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South Korea is set to raise the quota of foreign workers by 10,000 this year to address labor shortage issues in the country’s shipbuilding, m...

South Korean teens appear to prefer to do their social networking on TikTok over KakaoTalk, as short-form videos surge in popularity worldwide. ...

When a country’s currency weakens, foreign investors flee the local markets as a softer foreign-exchange rate usually means fragile economic f...

South Korean shared electric scooter platforms are taking over their smaller rivals or entering new markets as beefed-up safety guidelines on two-wh...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea committed 204.4 trillion won ($156.7 billion) to alternative investment as of end-2021, up 32.7% f...

South Korea’s agricultural product prices are expected to increase this year as the agriculture industry is suffering chronic labor shortages....

South Korea will introduce an internship visa program for foreigners studying at overseas universities to ease a shortage of talent in the fields of...

South Korea has postponed the introduction of a new law aimed at expanding its authority beyond Korean entrepreneurs, people familiar with the matte...

LG Display Co., South Korea’s major display maker, is set to pull out of the liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel business for domestic use. ...

KF-21 Boramae, South Korea’s first advanced supersonic jet fighter, successfully completed its first flight test on Tuesday more than six year...

South Korea plans to spend more cash on attracting foreign investments in high-tech and core supply chain industries as foreign direct investment to...

A selloff in risk assets in South Korea is intensifying as foreigners turned net sellers of Korean bonds for the first time in 18 months in June whi...

South Korea’s leading telecom operator KT Corp. will offer a broader range of services for foreign subscribers ahead of an expected surge in f...

Danble, operated by Tailor Town, is an online fashion platform serving the often-overlooked market of men’s fashion for those in their 30s and...

South Korea’s display equipment makers are suffering from the global supply disruption with forced delayed shipments of products to clients, i...

South Korea’s shares on Friday rebounded after tumbling in the previous two straight sessions, outperforming their peers in Asia, but few expe...

Foreign investors’ stockholdings in South Korea have plunged to their lowest level in nearly 13 years, dealing a heavy blow to the domestic st...

The eight-day South Korean truck drivers’ strike that ended last week has laid bare one long-standing but often ignored problem at the country...

Hanwha Power Systems Co., a South Korean energy equipment company, said on Friday it has completed joint development of a boil-off gas (BOG) compres...

The International Finance Center in Seoul (IFC Seoul) drew interest from only six bidders at the end of last year, and Singapore-based ARA Korea was...

Hyundai Motor Group and the group’s social contribution foundation will create a domestic startup fund to invest a total of 100 billion won ($...

Two leading South Korean materials companies PI Advanced Materials Co. and NexFlex Co. have drawn final bids mainly from foreign rivals and private ...

“We had the overseas market in mind from the get-go,” global fabric sale platform SwatchOn’s CEO Lee Woo-seok told The Korea Econo...

The Hyundai Motor Group announced the conglomerate’s domestic investment blueprint on Wednesday. The backbone of the investment plan is to ma...

South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol called an emergency meeting as the won currency tumbled to its weakest level since the 2008-09 globa...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, is the strongest candidate to be included in the MSCI Korea Index next week as part o...

IonQ Inc., a US-listed quantum computing firm, has become a new target of short selling-focused Scorpion Capital, taking a hit from the US hedge fun...

Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s top carrier, reported a record quarterly operating profit on the strong cargo business while its smaller d...

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the largest stock on South Korea’s main bourse, rose strongly on Friday, snapping a five-day losing streak,...

Foreign investors’ holding rate in South Korea’s main bourse Kospi has plunged to the lowest level since 2010. The investors have dispos...