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The Korea Economic Daily is hosting Asia's biggest alternative investment forum in Seoul on Oct. 27, where chief executives of the National Pension ...

EQT Partners, Europe's largest private equity firm, is staffing up its Asia Pacific team with a focus on South Korea, the investment firm said on Mo...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Softbank Group founder Masayoshi Son have recently shown a common interest in a surpr...

South Korea has launched its first domestically designed and developed space rocket Nuri, but failed to put a satellite into orbit, thwarting its bid ...

South Korea's STIC Alternative Co. has raised $25 million to invest in a special purpose company of the Carlyle Group, which owns 50% of an oil expo...

EQT Partners will be opening its Seoul office this year for the first time, as the Swedish private equity firm is preparing to source deals in South...

SEOUL—“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc.’s dystopian drama set in South Korea, is the top-watched show in more than 9...

South Korean companies have built up their dollar holdings to record levels, following record-breaking shipment growth this year, as rising raw mate...

South Korean battery materials shares have rallied with their market capitalization nearly doubling since early January thanks to strong growth in t...

Shares of FNC Entertainment Co., a mid-size South Korean entertainment agency, are surging on expectations that offline concerts will soon resume wi...

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform TVing Co. will make its inroads into Japan and Taiwan next year and into the US in 2023, tapping...

South Korea’s major content production houses’ stocks rallied again on the success of yet another Netflix hit drama series, My Name.Shar...

South Korean venture capital firms are expanding their investment in Southeast Asia,  where startups grow rapidly based on a large population.K...

South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On and Samsung SDI Co. -- are gearing up for full-scale produ...

South Korean investors maintained their buying spree in overseas equities and bond markets, with the balance of their holdings in both securities re...

South Korea-based online peer-to-peer lending platform 8Percent has secured 43.5 billion won ($38.3 million) in an investment round led by the Silic...

A growing number of South Korean asset management firms are preparing to launch their own blind pool funds for global real estate investments, which...

South Korean shipbuilders, brimming with heavy order backlogs, are turning their focus to high-value and eco-friendly vessels for new orders as the ...

General Motors Co. said it would recover from supplier LG Electronics Inc. nearly all of the $2 billion cost of recalling Chevrolet B...

South Korean car shares overcame slides in the country’s stock markets as the automotive chip shortage is showing some signs of easing.Global ...

Joseph Bae, co-president of KKR & Co., was named as its co-chief executive officer this week, becoming the second Korean descendent CEO to lead ...

Kumho Asiana Group’s management assured net profits for 30 years to Gate Gourmet when the South Korean conglomerate signed a deal for Asiana A...

The surging demand for raw materials around the world are driving sharp sales rebounds of South Korea’s two leading equipment makers Hyundai C...

A travel bubble between South Korea and Saipan more than tripled visits of residents in the Asian country to the main island in the Northern Mariana...

Cash-strapped South Korean budget airlines are rushing to raise money in the local stock market on growing hopes for a travel recovery as government...

South Korean refiners ramped up runs of their crude distillation units (CDUs) to a level before the outbreak of the COVID-19, probably exceeding 80%...

The South Korean government has expressed open concern about the recent request by the US Department of Commerce for more information on the global ...

“Squid Game,” the South Korean dystopian thriller which debuted on Netflix on Sept. 17, is on track to be the platform’s...

SEOUL—South Korea’s dystopian drama “Squid Game” might become Netflix Inc.’s biggest hit ever. But for a dec...

The unprecedented global chip shortage is thwarting automakers’ plans to roll out new vehicles, with some popular models set to be delivered t...