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Asia’s benchmark refining margin is staging a rebound, providing relief for South Korea’s oil companies, which now expect their full-yea...

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that South Korea is among its top candidates to build in Asia another Gigafactory, the US ele...

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...

South Korea's birth rate in the third quarter this year set another all-time low of under 0.8, and the national population consequently declined f...

The overseas sales of South Korea's Samsung SDS comprises 71% of overall revenue, the highest rate since the company launched its business process o...

The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) has cut its forecast for South Korea's economic growth next year to 1.8%, down fro...

South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is poised to accelerate the selling off of its affiliate KDB Life Insurance Co. next week...

A total of 103 companies, a mere 0.01% of the total number of corporations in South Korea, are paying more than 40% of the country’s total cor...

One out of six married women in South Korea has opted out of the workforce, to take on most of the childrearing burden in the family. Around 1....

The South Korean government announced on Monday that it will build the world’s sixth inland base in the Antarctic by 2030. The Ministry o...

General Motors Co. plans to shut down a production line in South Korea as the US automaking giant aims to focus on manufacturing small cars in the c...

Lotte Group will replace the head of its construction unit, hit by a liquidity crisis stemming from project financing, to ease investor concerns ove...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...

Indoor golf facilities’ revenue in South Korea has skyrocketed amid the pandemic, thanks to millennials and Generation Zers' soaring consumpti...

Kia Corp. has seen record-high auto sales in the UK thanks to having the highest brand satisfaction among British dealers.Industry sources on Monday...

The total number of registered eco-friendly vehicles in South Korea surpassed 1.5 million as of end-October, up 38.3% from 1.1 million compared to a...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled for the first time his second child, daughter Ju-ae, who was born in 2013.The Korean Central News Agenc...

As restrictions to traveling across national borders loosen, the number of international travelers to both South Korea and Japan have been on the ri...

Nearly half of South Korea's economists want the inheritance tax abolished, according to a survey.The Korea Economic Association on Thursday release...

LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is expected to see record earnings this year on strong missile exports, helping its shares sur...

Six leading economic organizations in South Korea have sent a joint letter to the US government and Congress requesting revision of the US Inflation...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is set to receive a tax refund of 30 billion won ($22.4 million) from the US Internal Revenue Ser...

BankSalad Co., once known as a fintech company that develops banking apps, added a new vertical last year that has witnessed robust demand. The...

South Korean construction company DL E&C has landed its first contract to build a petrochemical plant in the US.The company on Thursday said it ...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is poised to decide to raise more than 1 trillion won ($745.4 million) of capital at its board meeting this...

Samyang Group, a diversified conglomerate, has long focused on the chemicals and foodstuffs sectors. While adding to its existing chemicals bus...

South Korea's budget carrier T'way Air on Wednesday said it will resume from Nov. 28 its flight linking Incheon and Chiang Mai, Thailand, with seven...

South Korea's companies listed on the main stock exchange Kospi in this year's third quarter saw operating profit drop 26% from the same period last...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...

South Korea and the US are looking to create a green cargo shipping corridor linking the port of Busan with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma as part ...