  • 6Report appearances

Events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.

Headline The concise title of the canonical procurement event. Type The kind of real-world development identified, such as a supply shortage, contract award, regulatory change or production disruption. Significance Significance estimates the potential procurement impact of the event, including factors such as supply, cost, operations, geography and strategic importance. Confidence Confidence indicates how reliable ProcIntel considers the event assessment based on the quality, quantity and independence of the supporting evidence. It does not measure the event's importance. Lifecycle Lifecycle shows the current state of the development: Breaking is newly detected, Active remains current, Monitoring is being watched for further changes, and Closed is no longer actively developing. Articles The number of source articles linked to this canonical event. Several articles may describe the same underlying development. Evidence strength A plain-language assessment of how much independent evidence supports the Developing Intelligence thread.
JB Financial Group expands into Central Asia with Kyrgyz acquisition Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung family heirs join forces in JoongAng Ilbo takeover bid Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
China's CXMT pushes into next-gen DRAM, but can it compete on cost? Capacity expansion 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung SDS buys Woojung Air to bolster global air freight Acquisition 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
HD Hyundai snaps up Goltens in $247m ship repair deal Acquisition 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Russia Imports Petroleum Products From South Korea to Ease Fuel Crises Production disruption 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Shinsegae backs Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover with $1b Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
LG wins 5GW AI cooling deal in North America Major contract award 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Korea Investment Securities to buy 400 billion won worth of SK shares Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Galaxy S27 prices could rise more than planned after S26 price increase Commodity price movement 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Hyundai Mobis to sell lighting business to OPmobility in W600b deal Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
August 2026 Reliability in Asia at 32.3% Port congestion 3 · Material 3 · Moderate Breaking 1 Low
FTC opens review of Uber's $13.7b takeover for Baemin's parent Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Crew claims hackers seized control of LNG carrier safety systems Cyber attack 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Labor unrest spreads across Korea’s steel, shipbuilding sectors Labour strike 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
POSCO workers stage 2nd partial strike over wage demands Labour strike 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Posco strike continues into second day as longer walkout looms Labour strike 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung poised to benefit from memory crunch: report Supply shortage 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Homeplus wins court approval for rehabilitation plan, averting bankruptcy Supplier bankruptcy 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Consumer price hike seen at 2.5% without mobile bills: finance ministry Commodity price movement 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Lim Jong-ryong buys 5,000 Woori Financial shares Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Consumer prices up 3.1%in Aug. on fuel, mobile subscription fees Commodity price movement 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
SK hynix open to US investment, sees memory shortage through 2030 Supply shortage 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung Biologics to raise W3tr via rights offering Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung’s $700 Galaxy 26 FE Gets a Price Hike Even With Many Tradeoffs Supply shortage 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Korea Investment affiliates pursue spinoff merger Acquisition 2 · Moderate 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Samsung, SK hynix gain pricing power as Nvidia AI server prices rise Commodity price movement 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Hyundai Motor union stages first full-day strike in 10 years Labour strike 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Hyundai union intensifies strikes amid stalled wage talks Labour strike 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low
Asiana shareholders approve merger with Korean Air Acquisition 2 · Moderate 3 · Moderate Breaking 1 Low
Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028 Capacity expansion 3 · Material 2 · Low Breaking 1 Low

Developing Intelligence An evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.

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This entity is not currently part of any Developing Intelligence thread.

Reports Weekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.

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7 – 13 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Samsung poised to benefit from memory crunch: report
7 – 13 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Posco strike continues into second day as longer walkout looms
31 August – 6 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Consumer prices up 3.1%in Aug. on fuel, mobile subscription fees
31 August – 6 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Lim Jong-ryong buys 5,000 Woori Financial shares
31 August – 6 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Consumer price hike seen at 2.5% without mobile bills: finance ministry
31 August – 6 September 2026 Weekly Intelligence Supply Chain Logistics Homeplus wins court approval for rehabilitation plan, averting bankruptcy

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Timeline Every recorded action involving this entity -- source mentions, linked events being created or updated, Developing Intelligence links, report appearances and entity-record actions such as merges -- in one dated feed. Nothing here is inferred; each entry is drawn from an existing record.

  1. Mentioned in "막힌 물길 다시 잇는다… 전주천 작은 보, 민관 힘모아 철거"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  2. Mentioned in "막힌 물길 다시 잇는다… 전주천 작은 보, 민관 힘모아 철거"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  3. Mentioned in "막힌 물길 다시 잇는다… 전주천 작은 보, 민관 힘모아 철거"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  4. Mentioned in "막힌 물길 다시 잇는다… 전주천 작은 보, 민관 힘모아 철거"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  5. Mentioned in "막힌 물길 다시 잇는다… 전주천 작은 보, 민관 힘모아 철거"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  6. Mentioned in "Seoul stocks open sharply lower after US tech sell-off"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  7. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  8. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  9. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  10. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  11. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  12. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  13. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  14. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  15. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  16. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  17. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  18. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  19. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  20. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  21. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  22. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  23. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  24. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  25. Mentioned in "‘버려진 하수의 에너지원 활용’에서 ‘AI 정수장 국제표준 선도’까지"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  26. Mentioned in "ACM Research bets on panel-level packaging and overseas growth as adoption risks persist"

    The text "South Korea" in the article matched a known alias of South Korea.

  27. Mentioned in "[보도참고] 식약처, 식의약 공공데이터·AI 활용 우수작 5건 선정"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  28. Mentioned in "[취재요청] 아리셀 참사 대법원 판결에 따른 기자회견"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  29. Mentioned in "[취재요청] 정부는 외면했다. 국회가 응답하라! 돌봄노동자 처우개선 예산 증액 촉구 기자회견"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  30. Mentioned in "[보도자료] 민주노총 콜센터 연대회의 원청교섭 승리 쟁취 기자회견"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  31. Mentioned in "South Korea's TelePIX wins global satellite contracts, targets 2027 launch of AI-powered optical payload"

    The text "South Korea" in the article matched a known alias of South Korea.

  32. Mentioned in "[보도참고] 「희귀질환 어린이 식사안전관리 지침」 마련, 2026년 정부혁신 왕중왕전 본선 진출"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  33. Mentioned in "한국고용정보원, ‘인공지능(AI) 윤리 준수기관’ 확인마크 획득 신뢰할 수 있는 인공지능(AI) 고용서비스 기반 다진다."

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  34. Mentioned in "건설근로자공제회, ‘건설 현장 휴게시설 개선지원 사업’ 접수 개시"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  35. Mentioned in "[보도참고] 첨단바이오의약품 개발, 필요한 규제정보를 한눈에 확인하세요"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  36. Mentioned in "일교차 큰 가을 단풍 나들이, 식중독 주의하세요!"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  37. Mentioned in "Top bank chiefs face grilling over cyberattacks"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  38. Mentioned in "Samsung, SK hynix suffer worst weekly stock rout since 2008"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  39. Mentioned in "SME minister visits Kolmar plant amid K-beauty boom"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  40. Mentioned in "Samsung invests $22.8m in Texas workforce as TSMC eyes entry"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  41. Mentioned in "Gentle Monster vs. Blue Elephant: Korean eyewear brand's global rise and its copycat fight back home"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  42. Mentioned in "Musinsa brings Japanese fashion to Seoul with Zozotown"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  43. Mentioned in "China's CXMT pushes into next-gen DRAM, but can it compete on cost?"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  44. Mentioned in "Inchcape bets on Korea's global shipbuilding push, growing naval MRO market"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  45. Mentioned in "[Photo News] Mirae Asset deepens NPS ties"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  46. Mentioned in "Hyundai dealer bets on India's next generation of car buyers"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  47. Mentioned in "X-Press Feeders restores Busan–Dalian connection"

    The text "South Korea" in the article matched a known alias of South Korea.

  48. Mentioned in "“화재·폭발, 예방이 가장 강한 안전조치” 겨울철 앞두고 화재·폭발 집중점검"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.

  49. Mentioned in "DP World deploys electric yard tractors at Busan"

    The text "South Korea" in the article matched a known alias of South Korea.

  50. Mentioned in "S. Korea, US hold first 2+2 meeting of finance, monetary"

    Already tagged as "South Korea" during collection, matched to South Korea.