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South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. faces a record-breaking fine to the tune of about 20 billion won ($15 million) over it...

Less than five years ago, Invossa, a cell and gene therapy for osteoarthritis, was expected to hit the global market with great fanfare.Developed by...

South Korean banks are scurrying to suspend the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) after the country’s financial regulator said it may con...

South Korean financial group chiefs will no longer enjoy automatic term extensions as the government is stepping up pressure on the groups to improv...

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

South Korean banks are in a race to advance into Poland to support Korean companies rushing to build factories in the new offshore manufacturing hub...

IMM Investment Corp., a major South Korean private equity firm, invested $97 million in Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a local supplier of global industry ...

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Thursday that it has issued $700 million (940 billion won) worth of foreign currency ESG (environmental, socia...

Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

South Korea’s financial authorities have opened an official probe into local banks and securities firms’ potential misselling of equity-...

SEOUL—South Korea beefed up security for prominent political figures as new threats of violence materialized against top officials, including ...

South Korea plans to abolish capital gains taxes on financial investments to revitalize the lackluster domestic financial market and help individual...

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) opened the digital theme park Ice Jungle in its ongoing luxury residential ...

South Korea's SGC eTEC E&C Co. said on Tuesday it has won a 204.7 billion won ($158 million) order to build epichlorohydrin (ECH) and chlor-alka...

South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, will test-drive its nearly fully self-d...

Chey Jae-won, executive senior vice chairman of SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Thursday he expects the company’s gro...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...

South Korea and Japan on Friday revived their bilateral currency swap line to boost their dollar liquidity amid improved diplomatic relations.The tw...

South Korea's Woori Bank revealed on Tuesday that the Vietnamese corporation Woori Bank Vietnam opened its 22nd branch in Starlake, Hanoi. Star...

South Korea's Shinhan Investment & Securities Co. said on Wednesday that it has led the merger of financial services firms Vistra and Tricor in ...

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...

Mirae Asset Securities Co., South Korea’s largest brokerage house, plans a public tender of assets held by debt-laden Goldin Financial Holding...

Barings LLC has appointed Chong Hak (John) Park as head and sole representative director of its South Korean asset management arm, effective Jan. 1,...

South Korea's DGB Financial Group announced on Monday it signed a business agreement with the global IT company FPT Software at the FPT Group headqu...

South Korea has temporarily suspended short selling partly to prevent illegal, naked short selling, a decision buoying stocks heavily targeted by sh...

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Friday it opened its new regional headquarters in Bangladesh. In 1996, the bank launched its first branch...

Park Chan-koo, former chairman of South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Group, has returned to the top position of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as ...