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Musicow Inc., South Korea's first music copyright trading platform, will come under regulatory scrutiny, after the country's top financial regulator...

South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae Group has joined forces with Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. to bid for International Finance Center in S...

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) plans to build the country's first landing area for urban air mobility (U...

South Korea's LS Group is considering buying an additional stake in LS-Nikko Copper Inc. to boost its stake in the world’s second-largest elec...

Grade-A offices saw their lowest-ever quarterly vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2022 since 2010, when Canada-based real estate investment manag...

China’s leading battery makers are actively advancing into overseas markets with plans to build manufacturing factories close to their clients...

South Korean exporters such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are jittery as the country’s won currency hit its strongest level versus the Ja...

Investment firms in South Korea are injecting funds into domestic hotels, preparing for the post-pandemic era. The firms are particularly focusing...

  Most new asset management firms in South Korea end up lagging the competition due to their smaller sizes. They suffer from operating losses ...

“The first joint venture with the Seoul National University seal of approval” is how artificial intelligence startup SNUAI Lab Co. des...

Jobis & Villains, the operator of artificial intelligence-powered accounting platform 3.3, announced that it recently acquired video messenger s...

South Korea's Lotte Group will build a luxury residential town for retirees in Seoul by 2025 to plunge into the senior housing market.Lotte Hotels a...

Seoulites are set to enjoy Gucci’s fine-dining experience from later this month.The Italian luxury fashion house said on Wednesday it will ope...

Critical data center hubs have emerged in European major cities with dramatic growth in data consumption, and the facilities are rising as promising...

South Korea will tighten its eligibility requirements for institutional investors to bid for initial public offerings, a move aimed at cooling the o...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledges to build South Korea into what he dubs a global 'pivotal' power that contributes to freedom, peace, and prospe...

Private equity firm Actis LLP has promoted its Seoul office Chief Executive Scott Choi as a partner, the company said on March 7. Choi is the first ...

South Korea won an exemption from the United States' expanded export restrictions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the country’s trade ...

SEOUL — In the latest sign that life is going back to something that resembles the pre-pandemic past, BTS is returning to the stage in Seoul.The...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) signed an agreement on Feb. 24 with Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company (SGI) to co-invest in overseas hedge fund...

Asset managers' track record and risk management are the most important factors for South Korean major limited partners when considering new partnersh...

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

A South Korean court on Thursday ruled in favor of Affinity Equity-led financial investors (FIs) in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., rejecting Kyobo's clai...

The city of Seoul launched Invest Seoul on Feb. 7, an investment promotion agency (IPA) to attract foreign investment and overseas companies. The ca...

For the first time ever, South Korea’s fintech industry association will see meaningful competition in electing its chair this month – r...

The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are battling it out t...

Grade-A office transactions in Seoul hit a record high of 17.1 trillion won ($14.2 billion) in 2021, breaking the 16.6 trillion won record set in 20...

Global infrastructure investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners SA said on Jan. 25 it has appointed Michelle (Min Kyung) Maeng as its new Invest...

The total deal volume of Seoul metropolitan area-based grade-A logistics centers hit a record high of 7.2 trillion won ($6.1 billion) last year. A g...

  Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), a construction giant under Hyundai Motor Company, will invest 409.9 billion wo...