South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace said in a regulatory filing on Thursday it has discontinued a review of whether to acquire Poongsan’s defence business unit. Hanwha, which has emerged as South...
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Hanwha seeks to buy Poongsan’s ammunition business for about $1.1 billion, newspaper says
South Korea’s largest defence firm, Hanwha Aerospace, submitted a bid to buy the defence business of ammunition maker Poongsan in a deal that could be worth around 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion), a South Korean...