Kakao to buy FreeNow

Kakao Corp. will accelerate its overseas expansion as part of its recently announced reform plan to strengthen fair business practices.Kakao said on...

Kakao Corp. will be abandoning its growth model that has transformed once a mere mobile messenger operator into one of South Korea's largest busines...

Toughening regulations on big tech firms in South Korea are impacting the IPO timeline of Kakao Pay Corp. and Kakao Mobility Corp. According to the ...

A South Korean content platform startup OGQ Corp. is set to take over the world’s leading stock content company Getty Images Inc.’s unit...

South Korea's antitrust body has launched an investigation into Kakao Mobility Corp. on allegations of discrimination against taxi drivers not subsc...

POSCO Chemical Co. has acquired a 13% stake in a Chinese graphite processor as part of the South Korean company's efforts to secure a stable supply ...

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party has called on the Bank of Korea (BOK) to take a more active role to aid pandemic-hit small business operators ...

South Korea’s microbiome medicine developer Genome & Company geared up for entering the U.S. market to boost profits and make inroads into...

South Korea may be following China’s lead in cracking down on big tech firms. The country’s two leading tech giants Naver Corp. and Kaka...

South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...

South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has failed to drum up interest from the country's largest online platforms, including Nav...

Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...

South Korea’s Netmarble Corp. has earned 816.9 billion won ($703 million) so far in August alone by selling shares of KakaoBank Corp. and Kaka...

South Korean millennials in their 20s and 30s are rushing to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) amid skyrocketing real estate prices in t...

Hanwha Solutions are seeking to buy Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ Wi-Fi module unit in a move to enhance its wireless communication division, a k...

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea's most popular taxi-hailing app, has taken its first step toward a stock market debut, which is expected to value ...

Kakao Corp., which a decade ago was merely a mobile messenger operator, has now grown into one of the largest business groups in South Korea. The in...

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) cut imports costs on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar for 20 years thanks to COVID-19 test kits.KOGAS signed on July 1...

MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, agreed to sell South Korean Doosan Machine Tools at $2.1 billion to the country’s DTR ...

Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...

South Korean investors are rushing to buy Vietnamese stocks as the market is showing signs of a recovery. Analysts predicted export-oriented shares ...

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Co. joined a consortium led by South Korean GS Group to acquire the country’s top bot...

South Korea’s leading game developer NCSoft Corp. will be launching its latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Lineag...

The number of investors under age 18 is rising in South Korea, posting even higher gains from their stock purchases than adults.According to 10 dome...

Hanwha Solutions Corp., the energy unit of chemicals-to-financial conglomerate Hanwha Group, is acquiring a 100% stake in RES Mediterranee SAS, a Fr...

A South Korean electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. added the activist fund Korea Corporate Government Improvement Fund (KCGI) as a financial invest...

Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...

KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. decided to buy the world’s No. 3 social casino game publisher SpinX Games for $2.2 billion, bettin...