Hanwha Group to expand stock compensation to team chiefs

South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group will expand its restricted stock units (RSUs) to encourage employee interest in the company&rsqu...

Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting

Investors in the South Korean stock market rushed to stocks seen as connected to former US President Donald Trump on Monday, such as construction, n...

POSCO seeks restructuring for $1.9 bn injection in battery materials

POSCO Holdings Inc. aims to raise its corporate value through an ambitious scheme that entails securing 2.6 trillion won ($1.9 billion) through rest...

Kospi on upward run; individual investors turn bearish

South Korean individual investors are strongly betting on a drop in domestic share prices, in contrast to foreign investors’ aggressive buying...

Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...

Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high

Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...

NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...

Korea's bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives

South Korea’s financial assets in the US hit a record high last year due to the US stock market rally and Korean companies’ capital inje...

Mirae Asset's US dividend premium fund surpasses $72 mn in net assets

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. announced on Tuesday that the net assets of its Mirae Asset US Dividend Premium Fund, which invests...

Korea's NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo has visited Japan and Singapore on his first overseas busine...

Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

MSCI keeps Korea on emerging market list on short-selling ban

MSCI Inc. maintained South Korean stocks in its emerging market list as the government kept its blanket short-selling ban, denting the country&rsquo...

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy agenda at a meeting with business leaders this month, wher...

Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field

South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...

Hana Securities services S.Korean stock investment in Hong Kong

South Korea's Hana Securities announced on Tuesday that it launched a service allowing Hong Kong investors to open its accounts through Hong Kong's ...

Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high

South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...

NPS to cut Korean stock allocation to 13% by 2029

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), also the world’s third-largest pension fund, will gradually reduce the proportion of its l...

NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...

Nvidia beats Tesla to emerge as top foreign stock held by Koreans

Nvidia Corp., the global top artificial intelligence chip leader, overtook Tesla Inc., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle maker, to b...

SK Hynix: More room for share price rise after bull run

SK Hynix Inc.'s market value broke through the roof to top 150 trillion won ($110 billion) on Monday, becoming the second stock in South Korea to re...

World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO

Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...

Block deals of Korean stocks surge ahead of tighter regulation

Block trades of South Korean listed shares have surged by six times so far this year from the same period in 2023, according to the Financial Superv...

Investors dump Korean biotech HLB stocks on FDA rejection

HLB Co. and its affiliate stocks tumbled on Friday on news that the South Korean biotech group’s highly anticipated new cancer treatment Rivoc...

Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim

South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...

Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...

Korea to launch alternative stock exchange in 2025

South Korea will launch the country’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade Co. in the first half of next year to enable stock trading for...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution stock price doubles on Kospi debut

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co.'s debut on the Kospi, South Korea's largest initial public offering in more than two years, saw a near-doubling of st...

Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals

South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...

Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market

NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...

NPS loses $1.2 bn in local stocks in Q1 on weak battery shares

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock ...