external policy impact

South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has voluntarily removed an external payment link from the country’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk in complia...

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 ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has halted updates to Kakao Corp.'s KakaoTalk, South Korea's most popular messaging app. An employee of Kakao told...

Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, and Seoul National University (SNU) jointly launched an extended reality (XR) research center in So...

South Korea’s unionized truckers, on day three of a large-scale strike, have moved to disrupt the supply of materials needed to manufacture se...

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced Wednesday it has selected 60 promising startups to which it will provide financial assistance and expert...

A weakening won is usually a bonus for the South Korean economy as it strengthens the export-dependent country’s price competitiveness in over...

South Korea’s travel and airline stocks are expected to shine as Japan plans to ease its border controls in June. Korea’s Shinhan Inve...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world's third-largest pension fund with 948.7 trillion won ($768.9 billion) in assets under man...

An international arbitrator is set to rule on a decade-long legal tussle between South Korea and Lone Star Funds as early as next month over the US ...

South Korea’s incoming government will scrap the country’s ambitious goals of expanding renewable energy sources to 70% of the electrici...

South Korea's key insurers are rushing to increase their equity capital ahead of two new solvency regulations set to take effect from Jan. 1, 2023. ...

South Korea’s automakers were on high alert as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to ban new registrations of internal combustion engine ca...

International sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are set to have a material impact on South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, ...

The share prices of the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. each have room to rise by about 50% ov...

SK Group stands out from other South Korean conglomerates in making good use of private equity funds to raise money for business expansion.The count...

The merger of KB Life Insurance Co., an insurer under KB Financial Group Inc. of South Korea, and Prudential Life Insurance Co. of Korea will be c...

A growing number of LG Group units have unveiled their dividend policies for the next three years for the first time in their history, as they are d...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Mark Lippert, former US ambassador to South Korea, as an executive in charge of corporate ...

South Korean companies are ramping up their local bond issuances to finance expansion into low-carbon and contactless platform businesses, with stro...

South Korea’s central bank is almost certain to raise interest rates on Friday to curb inflation and household debt as the US Federal Reserve ...

POSCO Co., the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, reported record earnings in 2021, adding to the bullish outlook, as China sustained a policy ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group grew more concerned ahead of the European Union’s decision on the combination of the world&...

 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile (PUBG Mobile), a mobile game of South Korean gaming company Krafton Inc., topped the global game re...

NEW YORK -- US stock markets remain high but their prices seem reasonable at the current level of interest rates near historic lows, said Oaktree Ca...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest NAND flash memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is adjusting operations at its manufacturing fa...

Come next year, Korea’s online game developers are poised to release a number of games on blockchain platforms.The companies have lined up the...

Representatives of South Korean auto parts makers on Friday called on the government to increase their financial support of the sector, including ta...

South Korea’s game developer Netmarble Neo decided to withdraw its initial public offering plan as sentiment in the primary market sours amid ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – South Korea’s major business conglomerates are heading to Washington D.C. to run offices handling regulatory and gover...