International Risk Management Standard

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has decided to shift its objective in holding shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the parent company of Korean...

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. fell to a fresh 52-week low on Thursday despite posting record sales for the third consecutive quarter as investor...

LX International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s LX Group, has seen its enterprise value rise by two-thirds over the past three month...

Samsung Electronics Co. is losing its hegemony in the global semiconductor market as a sustained leadership vacuum has kept the world’s top me...

The South Korean steel industry’s top executives are anticipating a perfect storm amid the global push for carbon neutrality and supply chain ...

Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 21 that its insurance arm will select a maximum of two asset managers for...

An international arbitrator is set to rule on a decade-long legal tussle between South Korea and Lone Star Funds as early as next month over the US ...

Some of the four shortlisted bidders for South Korea's SK On Co. recently went back to the drawing board to assess the value of the world's No. 5 el...

One Store Co., investment firm SK Square Co.'s homegrown app store, is gearing up for an initial public offering to be held in May. The local app st...

South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. has emerged as one of Hanjin KAL Co.'s key friendly shareholders, throwing its clout behind Chai...

Southeast Asia-focused Navis Capital Partners is tapping South Korean companies and private equity firms to sell Texon, a Hong Kong-based footwear c...

Korean Air Lines Co.’s stock is underperforming those of its US rivals on concerns that South Korea’s top carrier is unlikely to immedia...

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised its policy interest rate in a surprise move as accelerating inflation is feared to bite into gro...

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, struggled to agree with its unionized workers on more overseas plants although the company des...

Shares of JYP Entertainment Inc. have been skyrocketing in recent months. The record label stocks jumped more than 70% from its lowest price point s...

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is one step closer to including foreign nationals to its list of owner-cum-heads of conglomerates ...

PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...

South Korea’s major companies are drastically cutting their capital spending as heightened macroeconomic risks coupled with growing external u...

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, and The California State Teachers' Retireme...

The increase in the price of carbon emission rights is dealing another blow to South Korean companies reeling from soaring raw materials and logisti...

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s largest lube base oil supplier, invested $25 million in a US liquid immersion cooling solutions provider for da...

Choi Jin-min, founder and chairman of Kiturami Boiler Co., is one of the few living witnesses in South Korea's boiler history. At the age of 21, he ...

Global TV prices rose by a third last year and are expected to continue their uptrend this year, which could be a boon for the world’s two lar...

SEOUL—South Korea’s political division runs so deep now that the country can’t agree where the next president should liv...

Kakao Entertainment Corp. has hit a snag in its talks to buy a controlling stake in SM Entertainment Co., according to those familiar with the neg...

As regular readers of my memos and books know, I’m strongly interested in – you might say obsessed with – the concept of the pen...

South Korea’s nominee for its new central bank governor stoked expectations that the Bank of Korea may raise interest rates less than predicte...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun has been appointed as a co-chief executive and a registered director of Korea Ship...

  Most new asset management firms in South Korea end up lagging the competition due to their smaller sizes. They suffer from operating losses ...

Global airlines are increasing flights to pre-pandemic levels as countries worldwide are opening up their borders to support the tourism sector, ram...