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Korean Air Lines Co. has raised 3.32 trillion won ($2.9 billion) from a new share sale as planned in the the largest-ever rights offering by a domes...

Leading global chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. plans to unveil the industry’s smallest 0.7-micrometer pixel image sensor this year to enhance its pr...

South Korea-based LG Chem Ltd. received around 2.5 trillion won ($2.3 billion) worth of orders in the bookbuilding for its 600 billion won corporate...

SK Innovation Co. will build its third electric-vehicle battery plant in Hungary for $2.29 billion, aiming to grab a greater share of the fast-growi...

Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman and de-facto leader Jay Y. Lee was on Jan. 18 sentenced to two and a half years in prison on bribery and embez...

SK Hynix Inc. is planning to issue $2.5 billion worth of global bonds, the largest amount to be raised in a bond issue by a South Korean company, dr...

Increased time spent at home due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rise in exports of cleaning and disinfecting appliances, including ...

Ssangyong Motor Co. has received court approval for a two-month suspension of its obligations to repay debt as the troubled automaker is seeking to ...

The National Pension Service and Germany’s Allianz SE are in negotiations  to jointly buy a 50% stake in OUE Bayfront, a Grade A office t...

The Carlyle Group is in final stages of talks to buy South Korea’s No. 2 bakery chain Tous Les Jours from the country’s food and enterta...

The National Pension Service has teamed up with the US-based Stockbridge Capital Group to acquire a $2 billion portfolio of logistics facilities in ...

The South Korean won has strengthened to its highest level in two and a half years amid local stocks’ three-day bull run to a record high on h...

Economically sensitive stocks such as chips, steel and shipbuilding pushed the South Korean stock market to its strongest close on Nov. 23, with gro...

Samsung Electronics Co. shares have soared to a historic high, driven by foreign investors scooping up a total net 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) wor...

South Korea’s current account surplus rose in September to its highest level in two years on the back of rebounding exports of chips and automob...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., a shipbuilding arm of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has won a 425 billion won ($375 million) orde...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to vote against LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to split off its battery business at a shareh...

Hyundai Motor Co. turned to an operating loss in the third quarter, after it booked 2.1 trillion won ($1.9 billion) as one-off charges related to its ...

Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said on Oct. 19 that a combined 3.36 trillion won ($2.94 billion) in quality-related costs will be re...

LG Electronics Inc. expects its operating profit to rise to a quarterly record in the July-September period thanks to solid growth in its television a...

Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit likely jumped nearly 60% to its highest point in two years, smashing market expectations, thanks ...

Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit likely jumped nearly 60% to its highest point in two years, smashing market expectations, thanks ...

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is an attractive stock with 27% upside potential on removal of uncertainty over its battery business spin-off and Tes...

Hyundai Capital America, the US capital arm of Hyundai Motor Group, has issued $2.5 billion worth of global bonds, the largest amount for a local comp...

South Korea’s pension funds including the National Pension Service sold off a net 3.12 trillion won ($2.6 billion) worth of domestic equities fr...

The Bank of Korea will buy state bonds worth 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) directly from the market by the end of this year to stabilize the local deb...

Hong Kong-based investment firm PAG has agreed to sell South Korean toymaker Young Toys Inc. to a consortium led by local education service provi...

Oversupply and higher inventories of memory chips have clouded the business outlook for chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and SK Hyni...

Swiss-based investment bank Credit Suisse has raised its KOSPI target to 2,600 from 2,300 on August 19 on the back of the weakened US dollar and impro...

South Korea's economy is likely to shrink less than expected this year, thanks to its successful response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to th...