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South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an upgraded version of its fuel cell truck XCIENT, turning up the heat on rivals in...

Early this month, when Anchor Equity Partners was in intense negotiations with Kakao Corp. over the terms of its 600 billion won ($530 million) inve...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....

As smartphones have become essential to everyday life, chat fiction -- storytelling in the form of fictional text messaging -- has become popular am...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) ar...

Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 171 trillion won ($151 billion) by 2030 to take over the global foundry leadership from its archrival TSMC. The ...

Hyundai Motor Co.’s standalone high-end brand Genesis has reached a landmark with sales of over 500,000 cars since its launch as the top South...

South Korea ranks 11th in global export market shares with 69 top-ranked items -- reaching an all-time high In 2019, South Korean products ranked 1...

South Korea's IGIS Asset Management Co. and Hana Financial Investment Co. have acquired a 49% stake in the headquarters of the US mortgage lender Fa...

South Korea’s biosimilar and pharmaceutical companies are looking at a growing chance of emerging as a global hub for manufacturing vaccines f...

South Korea's government-owned Incheon International Airport Corp. has raised $300 million in its first global bond sale to ease financial difficult...

Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to further expand the production line for ethylene oxide adduct (EOA), a specialty material used in the construction indu...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit $105 million to three global infrastructure funds this year, targeting a net i...

Described as "South Korea's first space-set blockbuster," Netflix's film Space Sweepers is receiving considerable viewership globally, joining a gro...

SK E&S Co. will hire a global investment bank to launch the process of raising 2 trillion-3 trillion won ($2 billion-$3 billion) in new capital ...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

South Korean brokerage houses enjoyed a bumper year in 2020 with a record fee income from global derivatives trading, driven by retail investors' ve...

South Korea’s heavy machinery manufacturers are making a strong start this year, reporting the highest first quarter revenue figures since 201...

South Korean content platforms' appetite for webtoons remains strong as major players such as Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp. further ramp up their webt...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (H&F) is expected to gather $500 million from South Korea's three key investors -...

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has landed an order to build 20 very large container ships (VLCS) at 2.8 trillion won ($2.5 billion), t...

The combined balance of overseas real estate investment funds sold in South Korea saw a drop in their net asset value below the original value by 40...

South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. has successfully issued its first foreign currency bonds worth $500 million amid strong demand as ...

Leading international law firms with offices in South Korea are gearing up for growing legal service demand from local companies in their push for m...

The National Pension Service has committed $500 million to Blackstone's new life science real estate fund that is expected to raise over $12 billion...

South Korea’s die and mold industry reported another year of export growth last year, fueled by record-high volume to North America, and maint...

The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world.  ...

Naver Corp., South Koreans’ largest online portal, has picked Morgan Stanley and Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities Co. to underwrite its first glo...

The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world.  ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. and Saudi Aramco have agreed to launch a hydrogen partnership in a step toward building a ...