non-financial data

South Korea’s major banking groups have posted the highest-ever net profit figures in the first half of this year. Shinhan Financial Group rep...

South Korea’s GS Group has invested 30 billion won ($26 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp. to fast forward its energy unit’s transition to...

South Korea’s largest multichannel network (MCN) company Sandbox Network Inc. has made another major step forward in expanding its China busin...

The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., th...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol will meet during a Group of 20 (G20) gathering of finance ministe...

South Korean households over the last 12 months have vastly increased investments in both domestic and overseas stock markets, with the total invest...

Hyundai Motor Co. will focus on ramping up global sales of high-profit vehicles such as its SUVs and Genesis models, according to its annual sustain...

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will gradually increase alternative investments such as venture capital, private equity and debt, and infrast...

South Korea's NongHyup Financial Group, or NH Financial Group, has acquired a stake in a solar power plant in Japan from Korea Electric Power Corp. ...

South Korean game developer Krafton Inc.'s road to an initial public offering is getting rocky with the country's financial regulator expressing con...

Synopsys Inc., a US software developer, has signed an agreement to acquire full ownership of BISTel, South Korea's top-ranked smart manufacturing so...

The US insurance group Cigna looks set to become the first foreign insurer on South Korea's digital non-life insurance platform, with an aim to crac...

South Korea’s art market is facing the biggest boom since the global financial crisis, drawing wealthy investors and art enthusiasts alike. Se...

South Korea’s major banks are rushing to Singapore as the city-state is emerging as a new financial hub in Southeast Asia, replacing the tradi...

Naver Corp.’s Japan-based messaging app affiliate Line Corp. is rapidly expanding its digital banking business in Asian countries outside Kore...

Coupang Corp. has a unique corporate culture for a company headquartered in South Korea.  Industry insiders highlight that this uncommon cultur...

South Korea’s leading rental car company Lotte Rental Co. has kicked off an initial public offering process to raise some 400 billion won ($36...

There have been near-endless debates regarding the “proper valuation” of KakaoBank, South Korea’s largest internet-only bank that ...

The pet care market is set to ride a "cloud wave" as companies make use of pet data on cloud storage spaces to tap into the growing pet care market,...

Sculptor Capital Management is a leading alternative asset manager with capabilities across multi-strategy, credit and real estate. Sculptor has...

Non-traditional real estate assets such as cell towers, parking lots and marinas will likely provide significant investment opportunities to debt in...

The Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), an $11 billion savings fund for South Korean military officers and personnel, said on Monday it has name...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) and Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) ar...

Woori Financial Group has been selected to acquire Franklin Templeton Investments’ retail fund business in South Korea, less than a month sinc...

FiscalNote, a Washington D.C.-based tech firm that uses artificial intelligence and big data to track, predict and analyze regulation and legislatio...

South Korea-based fintech firm Korea Credit Data (KCD) has raised around 40 billion won ($36 million) from Singapore-based private equity firm Pavil...

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will split into two separate entities. SK Telecom said on Apr. 14 that it will create a ne...

South Korea’s state-funded Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is undergoing a full-scale digital transformation to expedite inter...

The Bank of Korea has asked the country’s financial institutions to reduce exposure in economic sectors that generate high levels of carbon em...

Last year's expansion of contactless technologies and services has created a new salary gap among key industries and companies in South Korea.  ...