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South Korea’s headline inflation eased in August for the first time in seven months on a slower rise in oil prices, but the central bank is st...

South Korea’s lawmakers on Thursday passed a resolution to officially express its concerns over the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that remo...

South Korea logged a record monthly trade deficit in August with the longest spree of shortfalls in more than 14 years, while domestic consumption, ...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea had an 8% negative return during the first half of 2022, its investment management arm announced on Au...

South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV market in the...

Private equity firms have snapped up South Korean assets over the past two years, driving their valuations near historic highs in the liquidity-driv...

POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of Korean steel giant POSCO, will merge with its unlisted affiliate POSCO Energy Co. to reinforce its en...

South Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar Inc. has cut its IPO price by 18% to push ahead with its stock market debut, according to industry ...

South Korea’s major petrochemical company SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build an ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) plant in China with a local partne...

Multifamily assets have been a key investment target due to their resilience amid economic volatility. Japan, with the largest real estate market in...

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...

South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is in talks with some companies to sell off its shares, according to investment banking ...

MBK Partners, one of Asia's largest private equity firms, is in exclusive talks to acquire Korea’s top online education company MegastudyEdu C...

Hanwha, the South Korean chemicals-to-financial conglomerate, has been a key player in the M&A market with a series of conspicuous acquisitions ...

Lionheart Studio Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer behind the mobile game Odin, has begun the process to go public with its July 22 ...

Real estate is in the global investor spotlight amid skyrocketing inflation. However, not all property sectors or locations will offer the same infl...

Kolon Global Corp., an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate Kolon, will spin off its car import business unit to improve management efficiency and...

South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. made inroads into the hydrogen industry by setting up the eco-friendly ...

The commercial real estate market in Seoul slowed this year, according to a report by South Korean online property platform RSquare. The sum of the ...

Unlike the West or China, which showed vastly different reactions, most South Koreans had a more complicated initial response to the news of forme...

South Korea’s major companies are anxious about looming labor strife at the Port of Long Beach, California and strikes at German ports –...

South Korea’s car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has estimated its corporate value at up to 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) for an initial public...

Venture capital, or the business of investing in innovative private companies with growth potential, is a local endeavor most of the time.While this...

South Korea's Lotte Tour Development Co. has decided to book 568 billion won ($440 million) in valuation gains from its stake ownership of the land ...

  LianBio, a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company, has joined hands with MediRama Co., a South Korean clinical development firm, to help promis...

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, and SK On Co., the battery unit of SK Innovation Co.,...

South Korea’s Hanwha Corp. discussed on June 10 its ESG activities in the first half of this year and is set to announce plans for enhancing s...

South Korean conglomerate LG Corp., known as LG Group, announced on May 27 that it will buy back 500 billion won ($398.1 million) of its own share...

South Korea’s POSCO Group will invest 53 trillion won ($42 billion) by 2026 primarily in its steel, rechargeable battery materials and hydroge...

SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, created 18.4 trillion won ($14.5 billion) in social value in 2021, up 60% from the year pr...