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

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 ...

The price of napa cabbage continues to soar in South Korea. Hit by heavy rainfall during its harvest season, Gangwon Province suffered from a l...

Samsung Group’s four heirs to the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee have seen their group company shareholdings shrink by a combined 11 trillion won (...

South Korea’s headline inflation eased in August for the first time in seven months on a slower rise in oil prices, but the central bank is st...

South Korea logged a record monthly trade deficit in August with the longest spree of shortfalls in more than 14 years, while domestic consumption, ...

The emergence of a rival is usually a cause of distress for existing players.Micron Technology Inc.’s entry into the DDR5 DRAM arena, however,...

Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...

Gourmet food delivery platform Kurly and Golfzon County have won preliminary approval for their initial public offerings set for this year.The Korea...

Kakao Corp. is looking to add display advertising to South Korea’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk, as well as the fintech apps developed by i...

When South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO Group acquired a 12.5% stake in Australia’s Roy Hill mine for 1.52 trillion won ($1.2 billio...

South Korea’s top noodle maker Nongshim Co. has posted a quarterly operating loss from its domestic business – its first loss in 24 year...

Taekwang Industrial Co., a South Korean petrochemical and textile company, reported its first quarterly loss in 10 years amid weakness in its key bu...

South Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar Inc. has cut its IPO price by 18% to push ahead with its stock market debut, according to industry ...

  A lot of stock investors have jumped into the bullish market in recent years. But global inflation and recession appear as threats to invest...

The state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has decided to reduce its exposure to a $2.8 billion joint liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia in...

Back in the 1970s and 80s, general trading companies were the vanguards of South Korea’s exports. Daewoo International Corp., LG Internat...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the world’s top shipbuilder, secured another future growth engine from its solar cells and modules business on...

Brazilian mining giant Vale SA and two South Korean steelmakers are selling their joint venture in Brazil at less than half their investment in six ...

LG Display Co., South Korea’s major display maker, is set to pull out of the liquid crystal display (LCD) TV panel business for domestic use. ...

South Korea’s top four oil refiners exported a combined $27.96 billion worth of petroleum products during the first half of 2022. This marked ...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s largest automaker, said on Friday it posted its first-ever double-digit operating profit margin in the second quarter...

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s steel giant, reported a lower profit in the second quarter on rising raw material pr...

Episodes of extreme yen weakness don’t tend to go well for Asia. In the late 1990s, early 2010s and today, a sliding yen often proves to be even...

A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...

South Korea's oil refining margin, a key indicator of refiners' profitability, dropped below $20 over the past month amid global recession fears. Ho...

The commercial real estate market in Seoul slowed this year, according to a report by South Korean online property platform RSquare. The sum of the ...

South Korea’s net issuance of corporate bonds during the first half of 2022 was its lowest in six years, according to Korea Financial Investme...

Shares of major K-pop label YG Entertainment Inc. finished Wednesday's trade 6% higher at 48,950 won ($37.52) a share, on news of Blackpink’s ...

South Korea’s inflation accelerated to a 24-year high last month, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may raise interest rates by 5...