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South Korea’s benchmark bond yield hit the highest level in about two and a half years as expectations of tighter monetary policies at home an...

KKR & Co. and three other private equity firms, shortlisted for SK E&S Co.'s new preferred shares worth 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion), are n...

How much will you pay to chat with your favorite K-pop groups such as TWICE every day? A South Korean startup generated 20 billion won ($16.9 millio...

When DL Chemical Co. announced its $2.5 billion acquisition of US chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. on Monday, it left many people bewildered.The a...

CJ Olive Young, South Korea's largest beauty store chain, is moving ahead with its plan to go public next year, which will likely raise new capital ...

South Korean stocks and the won currency lost ground with the main Kospi ending below the 3,100 mark for the first time in five weeks as foreign inv...

DL Chemical Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, has acquired Texas-based specialty chemical manufacturer Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion...

The Teachers' Pension in South Korea has extended the term of its Chief Investment Officer Lee Kyu-hong by one year until the end of September 2022,...

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) and Hines have jointly acquired the headquarters complex of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&...

South Korea-based Birdview, the operator of leading cosmetics platform Hwahae, is aiming to make a trading debut as early as the first half of nex...

Vision Fund, led by SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son, has sold one-tenth of its shares in South Korea's e-commerce platform Coupang Inc. for $1....

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have begun construction of a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia as the two South Korean comp...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dampened South Korea's growth potential between this year and the next by 0.2 percentage points to its historic low of 2.0...

DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korea's DL Group, will spend 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) over the next five years to sharply boost...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the third-most subscribed stock in South Korea after its initial public offering drew 1,130 trillion won ($968 b...

South Korea may be following China’s lead in cracking down on big tech firms. The country’s two leading tech giants Naver Corp. and Kaka...

South Korea’s major conglomerates are going big on hydrogen, launching a business council and investing heavily in related projects to gain th...

LX Hausys Ltd., South Korea's leading building materials maker, on Monday announced a plan to join Seoul-based IMM Private Equity in acquiring a con...

Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) and Hanwha Energy Corp.-led group was set to build a $4.8 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Vietnam that is...

Samsung Electronics Co. has sold a 1.6% stake worth 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in Chinese electric vehicle and rechargeable battery maker BYD C...

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...

South Korea’s consumer inflation remained at a nine-year peak in August, adding to expectations that the central bank will raise interest rate...

Korea Post has netted slightly over 1 trillion won ($861 million) from the block sale of its shares in South Korea's largest internet-only lender Ka...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. expanded global battery market shares, leading steady growth in South Korea’s battery industry.S...

The Philippines LCS Group of Companies agreed to join a $1.7 billion resort development in South Korea, marking the first firm from the Southeast As...

South Korea's energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group was not considered a serious bidder when it entered the race for a 46.9% stake in the cou...

Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...

Global automakers stop producing smaller cars among internal combustion engine models. The industry is facing difficulties to make profits from thos...

South Korea’s Netmarble Corp. has earned 816.9 billion won ($703 million) so far in August alone by selling shares of KakaoBank Corp. and Kaka...