Reuters, 8 Sep 2008, Kim Yeon-hee
"The Government of Singapore Investment Corp and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui are in talks to buy shares worth about $4 billion in Kookmin Bank as part of the South Korean bank's restructuring, a newspaper reported on Monday"
"Citing industry sources, the Korea Economic Daily reported Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Sumitomo Mitsui were each tipped to acquire a 3-4 percent stake in Kookmin's holding company."
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