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South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), and the National Pension Service are looking to boost hedge fund investment through...

Samsung Display Co., a leading South Korean display panel maker, has received a permit from the US to supply certain panels to Huawei Technologies Co....

LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled the world’s first roll-up TV in the Korean market as the South Korean consumer electronics giant aims to enhanc...

LG Chem Ltd. has developed the world's first 100% biodegradable material that can replace plastic as the company moves to take the lead in the global ...

LG Electronics Inc. plans to release the world’s first roll-up TV later this month as the South Korean consumer electronics giant aims to enhanc...

Shinhan Card Co. is set to issue $300 million (about 340 billion won) worth of dollar bonds at the end of this month for overseas investors, according...

Kakao Pay Corp. is set to become South Korea’s first mobile-payment fintech company to go public as the company kicks off preparations for an in...

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. and its affiliates are expected to post robust operating profits this year on the back of strong sales of Remsima a...

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its new smartphone LG Wing on Sept. 14 in an online event, the first product rolled out under the company’s Explore...

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., the debt-ridden South Korean power plant builder, is set to wrap up the first round of its debt r...

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has launched the world’s first Very Large Container Ship (VLCS) powered by liquefie...

Hyundai Motor Co. is aiming to launch the world’s first commercial robotaxi, or Level 4 autonomous driving with no humans involved, as global au...

The average selling price of apartment units in Seoul has surpassed the psychologically important 1 billion won ($845,000) mark for the first time, al...

Naver Webtoon has become the industry's first to post over 3 billion won ($2.5 million) for daily paid-content as of August 2, breaking its own r...

South Korea's headline inflation edged up for the first time in three months in July amid signs of a recovery in consumer sentiment, but still remaine...

The initial public offering of JR Global REIT, set to be South Korea’s first listed REIT backed by overseas property, was undersubscribed 0.23 t...

Koh Young Technology Inc., a 3D inspection device maker in South Korea, has commercialized a neurosurgical robotics system for the second time in the ...

South Korea’s real estate funds for outbound investment saw their first net capital outflows in four and a half years in March, hit by delays in...

The National Pension Service committed about 1 trillion won ($810 million) to four global hedge fund houses in 2019, in its first investment in single...

South Korea’s first Europe-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is poised to go public on the domestic stock market in early 2020 to rais...

Real Estate Blockchain Expo 2018 (RBE 2018), the world’s first real estate blockchain expo, will be held in Seoul this coming September. The exp...

LaSalle Investment Management has built a four-story logistics warehouse near Seoul, its first development of a storage facility in South Korea, and...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has pocketed more than €100 million ($114 million) from the recent sale of a 5% stake in Spain’s leading ...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has raised 141 billion won ($125 million) as planned from a domestic public fund launched to finance its $245 ...

South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) will find a successor of the retiring Chief Investment Officer, Sang-ho Lee, inside its organizat...

Hana Financial Investment’s participation in the recent $1 billion debt financing for a US gas-fired power facility as a lead arranger has made it...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and the Teachers’ Pension will invest in a U.S. warehouse portfolio fund for an undisclosed sum, in their first joi...

The global alternative investment head of the National Pension Service (NPS), Sang-Hyun Yoo, cautioned about the heightened competition and price spik...

Celleron Therapeutics Ltd., a cancer treatment developer founded by Oxford University professors, is poised to attract $26 million from South Korean a...

Korea Post’s savings unit is seeking three global real estate fund managers to make joint investments in first mortgages of U.S. commercial assets for...