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S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, enjoyed record earnings in the first quarter on healthy crude prices and refining ma...

The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inve...

Foreign investors’ holding rate in South Korea’s main bourse Kospi has plunged to the lowest level since 2010. The investors have dispos...

South Korea’s startup accelerator Klim Ventures announced Tuesday it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4 million) worth of bridge capital. ...

South Korea’s LX Group is looking to acquire US-listed Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. to create synergy with the group’s foundry affiliat...

Key asset owners of South Korea are eyeing logistics centers and multifamily housing for real estate investing while planning to reduce exposure to ho...

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical companies are close to commercializing a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pill as they are on the brink of compl...

The Carlyle Group, a US private equity giant, visited South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. last week to discuss steps to boost the value of the Hy...

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is slated to develop the largest commercial data cen...

South Korea's Hana Financial Investment Co. has become the second-largest shareholder in Vietnam's BIDV Securities after buying a 35% stake in the V...

South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...

LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. will set up a joint venture to produce precursor, a key material in the production of cathode materials for electri...

The South Korean steel industry’s top executives are anticipating a perfect storm amid the global push for carbon neutrality and supply chain ...

Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 21 that its insurance arm will select a maximum of two asset managers for...

Golfzon County Co. is gearing up for an initial public offering, which will offer MBK Partners a chance to exit from its investment in South Korea&r...

Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...

SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea’s top manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, said on Friday that it has signed a deal to purchase a 100% stake i...

A South Korean bio startup is aiming for a Nasdaq listing, deeming that the country’s exchange sets the bar too high for an initial public off...

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of Korea’s web service giant Kakao Corp., has invested $15 million in US game studio Playable Worlds...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will supply its semiconductor package substrate to Apple Inc. for the US tech giant’s next-generation M2 process...

South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said on Thursday that KDB NextRound, the bank’s venture investment platform, will h...

South Korea’s incoming government plans to extend the service life of eight more nuclear power plants than originally planned as President-ele...

Musicow Inc., South Korea's first music copyright trading platform, will come under regulatory scrutiny, after the country's top financial regulator...

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, unveiled its new digital transformation services using artificial intelligence, big data ...

South Korea’s lawmakers gave the nod to the nomination of veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s ...

South Korea’s distilled spirit soju is alluring more young drinkers in Japan, the home of its rival liquor shochu, as K-content such as drama ...

FutureChem Co., a South Korean radiopharmaceutical company, is seeking the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for clinical tests of it...

One after another, South Korea’s household name conglomerates are establishing corporate venture capital (CVC) firms under their holding compa...

An international arbitrator is set to rule on a decade-long legal tussle between South Korea and Lone Star Funds as early as next month over the US ...

Around 70% of South Korean key asset owners will expand their exposure to global private debt, expecting steady streams of cash flow, according to a r...