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Samsung Electronics Co. has reclaimed its throne as the world's largest semiconductor company, overtaking global foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor ...

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. has thrown down the gauntlet to compete against Netflix Inc. and other local streaming service pr...

Argo Infrastructure Partners and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners were chosen as Korea Post’s new overseas infrastructure investment managers...

CJ Group has selected Glenwood Private Equity as the buyer of a minority stake in South Korea’s No. 1 health and beauty store CJ Olive Young...

In South Korea, as the saying goes, the stock market is at its peak if a swarm of individual investors go on a buying spree, often leading to heavy ...

South Korea’s treasury yields are heading higher as advances in vaccine development and concerns over increased government bond sales prompt f...

Bespin Global, a South Korean cloud technology consulting and management company, is considering listing its shares on the US tech-heavy Nasdaq mark...

Growth in South Korea’s venture capital investments has been slow relative to the pace of the country’s economic growth, creating an opp...

South Korea's JKL Partners has closed a 750 billion won ($687 million) private equity fund, backed by the National Pension Service, Korea Developmen...

It's a busy day at the Korea Superfreeze warehouse in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, with trucks entering and exiting the spacious 92,500-square...

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a series of commercial law revisions designed to limit business owners’ clout and enhance supervisio...

Chief executives of banks operating in South Korea have picked the emergence of big technology companies and fintech startups in the credit market a...

Korea Post’s savings arm plans to select two global direct lending funds focusing on North America and Europe and commit $100 million to each ...

South Korea’s individual pension fund holders are moving their money out of banks and insurance companies into brokerages in pursuit of higher...

The Carlyle Group is in final stages of talks to buy South Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours from the country’s food and enterta...

Korea Investment Partners Co. (KIP), South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, is aiming to launch two overseas investment funds next year &...

South Korean exporters are bracing for a tough year with their profits poised to languish, hit by the strong won, amid expectations for a rebound in...

Venture capital investments in South Korea are seeing a speedy recovery after facing a setback earlier this year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over th...

Steelmaker Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. has become the first South Korean company to develop a reinforcing bar, or rebar, that can withstand 12.2 tons per...

South Korea is set to overtake Japan and become the world’s No. 5 export powerhouse by 2026 on grounds that the country will maintain its cu...

Imported car sales in South Korea are on track to post a record high this year, benefiting from consumption tax cuts aimed at stimulating personal s...

Private equity firms have been leading South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions markets in a broader range of sectors in recent years, represent...

South Korea’s airline restructuring is experiencing some turbulence after an activist group has filed an injunction threatening the proposed m...

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) and financial services firms, including Samsung Securities Co., have committed $260 million...

An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...

E-Mart Inc., one of South Korea’s largest retailers, saw its annual wine sales exceed 100 billion won ($90.3 million) for the first time as ...

Credit crunch concerns from the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak seem long ago as South Korea-based companies' capital raising nears an all-time ...

Jeju Beer Co., South Korea's No. 1 craft beer maker, is preparing to become the country's first craft brewery to go public, buoyed by the rapid mark...

South Korea’s household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has exceeded 100% for the first time, with its debt growing relatively faster...

South Korea should raise its tax on diesel to match the price of gasoline and phase out internal combustion engine cars by 2035 to tackle air pollutio...