Korea’s top four financial holding firms post stellar Q2 profit on won, non-interest gains

South Korea’s four largest financial holding groups posted stellar profits in the second quarter, bolstered by a sharp increase in non-interes...
South Korea’s four largest financial holding groups posted stellar profits in the second quarter, bolstered by a sharp increase in non-interes...
KB Asset Management Co. has been named the preferred buyer of Signature Tower in what would be a landmark office property deal in South Korea this y...
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. posted a 36.8% year-on-year rise in second-quarter operating profit, buoyed by a strategi...
South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung met with Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Thursday amid growing speculation that Seoul may leve...
The United States has abruptly postponed high-level trade talks with South Korea, raising concerns in Seoul that it is slipping down Washington&rsqu...
CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s largest film studio and distributor, has established a subsidiary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – the first Middle E...
The South Korean economy returned to firmer footing in the second quarter, expanding 0.6% from the previous three months, as a recovery in exports a...
K Shipbuilding Co., once a rising star in South Korea’s shipbuilding industry under the STX Group, is returning to the auction block – t...
South Korea’s push to launch won-based stablecoins is taking shape as the ruling Democratic Party unveiled proposed legislation to promote cry...
US auto giant General Motors Co. is regarding its South Korean factories as central to its global supply chain, particularly for compact SUVs and el...
South Korea’s internet pioneers, Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp., are ramping up overseas investments in artificial intelligence startups, shiftin...
For many foreign visitors to South Korea, a trip to the beauty retailer Olive Young is as essential as sampling kimchi or touring Gyeongbokgung Pala...
MBK Partners Ltd. and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are set to force South Korea’s top multiplex cinema chain CJ CGV Co. to surrender control of ...
South Korean girl group Twice has extended their Billboard streak, landing at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 this week with their new album This Is For ...
South Korea’s finance minister will discuss tariff issues with his US counterpart in Washington this week, marking the first trade talks under...
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer, is poised to reap nearly 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in revenue this year a...
On a recent morning in Seoul’s hip Seongsu neighborhood, a line of eager foreign tourists snaked around the corner of CJ Olive Young Corp.&rsq...
With their latest digital single Jump, Blackpink has become the first – and so far only – South Korean act to top Spotify’s Global...
South Korea’s exports of electric vehicles bounced back last month, snapping a 16-month decline streak as robust demand from Europe helped off...
After nearly a decade spent fighting allegations of corporate wrongdoing, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been acquitted on all ch...
Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS), a unit of Korea Investment Holdings Co., said on Thursday it has discussed a strategic partnership with...
Maru SF, a startup campus and networking hub operated by the Asan Nanum Foundation, will open in Silicon Valley this November, marking the organizat...
South Korea’s Hanwha Group is seeking to sell the Korean operations of US premium burger chain Five Guys, two years after the brand’s hi...
To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s No. 1 car rental and leasing company, is facing a backlash from a key minority shareholder over its planned ri...
Bebesup, a leading South Korean baby skincare and wipe brand, has secured a registration certificate from the China National Medical Products Admini...
The original soundtrack Golden from Netflix’s hit animated movie KPop Demon Hunters has made chart history, becoming the first track by a virt...
South Korea’s once-dominant golf apparel market, the largest in the world at its peak, is rapidly losing steam, as sales tumble and brands scr...
Blackpink's new single Jump has rocketed to No. 1 on the Spotify Daily Top Songs Global chart, YG Entertainment Inc., the company behind the girl gr...
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...