Korea Institute of Startup

South Korea’s top three general trading companies, LX International Corp., POSCO International Corp. and Samsung C&T Corp. achieved record...

South Korea’s YKMC Inc., an integrated contract manufacturer for global companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Ai...

The price of a public golf course in South Korea has surged 35% in one and a half years to set the highest per-hole selling price for a Korean golf ...

US private equity investment giant KKR & Co. and IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate fund manager in South Korea, will set up a j...

South Korea’s consumption and capital expenditures fell last month although production rebounded, government data showed, indicating the momen...

South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly more bullish in startups than in manufacturing or retail firms. The Ministry of SMEs an...

SK Group, which has SK Inc. as its holding company, is now South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate by asset size – replacing automotiv...

S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, enjoyed record earnings in the first quarter on healthy crude prices and refining ma...

The incoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration will lend extra support to the startup ecosystem – biotech and artificial intelligence firms in part...

The Blackstone Group has named Ha Yung-Ku, who had led Citibank Korea for nearly 14 years, as chairman of its South Korean operations as the US inve...

Foreign investors’ holding rate in South Korea’s main bourse Kospi has plunged to the lowest level since 2010. The investors have dispos...

South Korea’s startup accelerator Klim Ventures announced Tuesday it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4 million) worth of bridge capital. ...

South Korea’s LX Group is looking to acquire US-listed Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. to create synergy with the group’s foundry affiliat...

South Korea’s biopharmaceutical companies are close to commercializing a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pill as they are on the brink of compl...

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co., formerly known as SK Engineering & Construction Co., is slated to develop the largest commercial data cen...

South Korea’s two well-known accelerators FuturePlay and Bluepoint Partners are preparing for initial public offerings, buoyed by record high ...

South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...

LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. will set up a joint venture to produce precursor, a key material in the production of cathode materials for electri...

The South Korean steel industry’s top executives are anticipating a perfect storm amid the global push for carbon neutrality and supply chain ...

Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said on April 21 that its insurance arm will select a maximum of two asset managers for...

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...

Education content provider Day 1 Company announced Thursday it has completed a Series D funding worth 35 billion won ($28 million.)A number of ventu...

A South Korean bio startup is aiming for a Nasdaq listing, deeming that the country’s exchange sets the bar too high for an initial public off...

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of Korea’s web service giant Kakao Corp., has invested $15 million in US game studio Playable Worlds...

South Korean universities have become hotbeds for promising startups. Leading the trend are two of the country's best-known higher education ...

South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said on Thursday that KDB NextRound, the bank’s venture investment platform, will h...

A South Korean leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group’s corporate restructuring plan hit a roadblock as institutional invest...

South Korea’s incoming government plans to extend the service life of eight more nuclear power plants than originally planned as President-ele...

South Korean biotech and pharmaceutical companies are expanding their footholds in the global space medicine market. Boryung, formerly Boryung Pharm...

KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, unveiled its new digital transformation services using artificial intelligence, big data ...