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Global index providers' recent decisions to remove Chinese companies from their benchmarks are expected to draw additional global and institutional ...

A decade ago, if you dropped the word "remake" into conversation with someone who worked in the Korean film industry, a discussion might have ensued...

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a series of commercial law revisions designed to limit business owners’ clout and enhance supervisio...

KB Investment Co. will join forces with US-based RM Global Partners to launch a $100 million life science fund to invest in early stage startups in ...

Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to hand over the business rights for its in vitro diagnostics (IVD) unit to a South Korean bio company as part ...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will select a new global real estate investment trust (REIT) management firm to inve...

SK Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, aims to be at the forefront of the country's hydrogen ecosystem as part ...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced a leadership shuffle in its two key businesses – memory chips and foundry – as the South ...

Samsung Electronics Co. is upping the ante to extend its leadership in the memory chip sector with a vow to invest heavily in the NAND business next...

Global oil refiners, strategic investors and private equity funds in Korea and abroad have submitted non-binding bids for up to 49% of SK Lubricants...

It’s simple and irritatingly repetitive. Many people, kids and adults alike, around the world hum along and often complain that they just can&...

The National Pension Service has added KKR and Sydney-based Scape Australia Management to its pool of 54 global real estate investment managers in...

South Korean IT heavyweight NHN Corp. and US-based tech giant Intel Corp. have entered into a strategic partnership to boost their presence in the c...

An increasing amount of global funds are flowing into South Korea as advances in COVID-19 vaccine development and a weaker dollar boost investors&rs...

Samsung Electronics Co.’s global TV market share rose to record levels in the third quarter in value terms, boosted by large-size organic ligh...

Secondary private equity deals were picked as the preferred global PE investment of South Korea’s top asset owners, followed by co-investments a...

DONGHAE, Gangwon Province -- On a winter’s day in Donghae, Gangwon Province, some 250 km northeast of Seoul, LS Cable & System Ltd. wor...

Emojis and stickers, pictorial icons used to convey emotions in messaging apps, help break down language barriers as users can intuitively recognize...

Korea Post’s savings arm will select two infrastructure fund houses to invest $200 million in overseas core infrastructure assets, according to ...

South Korea’s two largest airliners, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., may combine their airplane repair and maintenance businesses...

Hyundai Motor Co. is seeking to expand its electrice vehicle battery business in Southeast Asia in cooperation with Singapore’s state-run utilit...

Hyundai Motor Co. may acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., a US-based robotics company, from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal worth as much as $1...

The global petrochemical market is grappling with oversupply amid weak demand in the pandemic era, creating a clear divide between winners and losers ...

The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a $12 billion savings arm for South Korea’s small business owners, will diversify its fixed income-heavy po...

Fiera Capital is an independent global asset management firm with a multi-boutique approach, with over USD125 billion in assets under management...

LG Chem Ltd. shareholders have approved the South Korean chemical maker’s plan to hive off its battery business, paving the way for the standalo...

This is the final piece of a four-part series that will delve into Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s New Management initiative that charted Samsung's cours...

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Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...

South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is raising the price of shares to be converted from its exchangeable bond issue in Singapore on ...