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South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. is set to list its Balhae Infrastructure Fund (Balhae) on the country’s main bourse Kospi in the s...

KB Investment Co., a venture capital arm of KB Financial Group, is seeking to raise more than 200 billion won ($150 million) in its second global fu...

South Korea’s central bank on Wednesday took the most aggressive measure with a 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike for the first time in...

K Bank submitted a preliminary assessment request to the Korea Stock Exchange on Thursday, the first step to an initial public offering. The on...

South Korean biotech company L&C Bio, which specializes in tissue regeneration treatment, is poised to ramp up its expansion into the Chinese ma...

South Korea’s former finance minister and central bank governor Cho Soon died at 94 of natural causes on Thursday.Cho, a renowned economist ca...

South Korea’s central bank may raise interest rates more than usual to rein in inflation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy after the US F...

Rhee Chang-yong has made a big splash in less than two months as the Bank of Korea governor and I’m not the least bit surprised. Over the l...

South Korea's early stage startups raised a record amount of funding in the last 12 months.Even though venture capital firms at home and abroad are ...

QMIT Inc., the operator of athlete management platform plco, announced Tuesday that it raised 3 billion won ($2.4 million) in Series A round funding...

South Korea’s national soccer team, led by captain Son Heung-min, lost to Brazil 1-5 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday, much to 65,000 K...

South Korea’s central bank chief said he will consider big-step interest rate hikes in the coming months to curb inflation in Asia’s fou...

For the first time, South Korea’s startup accelerator D.Camp has opened an office in the port city of Busan. The joint effort between D...

KB Asset Management Co., the investment arm of KB Financial Group in South Korea, said on Friday it has completed a 100% acquisition of North Galaxy...

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group has picked Vietnam’s e-commerce startup Tiki as its first strategic partner in the Southeast Asian count...

Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...

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 ...

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...

South Korea’s startups raked in a record amount of investment last year, thanks to the number of unicorns reaching an all-time high.This was n...

South Korea’s entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. established a studio specializing in content for over-the-top (OTT) platforms at home and abroad ...

South Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier KT Corp. launched a cloud computing subsidiary on Friday. Cloud computing is the on-demand ...

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, is considering changing into a holding company structure in an effort to boost the compan...

South Korea on Wednesday nominated veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s new central bank chief, who i...

“The first joint venture with the Seoul National University seal of approval” is how artificial intelligence startup SNUAI Lab Co. des...

South Korea’s three major digital banks are stepping up their credit loans to borrowers with low credit ratings, a disruptive business model s...

South Korea plans to open temporary settlement lines between domestic banks and their units in Russia in order to help companies hit by multinationa...

South Korea’s venture capital firm Translink Investment and non-profit organization Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs agreed to launch ...

International sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are set to have a material impact on South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, ...

South Korea's contact lens brands accelerated their penetration into the global market estimated at $10 billion in 2021, thanks to the market's rebo...

South Korea’s e-commerce juggernaut Coupang Inc. posted $18.4 billion in sales last year, up 54% on-year. Compared to the pre-pandemic level i...