AI-driven financial services

Mortgage loan growth at banks in South Korea slowed to near a four-year low in November, on the back of tightened lending rules and an interest rate...

Drivers of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are set to enjoy their favorite original TV shows and dramas in-vehicle in near real-time, created by Sou...

South Korea's current account surplus in October narrowed by 40% from a year earlier, with the rapid rise in crude oil and raw material prices offse...

A Korean startup about a year old has succeeded in creating a microchip that speeds up trading by a few microseconds -- a huge difference in the w...

Mirae Asset Global Investment Co., South Korea’s leading asset manager, has participated in a $260 million Series B funding for Jokr, a New ...

Kakao Corp., an operator of South Korea's top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has set its sights on the digital healthcare market, launching an in-h...

GS Retail Co. is investing 65 billion won ($55 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea's No.1 taxi-hailing app, adding to its recent series of...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea selected Toronto-based Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. as a new mandate of hedge fund managers in t...

South Korea’s SK Square, an investment firm spun off from SK Telecom Co., will buy a stake in a local cryptocurrency exchange to expand its po...

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will launch a pilot service of its first autonomous robotaxi based on its electric SUV, the IONI...

Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...

The world’s No. 1 boy band BTS became the first Asian act to take the prize for artist of the year at the American Music Awards, one of the to...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...

Backed by the growth of the information technology and bio-related industries in South Korea, Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Associatio...

Representatives of South Korean auto parts makers on Friday called on the government to increase their financial support of the sector, including ta...

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) to be set up in Seoul, South Korea from 2022 will receive increased incentives and reduction in office rent, acc...

Success of Korean films on OTT platforms South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property rights trade balance in the first half of 2021. ...

Snowflake Inc., a US big data cloud provider, on Wednesday announced its entry into the South Korean market with the opening of a local office, inte...

South Korean startup Data Republic is pioneering a smart way of investing for global cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2018, the company has ra...

SEOUL—Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to continue charging South Korean app developers a service fee for in-app purchases, even as users fo...

Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...

South Korea’s top artificial intelligence (AI) developer MINDs Lab Inc. is aiming to list on the Kosdaq market within this month. While the ...

Commanding more than 100 million users for a South Korean Internet social service or a mobile game is uncommon even among industry leaders.Naver Cor...

Shinhan Financial Group has acquired BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance, the non-life insurance unit of French banking group BNP Paribas in a move...

South Korea's top financial regulator is considering allowing banks to provide basically all financial services in single apps, emulating fintech pl...

Netflix Inc. added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter, more than the company had forecast, as viewers flocked to the streaming platform wi...

No company would know better than DearU Inc. that powerful fandom can turn into fast money.The South Korean startup that started as a software devel...

One of the biggest concerns in purchasing a secondhand luxury item is being uncertain if the item is real or fake. And South Korea-based luxury resa...

Ssangyong Motor Co., the troubled South Korean sport utility vehicle manufacturer, is struggling to find a new owner amid doubts as to whether the e...

London-based M&G Investments expects the logistics and residential real estate markets in most parts of Europe to continue to offer attractive r...