Seoul vows zero-tolerance measures against unfair stock trading

South Korea’s top financial regulators and its stock exchange operator will launch a joint task force to strengthen oversight of unlawful fina...

Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...

S.Korea mulls fines on Barclays, Citi for short-sale violations

South Korea’s financial authorities are considering fining British multinational investment bank Barclays plc and US investment banking group ...

Lotte Fine Chemical, Colorcon sign $740 mn distribution agreement

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Monday that it signed a global distribution agreement with the ...

FTC fines Kakao Mobility $55 mn for alleged unfair taxi-hailing service

South Korea’s antitrust body has fined Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, 72.4 billion won ($54.9 mi...

OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix

OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-...

Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

S.Korea fines AliExpress $1.4 mn for alleged privacy breach

South Korea’s privacy authority is punishing AliExpress with measures including a $1.4 million fine for allegedly not providing measures to pr...

Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty

South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won...

Eugene PE, KDB PE to acquire Boryung Biopharma for $231 million

A consortium of Eugene Private Equity and Korea Development Bank Private Equity will acquire 80% of South Korean vaccine maker Boryung Biopharma Co....

LG Uplus launches generative AI ixi-GEN

South Korean major mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. officially launched its generative artificial intelligence model ixi-GEN on Tuesday, joining its bi...

LG CNS gets AWS Generative AI Competency

LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of South Korea's LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it achieved the AWS Generative AI Competency from ...

Coupang fined $102 mn for alleged search algorithm manipulation

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, was fined 140 billion won ($102 million) on Thursday for allegedly manipulating searc...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Hyundai, Kia to require stricter ESG compliance from subcontractors

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group plans to require stricter environmental, social and governance compliance from its partners st...

Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to sell luxury wines with price tags up to tens of thousands of dollars in Seoul, as demand for pre...

Korea to fine Credit Suisse, Nomura $40 mn on short sales

South Korea’s top financial regulator has recently notified Credit Suisse and Nomura Securities of a decision to fine them a combined 54.0 bil...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Korea fines Doosan Enerbility $12 mn for improper bookkeeping

South Korea’s top financial regulator said on Wednesday it will fine local major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. 16.1 billion won ($...

Lotte Chemical completes HEC plant in Yeosu

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Monday its commencement of commercial production at the plant of Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose (prod...

Doosan Enerbility faces record $15 mn in fines for improper bookkeeping

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. faces a record-breaking fine to the tune of about 20 billion won ($15 million) over it...

Gaonchips opens corporation in Silicon Valley

South Korea’s Gaonchips Co. announced on Friday that it opened its new overseas corporation Gaonchips America Inc. in Silicon Valley, the US...

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its 2024 model "The Frame" TV became the first display to receive "Artful Color Certification" fro...

Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...

BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling

South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

Lotte Fine to invest $99 mn to up green materials sales by 6 times  

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., South Korea’s largest ammonia producer, will spend a total of 129 billion won ($99 million) in an aim to become the w...