Ministry of Economy and Finance

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of SK Group, aims to turn into an eco-friendly company with an enterprise value of 35 trillion won ($3...

Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee will be released on parole on Friday after having been imprisoned since January of this year on charges of bribery a...

South Korea's economy reported strong growth on healthy private consumption in the second quarter, keeping expectations of an interest rate hike lat...

South Korea was picked as one of the two most attractive emerging markets along with China thanks to the country's fast digitization and low vulnera...

Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, will provide a $100 million loan to finance a solar power project led by US-based investment firm ECP as...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, said on Wednesday it will invest 10 trillion won ($8.7 billion) in the battery material, renew...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol will meet during a Group of 20 (G20) gathering of finance ministe...

South Korea’s coal power companies are facing tighter scrutiny for debt financing as they are increasingly shunned by financial investors amid...

Kakao Corp. is now the third most valuable company in Korea, after Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.Kakao’s market cap on June 15 surp...

South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...

South Korea’s Hanwha Systems Co. is set for a successful rights offering as the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group has garnered str...

South Korea’s central bank governor on Thursday flagged a possible policy rate hike before the end of the year as the domestic economy recover...

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, on Monday reported its largest quarterly operating profit in nearly five years...

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...

South Korea’s faster-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter is prompting analysts to raise their growth outlook for this year, wit...

Korean Air Lines Co. has kicked off its 3.3 trillion won ($3 billion) rights offering, the biggest amount ever by any South Korean company, to help ...

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, plans a bond issue worth as much as 1.26 trillion won ($1.13 billion) in local and ove...

Hahn & Co., a South Korean private equity firm, has completed the payment for the 790 billion won ($722 million) purchase of Korean Air Lines' i...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) will provide $500 million in project financing to South Korean companies for their $550 million construction...

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and London-based chemicals company INEOS have teamed up to explore new business opportunities ...

South Korea’s economy returned to growth in the third quarter on strong exports, marking the first quarterly expansion since the outbreak of the...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will move forward with its participation in Vietnam’s coal-fired power plant project, after the deal came c...

KB Financial Group will no longer finance coal power projects at home and abroad, nor invest in them, said the South Korean banking group, with a set ...

Hyundai Card Co. has issued green bonds worth 450 billion won ($379 million) to fund its green car financing services, the credit card company said on...

South Korea's parliament looks set to pass new legislation to ban financing on foreign coal power projects, putting all overseas coal-fired plant deal...

South Korea's exports have plunged 16.6% during the second quarter, hitting the lowest record in 56 years since the fourth quarter of 1963 when it fel...

Investors are paying close attention to the Korean game holding company Krafton as it is expected to be this year's hottest initial public offering. T...

Yong-jin Kim, who served as a vice finance minister of President Moon Jae-in’s government between mid-2017 and 2018, has been chosen as the Nati...

Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested $28 million in Shanghai-based biotechnology startup JW Therapeutics, about a quarter of $100 million financin...

Mire Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has no problem with financing a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 luxury hotels from Anbang Insurance Group and is...