MyRealTrip attracts $57 mn investment

South Korea's travel app MyRealTrip announced on Friday that it has attracted 75.6 billion won ($56.55 million) investment from domestic and foreign...

Korean military fund anchors $142 mn real estate fund

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, is set to become an anchor investor in...

S.Korea’s LS Group wins regulatory nod for securities biz

South Korea’s electrics components-to-energy conglomerate LS Group is set to start the securities business as it secured regulatory approval t...

Woori Financial to bolster private banking service: chairman

Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...

S.Korea, Indonesia to strengthen battery materials supply chain

South Korea and Indonesia plan to strengthen the collaboration to establish an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem, capitalizing on Indonesia'...

S.Korea’s Hyosung to expand tire cord business to India

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile-to-chemicals conglomerate, plans to expand its tire cord business to India, the world's ...

POSCO Future M to sharply raise synthetic graphite output

South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. will sharply raise its synthetic graphite production by the end of 2025 as China’s export restrictions ...

S.Korea to scrap capital gains taxes on financial products

South Korea will scrap a plan to impose taxes on capital gains from financial products for all shareholders and further lower securities transaction...

Korean learning platform Elice raises $14.9mn from Vertex

Elice Inc., a South Korean startup offering an all-in-one digital learning platform for teachers and corporations, will transform into an artificial...

Korean steelmakers mull anti-dumping suit vs Chinese, Japanese firms

Under growing pressure from increased imports of cheap Chinese and Japanese steel products, South Korean steelmakers are considering filing an anti-...

NPS picks tech, electronics as its favorite local stocks in 2023

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, picked information tech, electric and electronic s...

Korea's LX International buys Indonesian nickel miner for $100 mn

South Korean trading firm LX International Corp. said on Tuesday that it has acquired a 60% stake in Indonesian miner PT Adhi Kartiko Pratama (AKP)&...

Yes to cannabis but no to bitcoin?

Aftershocks continue in the South Korean financial market following the country’s financial regulator’s ban on the trading of spot bitco...

Korea’s Kia to set up sales unit in Thailand; EV plant an option

South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. plans to establish a sales subsidiary in Thailand as part of its electric vehicle push in the...

Semiconductors power Korea’s tech exports to 15-month high

South Korea’s tech products exports rose for a second straight month to a 15-month high in December 2023 as overseas sales of semiconductors e...

Korea Investment leads Mongolia Mortgage Corp.'s global bond issuance

Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) announced on Tuesday its successful completion of the lead management for a $225 million global bond iss...

Roche to use Biodyne’s tech for cervical cancer diagnostic kits

Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company, is set to use a South Korean company’s technology for cervical cancer diagnostic kits.Biodyne...

Celltrion Holdings eyes Nasdaq IPO by early 2025: chairman

South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Group is planning to debut on the Nasdaq market by early 2025, founder and Chairman Seo Jung-jin said at the...

WeWork’s downsizing plan in Korea to hit office market

Coworking space provider WeWork Inc. plans to downsize its business in South Korea, according to banking sources on Sunday. Market watchers say inve...

Lotte Chem’s sale of Pakistani PTA unit falls through

Lotte Chemical Corp.'s plan to sell off its Pakistani PTA subsidiary to local chemicals producer Lucky Core Industries Ltd. has collapsed, a year af...

Billboard to establish subsidiary in S.Korea in June 2024

The globally recognized American music entertainment media brand Billboard, known for its music charts, has announced the launch of its South Korean...

NPS bets on Samsung Electro-Mechanics, sells POSCO stocks in Q4

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, saw the amount of listed local shares it owns rise...

OCI-Hanmi merger to create Korea’s Bayer: OCI Chairman

Merging into one team, OCI Group and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group will leap forward to be a global novel drug manufacturing and biotechnology innova...

Rise of Korean activist investors at home

As the annual general shareholders’ meeting season is approaching fast, publicly traded companies in South Korea are readying for a swath of p...

Korea’s unicorn startups fly high as IPO plans revived

South Korea’s unicorn startups, or venture firms with a corporate value of at least 1 trillion won ($760 million), are poised to return to the...

Coupang to resume Rocket Delivery for LG H&H; ends 5-year feud

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading online retailer, said on Friday it will resume the same or next-day delivery service, dubbed “Rocket...

Foreign-listed bitcoin ETF trading suspended in S.Korea

South Korean investors’ years-long trading of spot-bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in Canada and Germany was abruptly suspended du...

S.Korea to probe Chinese batteries' alleged patent violations

South Korea will investigate alleged patent infringement by Chinese makers of smartphone batteries and high-nickel cathodes upon requests by LG Chem...

Seoul kicks off Korea Grand Sale 2024 to double foreign tourists

South Korea on Thursday kicked off a push to nearly double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country this year to 20 million by hosting a ...

S.Korea ranks fourth in global mobile app market

The size of the South Korean mobile app market has exceeded 10 trillion won ($761 million).Data.ai, an app market analysis platform, released the 20...