Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field
South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...
SK Energy to cut emissions with combined heat power system
SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., has begun operation of its gas combined heat power (CHP) syst...
Asia's largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul
The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia's largest startup fair "NextRise 2024 Seoul...
Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea
Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal computing and witnessed the advent of the ...
SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, will join forces with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Gro...
Doosan Bobcat to buy ex-sibling Mottrol for $178.6 million
Doosan Bobcat Inc., a major compact construction machinery and equipment maker under South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, will buy back its forme...
Rebellions-Sapeon Korea merger to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, is merging with its crosstown rival Sapeon Korea Inc., an AI chip firm ...
Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...
Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s unmanned escort plane radars
Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean aerospace and defense contractor, has been picked as a preferred developer by the state-run Korea Institute for D...
Korea may mandate pension plans for all workplaces from 2025
South Korea is seeking to introduce corporate pension plans to all workplaces in stages starting next year, alongside mandatory contributions to the...
S.Korea’s current account swings to deficit on higher dividend payouts
South Korea logged a current account deficit in April, ending a streak of surpluses for the past 11 months, on seasonal factors such as increased di...
HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...
Hyundai Motor to restore forest ecosystem
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Restoration Project with...
Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high
South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...
Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
PHNOM PENH – South Korean technology companies grappling with prolonged software developer shortages are actively broadening their search for ...
Korea's short-selling ban impedes MSCI index upgrade
South Korea is expected to retain its MSCI’s emerging market status as the global index provider said in its June 6 report that the country&rs...
Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row
SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...
Affinity fails in Lock&Lock tender offer; eyes equity swap
Hong Kong-based Affinity Equity Partners is planning for an equity swap between its new entity and South Korean food container maker Lock&Lock...
S.Korea beats Japan in GNI per capita for 1st time in 2023
South Korea outstripped Japan in terms of per capita gross national income (GNI) for the first time in 2023, central bank data showed, with the Japa...
Korea's KDB widens gap in VC fundraising in H1; NPS to fund in July
The capital commitments of state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) have widened the gap for South Korean venture capital firms in fundraising over ...
YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea
YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company...
Korea’s non-financial firms rush to issue perpetual bonds
Perpetual bond offerings by non-financial firms in South Korea are poised to hit new records this year as many companies have flocked to the hybrid ...
Korea’s Kakao Mobility unveils global ride-hailing app to court Uber
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s top ride-hailing service provider, on Tuesday introduced the release of its global app, taking on global g...
Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders
South Korea's Dongbu Corporation surpassed 1 trillion won ($727 million) in new orders this year by securing a 200 billion won ($145 million) railwa...
Jeju Air, Lion Air codeshare Incheon-Bali route
South Korea’s budget carrier Jeju Air Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a codeshare agreement with Indonesia's largest low-cost airline,...
Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO
Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM f...
Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with US tech giant Microsoft Corp. to colla...
HD Hyundai supplies large hydrogen forklifts to Korea Zink
South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution announced on Monday that it deployed its four 5-ton hydrogen forklifts in Korea Zinc Inc.'s Onsan Refinery and...
S.Korea’s inflation slows to 10-month low amid tight policy
South Korea’s headline inflation slowed to a 10-month low in May as the Bank of Korea kept its interest rate policy tight, adding to the centr...
Korea’s LS Group to operate brokerage firm LS Securities
South Korean cable-to-energy giant LS Group said on Monday that it has renamed brokerage subsidiary eBest Investment & Securities to LS Securiti...
