KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...

POSCO Int'l wins Indonesia gas exploration project

South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. is poised to secure rights worth several billion dollars to explore and produce natural gas in Indones...

Cosmax extracts raw materials from indigenous plants in Indonesia

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, announced on Monday that it will unveil a cosmetics raw material b...

Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds

The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...

HK inno.N releases new drug for GERD in Indonesia

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N Corporation's new drug for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) K-CAB has been officially launched in In...

KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia

KB Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Yoon Jong-kyoo brought up “glocalization” as a key strategy for its global expansion at ...

Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022

The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...

LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia

South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...

Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos

South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...

Indonesia yet to notify Korea of payment plan for joint fighter program

Indonesia has yet to provide South Korea with a timetable for payment on a joint fighter jet program as promised, undermining trust in Jakarta&rsquo...

KOTRA hosts ESG cooperation project in Baubau, Indonesia

Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Wednesday that it conducts an "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Cooperation P...

Samsung, 4 Korean banks to foster financial software engineers

Samsung Electronics Co. and South Korea’s four commercial banks – Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and Woori – have agreed to help suppor...

S.Korea breaks into World Bank's global logistics top 20 list for 1st time

South Korea’s logistics performance has ranked 17th in the world, marking its first entry into the top 20 nations, as assessed by the World Ba...

Woori Bank to start legal, accounting advisory for firms entering Vietnam

South Korea's Woori Bank on Monday announced the opening of its comprehensive advisory service line for foreign direct investment (FDI) designed for...

S.Korean content biz event in Indonesia targets SE Asian consumers

An export conference for South Korean content this week in Jakarta, Indonesia, targeted the Southeast Asian market's population of 600 million.The I...

Korean-style smart city to be introduced in Ukraine's Uman

The South Korean government has decided to support the development of a smart city in Uman located in central Ukraine. The Ministry of Land, Infrast...

Bread mimicking S.Korean penny embroiled in design theft controversy

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that it is in talks with companies to change the design of the “Gyeongju 10 won bread,” which rece...

Private real estate debt shines on banks' financing gaps: Savills

More global investors are turning to the private debt market as bank loans are getting tougher under stricter lending regulations. Among a range of ...

S.Korean SMEs unprepared for Indonesia’s mandatory halal certification

South Korea's Ministry of SMEs has begun moving to help SMEs planning to export to Indonesia obtain halal certification.The SME Ombudsman said on Tu...

Lotte Shopping to raise $785 mn from Korean banks for ESG push

Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, will tap 1 trillion won ($784.4 million) from two of the...

S.Korea's KakaoBank to launch internet bank in Thailand

South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. has begun its advance into Southeast Asia through a tie-up with a financial company in Thailand. KakaoBank on Friday ...

Woori Bank Vietnam, Samsung Vina Insurance team up for bancassurance

South Korea's Woori Bank revealed on Thursday that its Vietnamese operation, Woori Bank Vietnam, has signed a property insurance business agreement ...

S.Korea’s Hanwha Securities to acquire Ciptadana in Indonesia

Hanwha Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire Indonesia's Ciptadana Securities and Ciptadana Asset Managem...

Goldman Sachs slashes Korean cathode stock targets; market ignores

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has slashed the target prices of South Korean top cathode stocks, namely EcoPro BM Co. and POSCO Future M Co., by nearly ha...

GC Biopharma wins contract to build blood products plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma Corp., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday that it has received approval from the Indonesian Ministry of Healt...

S.Korea opens logistics center at Surabaya port, Indonesia

South Korea said it opened a logistics center at a port in Surabaya, Indonesia, to support exports to Southeast Asia’s top economy.The Ministr...

Hyundai revs up US advance with $4.3 billion battery JV with LG

Hyundai Motor Co. has taken another step closer to receiving US tax credits for its electric cars sold in the country by signing a 5.7 trillion won ...

Jin Air seeks to spread wings to Indonesia, Singapore

Jin Air Co., a low-cost carrier (LCC) under Korean Air Co., is seeking to expand its air routes to Indonesia and Singapore this year with the additi...

Jeju Air CEO sees Korea-Indonesia routes as blue ocean

South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. will make the most of the post-pandemic recovery in travel demand by exploring South...

Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2

South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...