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South Korean game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss set a China release date of April 27 for its cross-platform MMORPG Black Desert on the App Sto...

When Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. acquired K Car Co. from SK Group in 2018, the No. 1 used car retailer in South Korea controlled ...

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, and Iveco Group NV, Italia's truck maker, have agreed to join hands on their commercial vehicl...

The escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine is posing both a risk and an opportunity for South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, whic...

South Korean content shares finished Friday’s trade higher, buoyed by expectations of resumed exports to China and news that Disney+ will rele...

Naver Z, a subsidiary of Naver Corp., announced on Friday the number of subscribers to its metaverse platform Zepeto now exceeds 300 million. ...

Kakao Corp., the No. 1 digital comics platform in Japan, will expand deeper into the neighboring country's comics market by launching a platform whe...

Ridi Corp., often referred to as South Korea's Kindle, has received funding of 120 billion won ($100 million) from Singapore's GIC and three domesti...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Feb. 28 it hired Allspring Global Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investm...

‘Beyond Korea’ is South Korean tech juggernaut Kakao Corp.’s new vision for the future. Kakao’s new CEO nominee Namkoon...

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is so determined to make the metaverse the group's next playing field that he recently proposed a metaverse meeti...

In April 2021, there were some 200 unicorns in the Asia Pacific region, second only to the United States which had 290 startups each valued at $1 bi...

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

WeMade Co., a South Korean game developer, plans to retire 2% of its cryptocurrency WEMIX in the next two weeks to bolster its value for investors, ...

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Tuesday announced the blueprint to strengthen its foothold in the United States an...

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, earned an 11.3% return from investment last y...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), managing $205 billion in assets as of the end-2021, has invested in US cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinba...

South Korea’s Gallery Hyundai paints a new future by incorporating NFT (non-fungible token.)  The country’s first commercial art g...

Online shopping platform Queenit recently received 36 billion won ($30 million) from Kakao Ventures Corp., SoftBank Ventures Korea Corp. and more,...

Kakao Corp. announced Sunday that it plans to launch the European version of its webtoon subscription service in either April or May of this year....

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been solidifying their position in the investment market of Korea for the past years. Individual investors in Sout...

South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss is evolving from a payment service app into a full-fledged financial service provider, or a super app, ...

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. is not currently considering an initial public offering of its battery subsidiary, an executive said on Friday...

Global infrastructure investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners SA said on Jan. 25 it has appointed Michelle (Min Kyung) Maeng as its new Invest...

ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow Inc. has attracted a 200 billion won ($167.9 million) investment from Korea’s private equity firm STI...

Hotel Lotte Co., retail conglomerate Lotte Group’s luxury hotel operator, completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Chicago for $...

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is known for his obsession with new tech gadgets.He’s one of those early adopters in South Korea of the Ocu...

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it aims to triple the global sale of the Genesis G90 over the next couple of years by launching the flagship luxu...