Financial Life Guidebook for Foreigners

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its "Life's Good" brand experience space in Singapore. Located in the upscale Millenia Walk m...

South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Feb. 18 that it will broaden the scope of its English electronic disclosure ser...

US Treasury bonds are gaining popularity among retail investors in South Korea amid expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates...

Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks and bonds in January, extending their buying spree to three months.The Financial Supervisory Servi...

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...

When Shin Chang-jae took the helm of Kyobo Life Insurance Co. in 2000 the South Korean insurance firm was reeling from the aftermath of the 1998 Asi...

German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...

KB Financial Group and Kakao Bank, top players in South Korea’s offline and mobile banking sector, respectively, achieved their highest-ever p...

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. faces a record-breaking fine to the tune of about 20 billion won ($15 million) over it...

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

Less than five years ago, Invossa, a cell and gene therapy for osteoarthritis, was expected to hit the global market with great fanfare.Developed by...

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Group announced on Thursday that it launched H Point Global, a dedicated membership service for foreign cus...

South Korean banks are scurrying to suspend the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) after the country’s financial regulator said it may con...

The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea last year exceeded 11 million, reaching 63% of the pre-COVID level, with over 1 million arrivals month...

South Korean construction companies are penetrating deeper into Central and South America, where high demand for infrastructure facilities is now se...

South Korean financial group chiefs will no longer enjoy automatic term extensions as the government is stepping up pressure on the groups to improv...

South Korea's CJ OnStyle announced on Thursday that it will launch a genderless fashion brand M12. M12 means genderless lifewear that can be worn co...

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) will open a foreigners-only casino at its resort complex in Incheon, South Korea in the first quarter after...

Taihan Cable & Solution Co., a major South Korean cable manufacturer, on Tuesday said its 2023 operating profit hit the largest level in 15 year...

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

Mirae Asset Securities Co. on Monday issued $600 million worth of foreign currency bonds, marking the first foreign bond sale by a South Korean brok...

The South Korean mobile app market is seeing fast growth of platforms targeting foreign users in the country alongside their increasing demand for a...

South Korea’s Viva Republica Inc. has recently invited a handful of domestic brokerage companies to give presentations to revive its IPO plan....

IMM Investment Corp., a major South Korean private equity firm, invested $97 million in Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a local supplier of global industry ...

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Thursday that it has issued $700 million (940 billion won) worth of foreign currency ESG (environmental, socia...

Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...

South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank said on Thursday it has launched commission-free foreign exchange services for the first time as a do...

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

South Korean investors’ years-long trading of spot-bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in Canada and Germany was abruptly suspended du...