Korea's Kospi plunges to year's record low close on foreign selling

South Korea’s main bourse Kospi dropped 1.81% to finish at 2,290.00 on Sept. 23, hitting a new low closing for the year amid growing woes over...

Korea's SBW Group eyes bid for textile giant Lycra

South Korean fashion business operator SBW Group is joining the race to acquire global leading textile firm The Lycra Company, investment banking so...

Korea FX authorities, NPS agree on currency swap; won flat

South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities and the state-run National Pension Service (NPS) agreed to open a currency swap line for the first ...

Japan and South Korea leaders meet one-on-one for first time since 2019

The leaders of Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral meeting in nearly three years, another step toward recovery for frayed ties between tw...

Korea to raise tax credits on OTT content for future growth

Studio Dragon Corp., South Korea’s leading drama production house, spent 26 billion won ($18.5 million) on Vincenzo, aired in 2021, and receiv...

Korea's Hyundai Mobis CEO Cho elected ISO president

South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co.’s CEO Cho Sung-hwan has been elected as the next president of the International Organization f...

Bosung attracts $2 bn investment from TGK for Korea's largest data center

South Korea’s Bosung Group has attracted $2 billion from TGK Inc., a US infrastructure company, for its planned construction of Korea’s ...

Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17

NEW YORK – Lotte Home Shopping Inc. displayed Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17 on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Korea Brand Expo in ...

BOK chief signals another big step as Fed hike haunts won

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday signaled another 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike as the won currency weakened past the psychol...

S.Korea's fund of funds to form new fund worth $215 mn with VCs in the US

NEW YORK – The South Korean government is poised to tap into its fund of funds to form a joint investment fund with venture capital firms in t...

S.Korea’s SK Gas expands LNG, hydrogen biz for future

ULSAN -- SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, is expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen ...

POSCO Chem, OCI break ground on EV battery pitch plant

South Korea’s P&O Chemical is set to build the country’s first high-softening-point pitch manufacturing facilities with 15,000 tons ...

Korea defense firms showcase new weapons for record exports

South Korean defense makers showcased next-generation products with artificial intelligence, robot and stealth functions for the future battlefiel...

ADB cuts Korea’s 2023 growth outlook as trade in deficit for sixth month

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed its 2023 growth outlook for the South Korean economy, citing daunting global risks, as the country is h...

Was South Korea’s FX intervention too late?

The South Korean won on Sept. 14 opened 1.4% lower in the domestic currency session after shocking US inflation data rattled global financial market...

Korean PM Han says EV tax credits may violate FTA rules

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) appears to have violated the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the country and South Korea, Korean Prime Minis...

Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...

SK Telecom expands business portfolio with quantum tech

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is expanding its business portfolio with quantum technology, even into industries that are unr...

Korean fintech sector struggles amid liquidity drought

A three-year-old South Korean fintech company is having trouble raising money through a Series B funding round as investor sentiment on the sector h...

Korea’s No. 1 bookstore Kyobo seeks to acquire OTT platform Watcha

The Kyobo Book Centre, South Korea’s largest bookstore chain, is seeking to acquire over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. to expand its busi...

S.Korea cuts US Treasury holding by $18.9 bn in Jan-July

South Korea had sold a net $18.9 billion of US Treasury bonds in the first seven months of this year, data showed, as foreign exchange authorities w...

LG Elec., GS EPS join forces to produce, use solar power in Korea

LG Electronic Inc. is set to produce solar energy to support 10% of the annual electricity consumption at its Changwon plant in South Korea.The firm...

Korea unveils autonomous driving, commercial drone service roadmap

South Korea aims to launch advanced autonomous driving, commercial drone and other urban air mobility services by 2025, as the country strives to be...

Startup minister vows to support Korean firms' entry into overseas markets

South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...

Hyundai wins $1.2 bn railway order from Philippines

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has won a $1.2 billion order from the Philippines to build a railway connecting the c...

Shareholder activism gathers momentum in South Korea

Institutional investors gathered momentum for shareholder activism in South Korea not only to boost their values but also to improve corporate gover...

Korea battery, chip companies fail to reboot IPO market

South Korea’s battery and semiconductor companies, stock investors’ favorites, failed to revive the local initial public offering market...

Korea's SG Private Equity to buy local industrial gas supplier

South Korea’s SG Private Equity is set to acquire local industrial gas supplier Hankook Special Gases Co. for a deal in the early 100 billion ...

S.Korea's manufacturing sector posts biggest job growth in Aug

South Korea’s manufacturing industry accelerated its job growth in August to post its biggest monthly increase in almost a decade, driven by r...

Disney focuses on local content for global expansion

ANAHEIM, California -- The Walt Disney Co. is concentrating on local content to attract more viewers worldwide for its streaming services through do...