S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

South Korea led the game score in East Asia with 90.06 out of 100 during the first half of this year, followed by China with 85.64 and Japan with a ...

Korea’s financial exposure to real estate nearly doubles in 10 years

Korea’s financial exposure to real estate nearly doubles in 10 years

South Korea’s financial exposure to real estate has nearly doubled over the past decade, with lending to households making up about half. The ...

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment & Securities Co. has become the first South Korean securities firm to list derivative warrants in Indonesia after issuing 11 st...

BOK flags more rate cuts but in gradual, small steps

BOK flags more rate cuts but in gradual, small steps

South Korea’s central bank is open to more cuts in interest rates after its first rate reduction in more than four years on Friday but only in...

Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales

Foreign appetite for Korean stocks wanes with $5.5 bn in September sales

Foreign investors' appetite for South Korean stocks turned sour with sales of 7.36 trillion won ($5.5 billion) worth of shares on the Korean bourse ...

Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates

Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korean steel conglomerate Dongkuk Holdings Co., on Friday unveiled the wo...

Korea Zinc ups share buyback price, volume to counter MBK

Korea Zinc ups share buyback price, volume to counter MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Friday it will buy back more shares at a higher price than originally planned to counter North Asia-focused private equity f...

Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure

Microsoft, KT to invest $1.8 bn in Korea’s AI, infrastructure

Microsoft Corp. and KT Corp. plan to invest 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) in South Korea’s artificial intelligence, cloud and infrastructure...

MBK not to raise Korea Zinc tender offer price after regulator warning

MBK not to raise Korea Zinc tender offer price after regulator warning

MBK Partners will not raise its tender offer prices again for Korea Zinc Inc. and its affiliate Young Poong Precision Corp. after hiking them twice ...

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

Shinsegae, Paramount to build $3.39 billion theme park complex in S.Korea

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group said on Thursday it has partnered with US media group Paramount Global on a 4.57 trillion won ($3.3...

Mirae Asset India surpasses 2 million retail client accounts

Mirae Asset India surpasses 2 million retail client accounts

Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Thursday that the number of retail client accounts in its India operations has crossed the 2 million mark.This ma...

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows

South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-la...

Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024

Alternative investment experts to gather Oct. 16-17 at ASK 2024

South Korea’s major institutional investors and global asset managers will gather at the ASK 2024 global alternative investment conference on ...

Hyundai Movex to lead S. Korea’s unmanned robot project

Hyundai Movex to lead S. Korea’s unmanned robot project

South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co. was selected to lead the design of a high-precision large autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform and integra...

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

S.Korea signs MOU on Philippine nuclear safety checks, eyes plant deals

MANILA – South Korea on Monday signed an initial agreement with the Philippines to conduct a safety check on a nuclear power plant before a re...

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy aims to more than double sales to $50 billion by 2028

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has vowed to more than double its sales in five years to 67 trillion won ($50 billion) by diversifying its battery products ...

Kia to sweep top three spots in Korea car sales on SUV, hybrid boom

Kia to sweep top three spots in Korea car sales on SUV, hybrid boom

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is poised to claim the top three spots on the country’s best-selling car list this year thanks...

Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong

Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. said on Monday that it opened a Korean-style ramyun experience store K-Ramen Supermarket with the ...

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

CU, GS25 in fierce race for top spot in Korea’s convenience store market

Using multiple measures, CU and GS25 both claim they are the No. 1 player in South Korea’s convenience store (CV) market.CU, operated by BGF R...

S.Korea’s reshoring companies pale amid lack of support, incentives

S.Korea’s reshoring companies pale amid lack of support, incentives

Reshoring, or a corporate U-turn to the home country from an overseas location, has been the global trend since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemi...

MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer

MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer

A consortium of MBK Partners-Young Poong Corp. on Friday raised its tender offer price for Korea Zinc Inc. again and removed the lower limit of its ...

Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant

Korea’s KCC Glass to invest $525 mn more in Indonesian plant

KCC Glass Corp., a major South Korean construction materials manufacturer, is set to invest an additional 700 billion won ($524.8 million) in its In...

UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal

UBS retains top position on Korea’s M&A advisor list after Ecorbit deal

UBS Group AG remained on the top of the South Korean merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory market as of the end of the third quarter after addin...

Korea Zinc, MBK face-off for control of zinc smelter takes new twist

Korea Zinc, MBK face-off for control of zinc smelter takes new twist

The face-off between Korea Zinc Inc. and MBK Partners for control of the world's No. 1 lead and zinc smelter shows no sign of abating as the private...

S.Korea’s inflation dips below 2% for 1st time in 42 months

S.Korea’s inflation dips below 2% for 1st time in 42 months

South Korea’s headline inflation slowed below 2% for the first time in three and a half years in September on lower international oil prices, ...

SK Pharmteco to invest $260 mn in new peptide factory in S. Korea

SK Pharmteco to invest $260 mn in new peptide factory in S. Korea

SK Pharmteco, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of South Korea's SK Inc., said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $260 ...

S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing

S.Korea’s NPS investment arm suffers from chronic understaffing

South Korea’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS), managing 1,150 trillion won ($870.6 billion) in assets, stru...

Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK

Korea Zinc, Bain Capital offer $2.4 bn share buyback vs MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. said on Wednesday it will buy back shares for 3.1 trillion won ($2.4 billion) with the backing of Bain Capital to counter MBK Partne...

S.Korea’s exports stand firm thanks to record chip sales

S.Korea’s exports stand firm thanks to record chip sales

South Korea’s exports extended their growth streak for the 12th straight month in September mainly driven by record-high semiconductor shipmen...

Korea’s finance min, central bank chief to take on demographic crisis

Korea’s finance min, central bank chief to take on demographic crisis

South Korea’s finance minister and central bank chief on Monday agreed to address the world’s lowest fertility rate, a most urgent task ...

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