South Korea, US to resume trade talks ahead of tariff deadline
South Korea’s finance minister will discuss tariff issues with his US counterpart in Washington this week, marking the first trade talks under...
South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...
South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken back into custody early Thursday over his short-lived martial law declaration last December, a...
Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna
Shinsegae Property, a subsidiary of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Tuesday unveiled a 600 billion won ($438 million) investment agree...
S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race
South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...
S.Korea names budget veteran as finance minister to prop up economy
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Sunday appointed Koo Yoon-cheol, former head of the budget office, as finance minister as the government is ...
S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, career technocrats
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday announced a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle, naming a mix of career technocrats, senior lawmakers and &mda...
US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit
A planned meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump was canceled on Monday after Trump unexpectedly left ...
GIC resumes Seoul Finance Center sale in major Korean property deal
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is resuming the sale of Seoul Finance Center, a landmark office tower in Seoul's central business distri...
S.Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung on Monday had his first official telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shige...
Lee names nominees for prime minister, spy agency chief, other key posts
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday unveiled his nominees for major government posts, including prime minister and spy agency chief, i...
Shinhan expands global IR push to woo foreign investors
Shinhan Financial Group Co. is stepping up efforts to attract foreign investors with back-to-back global investor relations (IR) campaigns, as South...
Korea Securities Finance eyes its 1st foreign bond sale in 2026
Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) is preparing to issue its first foreign currency-denominated bonds in 2026 to provide low-cost funding to dome...
Seoul, Washington agree on July tariff deal framework in '2+2' trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and the US have agreed to work together to craft a comprehensive tariff-liberalization package by July 8, marki...
Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...
S.Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ousted; new presidential election coming
South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, making him the country’s second pr...
S.Korean court to rule on impeached President Yoon’s fate April 4
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday will give its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December for declaring mart...
VIG taps KDB financing to buy 40% stake in Kakao Mobility
South Korea’s private equity firm VIG Partners’ buyout of minority stakes in Kakao Mobility Corp., the nation’s most popular taxi-...
Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han as acting president
South Korea’s constitutional court on Monday ruled against the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, restoring him to his position as ac...
S.Korea courts active funds for $140 bn treasury issuance
South Korea’s finance ministry will hold its largest-ever investor relations (IR) event for global institutional investors at the end of this ...
Parliament passes bill to expand boards’ fiduciary duties
South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment to the Commercial Act to expand boards of directors’ fiduciary duties to minor...
Korean court cancels Yoon’s detention; Insurrection case continues
A South Korean court on Friday cancelled impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention warrant, ordering him to be released from jail, althoug...
LG Group chair visits India ahead of LG Electronics Indian IPO
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo visited LG Electronics Inc.'s factory and research center in India in late February as it plans to list its Indian ar...
Former FSC chief Shin Je-yoon likely to be tapped as Samsung board chair
Shin Je-yoon, former chairman of South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), will likely assume the role o...
LG, SNU team up to develop AI modeling for protein structure predictions
LG AI Research Institute, the artificial intelligence think-tank of LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Thursday signed a ...
Doosan Skoda Power eyes Czech IPO, aims to raise $111 million
Doosan Skoda Power, the Czech-based power plant equipment-making unit of South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co., plans to list its shares on the ...
Yoon becomes first S.Korean sitting president to be formally arrested
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first sitting president to be arrested on rebellion charges as part of a probe into hi...
Korea Investment Holdings’ MSCI ESG rating upgraded to A
Korea Investment Holdings Co. said on Thursday it was upgraded by three notches from B to A in the MSCI ESG rating this year.The MSCI ESG rating is ...
Foreign investors sells $3.86 bn in S.Korean stock market
The Bank of Korea (BOK) said on Wednesday that the foreign investors' net selling in the South Korean stock market was $3.86 billion in December las...
Korea’s new acting president assures economy resilient, security tight
South Korea’s new Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday he is confident that the country’s economy is resilient and its national...
