Hanao Bank CEO Lee Seung-lyul

Kakao Bank, South Korea's No.1 mobile banking app., has kicked off the process to go public by applying for a preliminary review of its stock market...

South Korean banks are queuing up to extend credit to Samsung Group's de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee and his family who are due to pay over 2 trillion w...

Seoul Semiconductor Co., whose founder and CEO has not cut his hair since 2018 to concentrate on patent lawsuits, has moved up one notch to third pl...

South Korea's SK Holdings Co. will give outside directors more authority to get involved in the selection and dismissal of its chief executive and i...

The chief executive of LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday that the company will sternly deal with SK Innovation Co. in the battery technology trade secre...

South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. has announced an early stock lockup release to occur at the open of trade on Mar. 18 on the New Yo...

South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. had a successful trading debut in New York on Thursday as its shares soared by 41% in their first sessi...

South Korean steelmaker POSCO Co. will put its efforts into gaining dominance in new growth markets such as eco-friendly vehicles and steel bars use...

The late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s lavish art collection is driving South Korea’s art circle to pressure lawmakers to amend the cou...

Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn is returning to management seven years after he was banned from business activities following his conviction for ...

South Korea’s internet-only bank, K bank, is seeking to raise up to 600 billion won ($540 million) through a rights offering, attracting glo...

Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a Big Data Center in a move to improve the use of big data in the development, marketing and sales of smartphon...

South Korean banks have offered a combined $540 million in syndicated loans to fund overseas alternative investments, in which Korea Investment Corp...

The five leading banks in South Korea, including Kookmin and Shinhan, logged their first drop in net profit last year in five years, dented by shrin...

Kia Corp. recently dropped Motors from its name and changed the design and color of the logo that had represented the Korean automaker globally for ...

Hana Bank has become South Korea’s first commercial bank to issue foreign currency bonds at a negative yield, raising 500 million euros ($606 ...

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, is interested in buying Jeju Bank, named for and based on the country's largest island, to secur...

South Korean households and companies have taken out fresh loans worth 208 trillion won ($189 billion) from banks last year, pushing the outstanding...

When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...

Lim Il-soon, chief executive of South Korean retailer HomePlus, is stepping down after leading the MBK Partners-owned discount store chain for about...

South Korea's mobile-only bank has wrapped up its $920.5 million rights offering, placing the enterprise value at around 9.3 trillion won ($8.6 ...

Hyundai Motor Group has carried out a massive reshuffling among its key affiliates, with members of Chairman Chung Euisun's inner circle promoted ...

Chief executives of banks operating in South Korea have picked the emergence of big technology companies and fintech startups in the credit market a...

Two leading South Korean banks – Shinhan and Hana – have provided a combined 47 million pounds ($63 million) in senior loans to finance ...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Executive Choi Heenam will make his first overseas business trip in 11 months to visit Singapore this month...

Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to invest 250 billion won ($226 million) to buy new shares in South Korea’s KakaoBank, shortly...

South Korea’s Ministry of Education has chosen Kim Sang-gon, formerly deputy prime minister and education minister, as the new chief executive f...

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed Choi Heenam, chief executive of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), as the country's...

SK Hynix Inc.’s $9 billion deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business is not overvalued as the price tag reflects the US firm...

This is the final piece of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's cours...