Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund

Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund

South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...

85% of S.Korea's Gen MZ have contactless savings accounts

85% of S.Korea's Gen MZ have contactless savings accounts

A study finds 90% of South Korea's Generation MZ, a demographic comprising millennials and Generation Z members born between 1981 and 2010, use cont...

South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million

South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million

The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...

Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level

Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level

In October, commercial building sales in Seoul plunged to the level of the 2008 global financial crisis.According to an analysis of actual transacti...

SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering

SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering

South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee flies to Vietnam for global business

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee embarked on a business trip to Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony for a research and dev...

Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service

Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service

Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...

Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs

Samsung suspends staff overseas training to cut costs

Samsung Group canceled overseas training for South Korean staff for the first time in 32 years as the country’s top conglomerate tried to cut ...

Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia

Hanwha Q Cells to sell 7 US battery ESS projects to Spain’s Acciona Energia

Hanwha Q Cells Co., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to sel...

Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax

Leading S.Korean trade body, 31 brokerages urge delay in financial investment tax

South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...

KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years

KB Financial included in DJSI for 7 consecutive years

KB Financial Group has been included in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven years in a row announced by Standard & Poor's Gl...

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again

China’s Dajia Insurance Group Co. seeks to divest of a full stake in its South Korean subsidiary ABL Life Insurance Co. with an estimated valu...

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

Korea October current account surplus tumbles as exports slide

South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s ...

Korea Shinhan Financial taps banking unit head as group CEO

Korea Shinhan Financial taps banking unit head as group CEO

Shinhan Financial Group appointed the head of its flagship banking unit as the group’s next chief executive officer as the major South Korean ...

South Korea to boost fintech fund to 1 trillion won

South Korea to boost fintech fund to 1 trillion won

South Korea's financial authorities have decided to increase the size of the Fintech Innovation Fund from 500 billion won($379 million) to 1 trillion ...

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

Kyobo Life seeks to transition into financial holding company 

South Korean life insurance behemoth Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is seeking to transition into a financial holding company to expand its business footh...

Samsung’s Lee visits UAE nuclear plant project on first trip as chairman

Samsung’s Lee visits UAE nuclear plant project on first trip as chairman

Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee is in Abu Dhabi to meet with businesspeople and politicians and tour the Barakah nuclear power plant project in the ...

Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch

Daol Financial Group to let go of VC affiliate, hit by liquidity crunch

The Daol Financial Group is widely expected to let go of its venture capital arm in the midst of a worsening liquidity crunch. The VC firm Daol...

Samsung Heavy sells drillship to Italian offshore drilling company

Samsung Heavy sells drillship to Italian offshore drilling company

Samsung Heavy Industries said on Tuesday in a regulatory filing that it has sold a drillship to Saipem, an Italian offshore drilling company, for 29...

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Elec names first female president under Chairman Jay Y. Lee

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, has carried out its year-end executive reshuffle, marked by its...

Nearly half of Korean firms plan no domestic investment next year

Nearly half of Korean firms plan no domestic investment next year

Rising gloom over the business environment due to a financial market crunch and weak Korean won has led to nearly half of Korea's firms having no pl...

Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators

Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators

South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

Korea to revise dividend policy to ease ‘Korea discount’ concerns

South Korea plans to revise its stock dividend policy as part of a broader financial market reform to help attract foreign investors and obtain MSCI...

Lotte to replace construction unit CEO due to liquidity crisis

Lotte to replace construction unit CEO due to liquidity crisis

Lotte Group will replace the head of its construction unit, hit by a liquidity crisis stemming from project financing, to ease investor concerns ove...

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup

Come this Thursday, D.Camp operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs will host the biggest demo day of the year, in collaboration wit...

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

Daol Investment seeks to sell Thai subsidiary, eyes $75 mn in proceeds

South Korea’s Daol Investment & Securities Co. plans to sell a controlling stake in its Thai subsidiary, Daol Thailand PCL, as part of its...

Korean startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor

Korean startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor

Several South Korean startups have recently been hit hard by their CEOs’ unethical behavior and business-related misconduct, leading to a lo...

S.Korea's shipbuilding order volume to plummet next year: report

S.Korea's shipbuilding order volume to plummet next year: report

South Korea's shipbuilders fear seeing their orders next year plummet by over 40% on-year due to disruptions in related financing amid surging inter...

SK On may secure money for capex from parent company

SK On may secure money for capex from parent company

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, may receive money for capacity expansion from its parent company SK Innovation Co...

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