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South Korea’s central bank chief said he will consider big-step interest rate hikes in the coming months to curb inflation in Asia’s fou...

Samsung Electronics Co. is working on a mobile application processor chip, which will be used exclusively for its flagship Galaxy smartphone series ...

For the first time, South Korea’s startup accelerator D.Camp has opened an office in the port city of Busan. The joint effort between D...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has raised its stake in affiliate Lotte Fine Chemical Co. amid speculation that the two companies may merge...

A weakening won is usually a bonus for the South Korean economy as it strengthens the export-dependent country’s price competitiveness in over...

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, surprised investors with stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter as Lineage W, ...

South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office on Tuesday, is set to push the expansion of sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corpor...

South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol called an emergency meeting as the won currency tumbled to its weakest level since the 2008-09 globa...

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, plans to build a new US factory to supply batteries to a planned E...

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. plans to sell all of its biosimilar products through its own sales channels in Europe to impr...

SEOUL—South Korea’s new president said he would keep the door open for dialogue with North Korea and provide support for its fragile econo...

Eight years ago today, the late Samsung Group leader Lee Kun-hee collapsed at his home following a heart attack, a harbinger of doom six years later...

Shares in South Korea's GS Retail Co. suffered their worst percentage fall in nearly five years on May 6, after the convenience store operator's fir...

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has significantly improved its financial health, with its debt-to-equity ratio tumblin...

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...

Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Dish Network Corp., a US wireless carrier in the middle of building a 5G n...

South Korea’s incoming administration seeks to export 10 nuclear power plants by 2030 as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to rescind the ...

South Korea’s No. 1 noodle maker Nongshim Co. is aiming for top place in the world’s instant noodle market, looking to beat the current ...

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is planning to raise a total of 674 billion won ($532 million) in loans for South Korea's Acuon Capital a...

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group has picked Vietnam’s e-commerce startup Tiki as its first strategic partner in the Southeast Asian count...

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

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 ...

South Korea’s won currency skidded to the lowest level in more than two years on Thursday, adding to fears over growing inflationary pressure ...

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...

South Korea's food and beverage giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on April 21 began shipment of its new Hetbahn instant rice products for US consumers from...

CJ Corp. launched an artificial intelligence center Wednesday, which it hopes will lead the conglomerate's digital innovation. The new CJ AI Cente...

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...

LG Magna e-Powertrain Co. broke ground on Tuesday for a factory to produce electric vehicle components in Mexico to meet the growing demand for eco-...

South Korea’s lawmakers gave the nod to the nomination of veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s ...