South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken back into custody early Thursday over his short-lived martial law declaration last December, a...

Samsung Electronics' TV guru Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest at 63

Samsung Electronics' TV guru Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest at 63

Han Jong-hee, vice chairman and co-chief executive of Samsung Electronics Co., has died from cardiac arrest, the company said on Tuesday. He was 63....

Yoon becomes first S.Korean sitting president to be formally arrested

Yoon becomes first S.Korean sitting president to be formally arrested

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first sitting president to be arrested on rebellion charges as part of a probe into hi...

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment lists structured warrants in Indonesia

Korea Investment & Securities Co. has become the first South Korean securities firm to list derivative warrants in Indonesia after issuing 11 st...

Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

Korea's IMM to invest $23 mn in battery parts supplier Choil Aluminum

South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...

S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro

S.Korean crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro

The fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon, responsible for the more-than-$40 billion crash in the global virtual currency market last y...

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon faces arrest warrant in South Korea

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon faces arrest warrant in South Korea

A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant to Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency ecosystem that imploded earlier this year. ...

Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case

Investors prepare loss claim for Osstem's fraud case

Minority investors are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against Osstem Implant Co., which on Monday revealed itself the victim of the larges...

L&F shares: Further upside potential after tenfold gains

L&F shares: Further upside potential after tenfold gains

Shares of L&F Co., South Korea’s top battery materials maker, have risen tenfold in the past year and a half, but many analysts bet the st...

Local activist fund announces tender offer for 1.2 million warrants in Korean Air's parent company

A Korean activist fund that failed to oust Hanjin KAL's current management during a shareholder meeting in March is trying to increase its stake ...

Court Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Samsung's Lee

Court Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Samsung's Lee

The court has dismissed the request by the prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant to Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong. This will be a bi...

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