Korean state-run fund

South Korea-based MBK Partners has selected 14 Korean students who are starting their first semester of college next month as this year's recipients...

French auto giant Groupe Renault has warned of stern action against its struggling South Korean unit, urging it to improve productivity and cut cost...

South Korean banks have offered a combined $540 million in syndicated loans to fund overseas alternative investments, in which Korea Investment Corp...

The five leading banks in South Korea, including Kookmin and Shinhan, logged their first drop in net profit last year in five years, dented by shrin...

Korean auto parts makers have rarely been favored by stock investors as they were regarded as mere subcontractors, with their performance largely de...

South Korea’s major shipbuilding companies are set to benefit from rising newbuilding prices, brightening the outlook for an improvement in th...

Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) posted a positive earnings surprise in 2020, reporting an operating profit of 238.3 billion won ($212 million) amid a dra...

The National Pension Service and other South Korean pension funds have offloaded a net 9.9 trillion won ($8.9 billion) worth of shares on the countr...

The ruling Democratic Party’s push to hand out "a substantial amount" of new relief money has rattled the South Korean debt market, sending lo...

South Korean startups are at the forefront of the Korean food export boom as they boost global awareness of popular dishes such as spicy fermented c...

Two out of every three Koreans used over-the-top (OTT) media last year, with YouTube the favored platform from which to watch videos and other strea...

Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Development Bank have decided to create a 74.5 billion won ($67 million) fund to invest in startups that offer future ...

Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market operator, is poised to raise up to 200 billion won ($180 million) in fresh fund...

A South Korean real estate investment trust (REIT), backed by data centers in North America, is preparing an initial public offering worth 100 billi...

South Korea’s SK Holdings Co. and China’s Geely Auto Group are looking to set up a joint fund designed to invest in hydrogen and other e...

The National Pension Service has decided to invest in a $20 billion technology fund that Silicon Valley-based Silver Lake Partners recently closed, ...

South Korea’s SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, is pushing for an initial public offering of its merchant liner, SM Line Corp., o...

Korean investment bankers are more visible on Wall Street than ever before. Between 2010 and 2020, some 120 bankers, of Korean origin, landed covete...

South Korea’s chemical industry is in crisis mode as China declares war on plastics, likely to deliver a heavy blow to Korean companies that b...

South Korea’s leading shipping companies have decided to deploy at least five container carriers on major sea routes to provide support for lo...

Surging sea freight rates, coupled with a shortage of bulk carriers and container ships, are putting South Korean exporters and importers in a bind ...

Canada-based Brookfield was chosen as the best global asset manager for both real estate and infrastructure investments by South Korea’s pension...

South Korea’s big companies, such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG, are increasingly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards ...

Global streaming giant Netflix Inc. has become a leading platform in South Korea, boasting around 4.1 million paid subscribers and earning over 500 ...

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are unveiling a series of new solid-state drives (SSDs) to grab a greater share of the intensifying global...

South Korea’s Meritz Alternative Investment Management Co. has committed $150 million to a new US multifamily residential fund managed by Fair...

South Korea-based Kumho Petrochemical Co. stunned the market last year with a positive earnings surprise in the third quarter of 2020. The company...

South Korean households and companies have taken out fresh loans worth 208 trillion won ($189 billion) from banks last year, pushing the outstanding...

The founder of South Korea's leading game company Nexon Co. has invested $16 million in SpaceX, the aerospace company headed by Elon Musk, chief e...

South Korean institutional investors, including the National Pension Service, have committed around $400 million to KKR’s Asia real estate f...