SEOUL: South Korea’s top life insurer, Samsung Life Insurance, said yesterday it would buy up to half of a 1.5 trillion won (US$1.3bil) new share issue planned by ailing affiliate Samsung Card.
In addition, Samsung Life said it would offer five trillion won of credit to ease a cash shortage at the card unit, which has had to turn to Samsung Group affiliates for support.
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