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SEOUL—A South Korean official said the government was investigating the circumstances around a leak of highly classified U.S. documents that a...

South Korea’s commercial banks usually post decent earnings driven by high interest income when the country’s policy interest rates are ...

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa saw sales last year surge over 50% to break the 700 billion won ($537.7 million) mark, though op...

South Korea needs to nurture its materials, parts and facilities industries to keep competitiveness in the semiconductor sector, said the chief exec...

Tesla Inc.’s South Korean business has been worsening in recent months due to the lack of new models launched in the country amid Seoul’...

A recent survey conducted by The Poll, a blockchain-based opinion poll company, has revealed that six out of ten Korean citizens are concerned...

A recent survey conducted by The Poll, a blockchain-based opinion poll company, has revealed that six out of ten Korean citizens are concerned that ...

LG Electronics Inc. is expected to report solid earnings for the second quarter after its first-quarter operating profit beat market expectations an...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...

The Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 has acquired South Korea's online shopping site WeMakePrice, making Qoo10 fourth in domestic online co...

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, will launch its flagship Galaxy S23 series in Japan later this month to compete wit...

Hyundai Motor Co. will likely emerge as South Korea’s top profit maker in the first quarter, driven by robust sales of pricey cars, pushing pa...

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, is set to focus on the automotive scree...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), one of the world’s largest pension funds, is slated to establish a committee to improve th...

The government-run (South) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Tuesday said it dispatched to Texas a survey team for semiconductor in...

Kia Corp.’s second all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 made its global premiere virtually on Tuesday, boasting a target driving range of 54...

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has chosen Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.'s new multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) plant in Tianjin as ...

South Korea's LG announced on Sunday that it held the "LG AI Hackathon" for nurturing young artificial intelligence (AI) talent for two days from ...

When the US Commerce Department announced the guardrail clauses on the CHIPS and Science Act earlier this week, South Korea’s government offic...

Brokerage firms in South Korea, led by Mirae Asset Securities Co., suffered a 50% plunge in net profit in 2022, as dwindling trading fees outweighed...

South Korea's Kolon Group announced on Wednesday that Kolon DACC Composite participated in the launch of the first private test launch vehicle in Ko...

KB Kookmin Bank and Hana Bank led weaker earnings of the four largest South Korean lenders’ overseas units last year although their rivals Shi...

South Korea's Oasis Corp., a grocery delivery platform specializing in early morning shipments, on Tuesday said it posted last year operating profit...

Samsung Electronics Co. is found to have earned 250 billion won ($191 million) in profit valuation from its investment made two months ago in Rainbo...

MBK Partners agreed to buy NexFlex Co., South Korea’s top flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) producer, as the leading Northeast Asian priva...

HYBE Co., the company behind global sensation BTS, plans to acquire at least two prominent labels in the Americas this year as it aims to become a m...

South Korea said on Wednesday it will create the world’s largest semiconductor cluster near Seoul by attracting 340 trillion won ($261 billion...

Cosmo Advanced Materials & Technology Co., once the world’s largest video and cassette tape maker, has transformed into a money-making man...