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SAN FRANCISCO -- Lotte Biologics Co., the drug consignment development and production unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, will seek to wi...

Kakao Piccoma, a Japanese digital comics app subsidiary of South Korean mobile giant Kakao Corp., topped the consumer spending ranking in the Japane...

CVC Capital Partners is in the final stage of talks to acquire OLENS, South Korea’s largest contact lens brand, for about 500 billion won ($34...

Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital has turned Hwasung Cosmetics into an emerging original design manufacturer (ODM) for global beau...

South Korea's Naver Webtoon said on Thursday that its Japanese service operator Line Digital Frontier invested in Number Nine, a webtoon studio in J...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s largest shipbuilder, is seeking to launch maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the...

CLARKSVILLE, TN -- South Korea’s appliance and electronics giants are actively looking into options to ramp up the production capacity of thei...

South Korea’s imports of steel products from China climbed to their highest level in seven years despite a decrease in its total steel imports...

South Korea’s Koramco REITs Management & Trust Co. is poised sell a prime office building in Seoul in an estimated 400 billion won ($272 m...

Macquarie Asset Management has embarked on a process to sell off its 100% stake in South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer DIG Air...

LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s top home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. has thrown down the gauntlet to frontrunners in the AI robot race...

LG Energy Solution Ltd. reported its first quarterly loss in more than three years on Thursday, adding to concerns that the world’s third-larg...

A new year has arrived, and with it come the New Year’s resolutions. However, if you are one of those who feel you've already failed to keep y...

Hyundai Motor Group will invest 24.3 trillion won ($16.7 billion) this year in South Korea, the largest-ever annual investment in its home country, ...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said on Wednesday it issued a total of $3 billion in global bonds, targeting worldwide investors.The matu...

Samsung Electronics Co. flagged weaker-than-expected earnings for the last quarter of last year due to a fall in memory chip prices and soft demand ...

South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves shrank to a five-year low at the end of last year after the country’s foreign exchange authoriti...

South Korean steelmaker POSCO’s new bond issue for 500 billion won ($343 million) was seven times oversubscribed, which may encourage the comp...

German luxury carmaker BMW claimed the mantle of top imported car brand in South Korea for a second consecutive year in 2024, beating out rival Merc...

Hyundai Motor Group, which has been promoting open innovation through generous investment in startups with promising technologies, will lead 10 cher...

An increasing number of foreign banks without a physical presence in South Korea are gearing up to offer dollar-won conversion services to non-Korea...

South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), said Friday it aims to win $180.05 billion ...

Hyundai Motor Co. and other South Korean carmakers will release various types of new models ranging from hybrid sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and el...

South Korean pension funds are raising their bets on infrastructure and global stocks, while reducing exposure to the domestic stock market on a dow...

The South Korean won is forecast to hover in the mid-1,400s level against the dollar through the third quarter of 2025, according to global investme...

South Korean stocks are expected to bounce back in the new year as their extremely low valuation following investors’ massive sell-offs in 202...

South Korean food, beauty and fashion companies, which have enjoyed robust demand for their products in overseas markets this year, will grow bolder...

The South Korean fintech industry, which bloomed a decade ago, is poised to take the next step for the coming 10 years after prominent players began...

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation said on Monday it expanded its global distribution center (GDC) at Incheon International Airport to meet the dem...

Fleetune Inc., a South Korean transportation management service (TMS) platform-developing startup, is gearing up for a big leap next year with relen...