State authorities in South Korea are expected to hand down their decision within days on how the country’s struggling shipbuilding industry should be restructured.

Shipyard sources say the government has indicated its report will be published by the end of this month or in early November.

Speculation is running rife as to its likely recommendations, with the survival and any future focus or action plan for DSME — the worst hit of Korea’s big three yards — among the key talking points.

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