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2021 has been a heyday for Korea’s startup ecosystem – especially for the VCs that invest in it. In the first three quarters of this ye...

The Kosdaq Listed Companies Association of South Korea announced its top Kosdaq blue chips during its 13th annual award conference held on Dec. 16...

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D image measurement tech company listed on the Kosdaq, has earned the highest AA rating from Sustinvest, ...

Chey Jae-won, the younger brother to SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, returned to the conglomerate’s leadership on Dec. 17, after an eight-year...

Credit Suisse Group AG has appointed two South Koreans as new managing directors (MD) for its Seoul office. Shim Jong-min and Kim Sei-won were promo...

Hyundai Motor Group’s major auto brands have won a record number of top global awards and industry accolades this year in recognition of its e...

Starbucks Korea's sales are on course to exceed 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) this year, the largest-ever annual revenue for a coffee franchise oper...

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, may replace its presidents of design as well as research and development in a bold leadershi...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday carried out its year-end reshuffle of mid-tier executives, marked by the highest number of promotions for female...

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set an initial public offering price band for the largest-ever initial listing in the country next...

South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita is expected to surpass $35,000 to a record high this year on strong economic growth, surg...

South Korea’s parliament on Dec. 3 approved a record $515 billion spending for 2022 to support a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest econo...

KTB Network Co., South Korea's first-generation venture capital firm, priced its public offering price at the bottom of the guidance range as the re...

Lunit Inc., a South Korean developer of AI-based diagnostic tools for cancer screening, has surpassed 1 trillion won ($841 million) in value in over...

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. said on Nov. 30 it will invest 1.1 trillion won ($843.1 million) to expand Korean elecfoil ...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced a set of drastic steps to reduce bureaucracy and hierarchical management at the world's top memory chip ...

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) Investment Management said on Nov. 29 it earned 67.4 trillion won ($56.5 billion) return for the first ...

Olim Planet, a South Korean property technology startup, has begun the process to go public on the junior Kosdaq market as early as the second half ...

Now it is time to invest in e-commerce, healthcare and multifamily housing, or the so-called three megatrends, which have increased in demand during...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...

Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...

South Korea’s construction conglomerate GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on November 17 that it has selected Korean private equity...

Backed by the growth of the information technology and bio-related industries in South Korea, Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Associatio...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Nov. 15 that its operating profit and net profit for the first three quarters came in at 312.4 bil...

Orchestra Private Equity set up Orchestra Private Equity IV (OPE IV) to invest $32 million in Korea’s pizza chain operator Banolim Food Co. an...

The chief investment officers of 10 South Korean major limited partners (LPs), including pension funds, mutual aid associations and life insurance c...

The competition to underwrite a listing of CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, is intensifying with some brokerage houses va...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Nov. 9 it has selected the venture capital firms that will entrust the pension fund&rsqu...

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as the term of current CIO Jang ...