Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is slated to raise $500 million in dollar corporate bond at a lower-than-planned cost on strong demand.IBK decided to...

South Korea’s government delayed a sale of foreign exchange stabilization fund bonds to next month, disrupting local companies’ plans to...

Amazon Global Store posted a stellar first-week performance in South Korea. The service, launched at the end of August on SK Telecom Co.’s onl...

SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of SK Group, aims to turn into an eco-friendly company with an enterprise value of 35 trillion won ($3...

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, said on Tuesday it is collaborating with local leather shoe brand YASE to...

Global green, social sustainability (GSS) bonds may not be stable enough yet. The bonds where proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-...

SK Inc., the investment and holding company of SK Group, will absorb SK Materials Co., the group’s industrial gas manufacturing affiliate, in ...

South Korea’s leading hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus Co. will be listed on Kospi on Sept. 3, according to the company’s IPO briefing ...

Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche have driven the double-digit growth of imported car sales in South Korea in the first seven months of this year, with...

South Korean unicorn startups are soaking up talent from global investment banks (IBs) and brokerage houses. Junior and senior financial market spec...

South Korea-based edtech startup SmartStudy, the creator of YouTube's current most-viewed video, Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance, has begun preparations f...

SK E&S Co., the largest city gas supplier in South Korea, has shortlisted four candidates among seven preliminary bidders to invest in 2 trillio...

The number of investors under age 18 is rising in South Korea, posting even higher gains from their stock purchases than adults.According to 10 dome...

South Korean companies with low credit ratings around BBB are suffering weaker demand in the primary market. A spread in the Delta coronavirus varia...

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association issued a request for proposals to commit $25 million to a global infrastructure fund...

POSCO and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., the two key members of Korea’s ambitious green ammonia alliance formed last week, wi...

KT Corp., a South Korea's telecom company, is set to raise $300 million in a dollar corporate bond at the lowest interest rate for its foreign curre...

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) and Hyundai Motor Co.’s Turkish unit sold foreign currency corporate bonds at narrower spreads than their initial targ...

Hyundai Motor Co. will focus on ramping up global sales of high-profit vehicles such as its SUVs and Genesis models, according to its annual sustain...

Hyundai Motor Group’s auto units posted all-time high sales in the first half of 2021 in the US market. According to the industry on July 2, H...

South Korean corporate bond markets are set to suffer from shrinking liquidity as institutional investors are turning cautious and refraining from m...

With South Korea’s stock markets maintaining bullish momentum this year, debate about setting up an alternative trading system (ATS) in the co...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has abandoned its onsite only due diligence requirements on alternative deals in an effort...

ESG is one of the most frequently mentioned keywords in South Korea today. It stands for environmental, social and corporate governance, the three...

HYBE Co., the global entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, has successfully closed its previously announced rights offering to raise 445.5 billion wo...

South Korea’s private equity (PE) firm Hahn & Co. has acquired a controlling 53% stake in Namyang Dairy Products, acquiring all shares own...

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it will retire 8.69 million treasury shares worth 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 b...

South Korea’s major companies are increasingly adopting corporate storytelling as a means of rebranding their identities.As the companies enjo...

The rules of economic growth have changed. From the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have emerged with renewed sense of purpose, activ...

South Korea’s leading credit rating and business valuation services provider, Korea Ratings, has stepped into the online due diligence service...