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Yeochun NCC Co., a leading South Korean petrochemical producer, will split up after its two owners – Hanwha Group and DL Group – have ag...

The state-run Korea Gas Corp. is set to raise some 1 trillion won ($745 million) by issuing hybrid securities to lower its debt ratio although the d...

The Seoul branch of the UK-based Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) has made a capital increase of over 20% to raise its capital adequacy r...

Foreign investors have returned to the South Korean market, snapping up chip industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. for ...

Bank KB Bukopin, South Korean bank KB Bank's Indonesian subsidiary, is set to raise capital by issuing 8.44 trillion rupiah ($550.6 million) in new ...

South Korea is expected to become the world’s most elderly country with about half of its population aged 65 or older by 2070, the government ...

South Korea plans to reduce spending in 2023 for the first time in 13 years by cutting pandemic-era stimulus payments in a move to curb the country&...

LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...

China was South Korea’s top semiconductor buyer, purchasing 39.7% of overall Korean chip exports in 2021. The percentage increased 13 times ...

South Korea’s LG Group will include teenagers in its mid- to long-term project to nurture artificial intelligence talent, as AI technology is ...

South Korean manufacturers are importing even more key industrial raw materials from China, deepening concerns over the dependence of Asia’s f...

As economic uncertainties grow amid rate hikes and inflation, South Korean institutional investors are eyeing direct lending for safer investment an...

South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...

South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. discussed on June 10 its ESG activities in the first half of this year and is set to announce plans for enhancing s...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, has adjusted its five-year asset allocation plan to enh...

A sudden surge in demand for semiconductors post-pandemic, coupled with a prolonged chip shortage, has forced policymakers worldwide to revisit poli...

Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, is changing the merger ratio of its two major affiliates, accepting a...

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...

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

South Korea’s telecommunication stocks are getting a boost from foreign investors’ net purchases. Telecom shares, which are relatively...

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. generated sales of more than 1 trillion won ($812.3 million) from its own medicines last year on strong...

Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deem...

Choi Jin-min, founder and chairman of Kiturami Boiler Co., is one of the few living witnesses in South Korea's boiler history. At the age of 21, he ...

Snow Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp., has either already invested, or is slated to invest, in 11 companies so f...

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range over the past few months despite its spectacular ear...

As the liquidity party is coming to an end, rising interest rates and falling asset values are highlighting concerns about household debt taken on b...

South Korea’s food data analysis firm Nuvilab, Inc. is not a household name – at least yet. The startup is rather familiar to investors...

Retail conglomerate E-Land Group completed selling its first overseas logistics center in Shanghai for about 1.4 billion Chinese yuan ($2.2 billion)...

Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. has raised 62.1 billion won ($51.6 million) in a rights issue from its largest shareholder Investment C...

Samsung SRA Asset Management Co. has named its former managing director (MD) and chief investment officer Chung-Keun Kim as its new chief executive,...