Chinese ban on urea

South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. will team up with SK Microworks Co. to regain ground in the Chinese film...

South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...

South Korea will halt shipments of nearly 700 additional items, including rechargeable batteries, heavy equipment and cars with 2,000 and larger-lit...

South Korea is expected to allow foreigners to work at plant construction sites nearly two decades after non-native Koreans were banned from those p...

The South Korean stock market has seen increased volatility and few rallies over the past three months, in sharp contrast to government hopes that i...

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported record earnings on strong performances of its e-commerce and content businesses, sending its s...

South Korean online game developer Nexon Korea Corp.'s "Dungeon & Fighter Mobile" has obtained a banhao (game service license) from the Chinese ...

The South Korean government said on Thursday it has ordered GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) and four smaller builders to halt t...

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with China Communications Construction Compa...

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 Korea’s Celltrion Inc. has signed a business agreement with China’s WuXi XDC to jointly develop new antibody-drug conjugates (ADC)...

Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop th...

South Korea and Indonesia plan to strengthen the collaboration to establish an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem, capitalizing on Indonesia'...

South Korean microbiome-based new drug development company Kobiolabs Co. announced on Wednesday that it has a patent for its obesity treatment strai...

Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...

China will stop the official broadcast of League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK), according to the South Korean game industry. “There w...

Aftershocks continue in the South Korean financial market following the country’s financial regulator’s ban on the trading of spot bitco...

South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...

SEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have...

South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to exit the money-losing container shipbuilding busin...

South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inve...

South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it opened the KT Foreigner Center for non-English speakers in Won-gok-dong, Ansan, Gyeonggi...

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...

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is downsizing its industrial film business amid weak demand and growing com...

A former senior manager at Samsung Electronics Co. and an ex-subcontractor employee are among those accused of receiving several tens of million dol...

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for ...

The South Korean battery industry is facing pressure to cut its reliance on Chinese capital as the US government on Dec. 1 issued guidance that will...

South Korea plans to set up a supply chain stabilization fund of up to 10 trillion won ($7.6 billion) to effectively cope with sudden supply disrupt...

South Korea plans to prohibit small trucks with diesel engines from new registrations next year, increasing sales of liquefied petroleum gas-powered...

The South Korean government plans to offer financial support to domestic companies when they import urea, a substance used in diesel vehicles and fe...