President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for f...
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for f...
Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Thursday signaled a cautious approach to monetary easing, warning that excessive interest rate cuts could s...
Just one week after electing President Lee Jae-myung, an apparent backer of stablecoin adoption, South Korea is swiftly moving to clear the path for ...
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part o...
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to strengthen strategic ties and enhance coope...
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung plans to meet with the country’s top business leaders before departing for the Group ...
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung on Monday had his first official telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shiger...
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung will attend the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries in Alberta, Canada, next week, m...
South Korea’s financial markets showed strong gains on Thursday, with shares surging to an 11-month high and the won hitting a seven-month high...
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday unveiled his nominees for major government posts, including prime minister and spy agency chief, in...
Lee Jae-myung was formally sworn in as South Korea’s new president on Wednesday, pledging to unite a divided nation, revitalize the economy and...
South Korea’s liberal politician Lee Jae-myung has been elected the country's next president. Lee has pledged to revive Asia’s fourth-lar...
South Korea’s central bank is cautious about non-banks and fintech firms issuing and handling stablecoins amid a global cryptocurrency rally, w...
Non-government organization World Vision Korea has sold its Ethereum holdings, becoming the first Korean legal entity to trade crypto after the South...
The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.5%, citing growing concerns over faltering dom...
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar developer, will issue bonus shares to bolster its stock performance, which has been in the dol...
South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half of last year, fueled by growing retail...
A pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking only Samsung Electronics Co. will make a debut on the stock exchange in Hong Kong next week, which...
POSCO Future M Co., South Korea’s leading battery materials maker, is set to raise 1.1 trillion won ($771 million) through a rights offering as...
Investors rushed to dump Hanwha Ocean Co. shares early Tuesday after its second-largest shareholder, Korea Development Bank, cashed in on a 4.2% stak...
South Korea’s nuclear energy stocks surged this week as momentum builds around a landmark nuclear power project in the Czech Republic, with inv...
Kakao Corp. shares underperformed its peers and the broad market on Friday after SK Telecom Co. sold off its entire stake in the South Korean platfor...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and the US have agreed to work together to craft a comprehensive tariff-liberalization package by July 8, markin...
South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter as exports and consumption fell amid a political crisis and fears over the impact ...
South Korea’s defense industry is once again capturing investor attention, as exports of tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems soar...
South Korea plans to issue up to $1.2 billion in foreign exchange stabilization bonds as early as June, in what would mark the new administration&rsq...
South Korea said on Friday it has decided not to appeal a Singaporean court’s rejection of its lawsuit to annul an investor-state dispute settl...
The Bank of Korea (BOK) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.75% on Thursday, with Governor Rhee Chang-yong warning that a surge in global...
S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed South Korea’s sovereign credit rating at AA with a stable outlook, citing the country’s resilient e...
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, has come to the rescue of the domestic stock market...
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