Samsung’s $1.8 Billion Dividend Adds to Korean Won Challenges

Bloomberg2024-11-19

(Bloomberg) -- The South Korean won, under pressure for most of the year, faces an emerging obstacle: dividend payouts from Samsung Electronics Co. The nation’s biggest company is scheduled to ...

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