low pricing strategy

South Korea-based mobile financial platform Toss is en route to becoming the country's first fintech decacorn, or a company valued at over $10 billi...

The recent asset price rises in South Korea, in particular in the equities and real estate markets, have been too rapid, even considering an expecte...

Last week’s devastating fire at a Coupang distribution center, which reportedly burned down more than 16 million items for delivery, is expect...

South Korea's leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. has been enjoying great success in Russia thanks to strong demand for fruit-flavored soju from local ...

Shinsegae Group has inched closer to a deal to acquire eBay Korea that would see the South Korean retail giant emerge as an e-ecommerce behemoth wit...

The blurring of industry boundaries and increasing new opportunities in the pandemic era are driving major Korean companies to split businesses into...

South Korea’s mobile platform Kakao Corp. is set to shake up the country's e-commerce market in the second half of the year with the launch of...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched a low-end 5G smartphone in overseas markets amid intensified price competition initiated by Chinese mobil...

The stock prices of South Korea’s two leading travel agencies, HanaTour Service Inc. and Modetour Network Inc., have skyrocketed in 2021 with ...

Luxury brands are hiking up prices in South Korea. Designers such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Chanel have increased their prices in Korea this year...

South Korea’s automakers are facing a drastic increase in manufacturing costs. Raw material prices are soaring and the global chip shortage re...

South Korea’s three leading tire makers are set to raise prices of commercial and passenger vehicle tires on growing demand from automakers an...

OCI Co., a South Korean chemical and green energy company, has been in the red for years, weighed by weak prices of its mainstay product polysilicon...

South Korea’s telecom and content giant KT Corp. is receiving renewed interest this year among stock market investors and financial analysts, ...

Office building prices in downtown Seoul set a fresh record high this month, with the highest price of one pyeong, or 3.3 square meters, surpassing ...

The National Pension Service has shelved a plan to introduce negative screening on coal mines and relevant businesses in an aim to build a low-carbo...

The initial public offering price of South Korea’s SK IE Technology Co. has been set at the top end of the proposed band, reflecting a recor...

LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, has been in the red for years, weighed by subdued panel prices amid a supply glut caused b...

A rapid increase in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel prices has sharply narrowed the price gap between LCD panels and organic light-emitting diode...

South Korea’s central bank will exclude companies with low ESG ratings from its portfolio of foreign currency assets. The Bank of Korea has de...

Slightly more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the business world, the role of management consultants has become important more than ...

SK Bioscience Co., a spin-off from the vaccine division of SK Chemicals, posted a strong debut on Kospi on Mar. 18, closing at 169,000 won a share, ...

Chip shortages have hit the memory segment of the industry and are likely to have a price impact on solid-state drives (SSDs), storage devices typic...

This year, South Korean companies preparing for trading debuts have set their offering prices on average about 27% higher than the proposed price ba...

Kakao Corp. will split its stock on a five-for-one basis in April, which the South Korean mobile messaging app giant said would make the stock more ...

Signs that the global DRAM market is entering a boom cycle are looming large with chip prices on an ascending trendline and major chipmakers spendin...

Crude oil prices have rebounded by more than 20% since the start of the year, but their recovering prices have not yet translated into margin improv...

For retail investors of Samsung Electronics Co., the stock’s recent drop is reminiscent of the 2018 crash, when individuals who snapped up the...

South Korea’s major shipbuilding companies are set to benefit from rising newbuilding prices, brightening the outlook for an improvement in th...

Korea Investment Corporation has appointed new heads of alternative investment strategy and private equity in a senior management reshuffle carried ...