Samsung walks tightrope on US investment; invited to White House talks

Samsung walks tightrope on US investment; invited to White House talks

Samsung Electronics Co., the only South Korean company invited to a special White House meeting on the global semiconductor shortage, is likely to f...

Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending

Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending

Semiconductor chips, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) drove the top 100 South Korean companies' spending on research and developme...

Naver issues $500 million in first foreign debt amid strong demand

Naver issues $500 million in first foreign debt amid strong demand

South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. has successfully issued its first foreign currency bonds worth $500 million amid strong demand as ...

BOK posts record 2020 net income on higher foreign asset gains

BOK posts record 2020 net income on higher foreign asset gains

The Bank of Korea paid the second-highest amount of tax revenue in the country last year, trailing only Samsung Electronics Co., after the South Kor...

Shares of Samsung, Hynix subdued amid foreign selling spree

Shares of Samsung, Hynix subdued amid foreign selling spree

Foreign investors, the dominant players on the Korean bourse, are dumping leading chipmakers such Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., keeping...

Young, female, foreign: Hyundai Motor Group’s new BOD

Young, female, foreign: Hyundai Motor Group’s new BOD

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, under its new leader Chung Euisun, is seeking changes on its board of directors, the group's top business d...

SKC to spend $600 mn to build copper foil plant in Malaysia

SKC to spend $600 mn to build copper foil plant in Malaysia

South Korea’s SKC Ltd. will build its first overseas plant of copper foils in Malaysia for 650 billion won ($588 million), as the chemical mat...

Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...

HOLD Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

HOLD Naver Webtoon taps foreign investors ahead of US listing

Global webtoon (digital comics) platform Naver Webtoon is paving the way to a listing in the US market, reaching out to foreign investors for pre-...

Retail investor buying, foreign selling hit fresh highs on Kospi

Retail investor buying, foreign selling hit fresh highs on Kospi

Foreign investors sold a record volume of shares on South Korea’s main bourse on Nov. 30, triggering a sharp fall in the main stock index, whi...

S. Korea's foreign currency deposits hit record high on weaker dollar

S. Korea's foreign currency deposits hit record high on weaker dollar

Foreign currency deposits in South Korea have swelled to a record high in November on the back of a weaker dollar, boosting local banks' holdings to $...

Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn

Samsung shares hit historic high as foreign investors scoop up net $2.3 bn

Samsung Electronics Co. shares have soared to a historic high, driven by foreign investors scooping up a total net 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) wor...

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

Foreign investors shift from growth stocks to net buy $3.5 bn in cyclicals

South Korea's stock market is seeing a shift in buying trends from foreign investors who are increasingly beefing up investments in cyclical stocks wh...

Shinhan closing in on HSBC to be top foreign bank in Vietnam

Shinhan closing in on HSBC to be top foreign bank in Vietnam

Shinhan Bank Vietnam Ltd., the Vietnamese subsidiary of Shinhan Bank, is close to becoming the top foreign bank in Vietnam thanks to its solid perform...

Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea

Foreign cloud service providers led by Amazon, MS play big in Korea

Global cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are taking a greater share of South Korea’s serverless computing market, where ...

Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms

Korean digital wallet operator raises $173 mn from foreign VC firms

Viva Republica Inc., the operator of South Korea's popular digital wallet Toss, has raised its largest single fundraising worth $173 million from...

Korea’s leading EV battery makers’ R&D spending hits record $1 bn in H1

South Korea’s three leading electric-vehicle (EV) battery makers are investing heavily in EV research & development projects to gain ground ...

Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market

Korea’s money supply sees fastest growth in decade as foreigners return to stock market

South Korea’s money supply grew at a quicker pace in June than it has in a decade, as foreign investors, who shunned risky assets just following...

Foreign insurers’ Korean units likely up for sale on tougher rules, falling profits

Following in the footsteps of Prudential Financial Inc., foreign insurance companies are expected to put their Korean units up for sale to meet tighte...

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree

Foreign investors have stepped up apartment purchases in South Korea in recent years, adding fuel to the already heated residential property market wh...

Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn

Foreign investors’ holding of South Korean bonds at record high of $115 bn

Foreign investors continued to buy South Korean bonds such as treasuries and monetary stabilization bonds for a fourth consecutive month in April, wit...

South Korea seen to spend $1.4 tn on infrastructure by 2040: report

South Korea seen to spend $1.4 tn on infrastructure by 2040: report

South Korea is expected to largely meet its infrastructure investment needs by 2040, spending $1.4 trillion on infrastructure by the year, according t...

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

[Interview] NPS eyes equity stakes in foreign infrastructure firms: CIO

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will chase equity stakes in foreign companies running power, harbor and road projects, as it is seeking t...

[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO

[Interview] Korea police fund eyes EM debt; keen on networks with foreign funds: CIO

South Korea’s Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA), a $2 billion savings fund, is interested in sovereign debt of emerging economies, and will put eff...

NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy

NPS’ 2015 return beats key foreign pension funds; to take passive equities strategy

The National Pension Service’s (NPS) investment return dipped to 4.57% in 2015, but its performance outstripped those of other top five pension funds ...

[Korean Money Going Abroad] Korea insurers up overseas investments, eyeing foreign asset managers

South Korean insurance companies have been raising investments in overseas investments by more than 50% since the start of this year and also consider...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cas...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including c...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect vows heavy govt spending

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending such as cash ...

HOLD: S.Korea's president-elect Lee vows cash handouts

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including cas...

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