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KT Corp., a South Korea's telecom company, is set to raise $300 million in a dollar corporate bond at the lowest interest rate for its foreign curre...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol will meet during a Group of 20 (G20) gathering of finance ministe...

South Korean corporate bond markets are set to suffer from shrinking liquidity as institutional investors are turning cautious and refraining from m...

South Korea's NongHyup Financial Group, or NH Financial Group, has acquired a stake in a solar power plant in Japan from Korea Electric Power Corp. ...

South Korea’s largest chemical producer LG Chem Ltd. plans to issue up to $1 billion in dollar-denominated green bonds to raise funds for its ...

The Bank of Korea needs to drop its accommodative monetary stance of the past two years and to begin raising interest rates from this year, the cent...

The US trade body’s approval of anti-dumping tariffs on tire imports from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand is adding to the woes of Korea&rsqu...

A self-driving car needs to pass all sorts of tests before setting off for the open road. It needs to experience different types of roads, terrain f...

Coupang Corp. has executed changes in leadership roles to focus more on overseas ventures. The company has entered Japan and Singapore this year. So...

South Korea’s central bank governor on Friday flagged a tighter monetary policy for the second time in less than a month, fueling expectations...

Toss Bank in September will enter the race of internet-only banks in South Korea as the third player, competing against K Bank and Kakao Bank. Toss ...

Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...

Hyundai Motor Co.’s Santa Fe hybrid has earned higher ratings than Toyota Motor Corp.’s Highlander, one of its strongest rivals, in an e...

SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son’s salary more than halved last year, according to the group’s regulatory filing on May 28.T...

South Korea's Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. has beat 16 Japanese bidders to acquire a logistics center in the port of Osaka, Japan for ¥...

South Korea’s central bank governor on Thursday flagged a possible policy rate hike before the end of the year as the domestic economy recover...

On May 12th ValueAct Partner, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer G. Mason Morfit appeared at the ASK Global Conference 2021 hosted by The Korea Econo...

South Korean companies have posted their best-ever quarterly sales and operating profits, emerging from a year-long slump caused by the global COVID...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....

South Korea-based Dholic Commerce is an online retail platform that sells Korean fashion items and cosmetics to the Japanese market. The startup is ...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit, which operates Japan’s largest webtoon platform Piccoma, is in talks to attract as much as 500 billion won ...

South Korea’s Nexon Co. has disclosed investments in the global entertainment sector made last year, totaling $874 million or 58% of the amoun...

Japan's biggest refiner Enoes Corp. is one of the four final bidders for a minority stake in South Korea's SK Lubricants Co., wholly owned by SK Inn...

South Korea’s leading credit rating and business valuation services provider, Korea Ratings, has stepped into the online due diligence service...

The average birth rate in South Korea dropped to a fresh low of 0.84 last year, the world’s lowest, which population experts said will unlikel...

New corporate bond issuance in South Korea is on course to hit 9.2 trillion won ($8.3 billion) in February of this year, the highest amount issued f...

A South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT) backed by Amazon’s largest logistics center in Japan and an office complex in Seoul is plan...

Surging sea freight rates, coupled with a shortage of bulk carriers and container ships, are putting South Korean exporters and importers in a bind ...

The $1 billion green bond sale by SK Battery America Inc., a US unit of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., was nine times oversubscribed at $9 b...

South Korea’s central bank governor has warned of an abrupt stock market correction, asking investors to refrain from excessive borrowing amid...