South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer

South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer

South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and ...

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy signs multi-billion-dollar LFP battery deal with Renault

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, has clinched a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply LFP batteries for low-en...

Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors

Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors

South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with US tech giant Microsoft Corp. to colla...

Doosan Enerbility to supply SMR parts to NuScale Power

Doosan Enerbility to supply SMR parts to NuScale Power

Doosan Enerbility Co., a leading South Korean power plant engineering company, is slated to supply nuclear reactor equipment to Nuscale Power Corp.,...

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won

South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asia...

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting  

Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...

Korean won at 17-month low on Middle East woes, Fed rate view

Korean won at 17-month low on Middle East woes, Fed rate view

The South Korean won currency on Tuesday fell to its weakest level in 17 months, briefly touching the psychologically important 1,400 per dollar lev...

Won at 17-month low vs dollar on reduced US rate cut bets

Won at 17-month low vs dollar on reduced US rate cut bets

The Korean won weakened to its lowest level in 17 months against the dollar on Thursday, after stronger-than-expected US inflation data dented hopes...

LG Electronics seeks to sell global bonds, 1st time in 12 yrs

LG Electronics seeks to sell global bonds, 1st time in 12 yrs

LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to issue dollar-denominated bonds, its first global bond sale in 12 years, according to people with knowledge of the ...

S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited

S.Korea’s foreign currency deposits fall as dollar’s strength seen limited

South Korea’s foreign currency deposits fell for the first time in four months in January as the dollar’s further gains versus the won f...

Memory chipmaker SK Hynix to raise $1 bn in dollar bonds

Memory chipmaker SK Hynix to raise $1 bn in dollar bonds

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is seeking to raise about $1 billion in dollar bonds.The chipm...

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...

LG, Poland’s ICPT in mega-million-dollar battery module supply deal

LG, Poland’s ICPT in mega-million-dollar battery module supply deal

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday it has signed a multiyear deal to supply battery modules to Poland’s Impact Clean P...

NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar

NPS logs 8.7% return in Q1-Q3 on stock boom, strong dollar

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea posted an 8.66% investment return from January to September of this year with assets under management ...

Won strengthens past 1,300 mark vs dollar on short-sale ban

Won strengthens past 1,300 mark vs dollar on short-sale ban

The South Korean won continued its bull run on Monday, strengthening past the psychologically important barrier of 1,300 level against the dollar fo...

Yen hits 15-year low vs Korean won on less hawkish BOJ

Yen hits 15-year low vs Korean won on less hawkish BOJ

The yen on Friday plunged to the weakest level in more than 15 years against the South Korean won as the Japanese central bank’s recent change...

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

NJ certifies Taihan Cable as major power grid supplier

South Korean fiber optic cable manufacturer Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it has been certified as a major power grid supplier by...

Dollar/won in wildest swing in 13 yrs despite intervention

Dollar/won in wildest swing in 13 yrs despite intervention

The South Korean won suffered its wildest fluctuation against the dollar this year since 2010, shrugging off heavy dollar-selling intervention by lo...

Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD

Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD

US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...

S.Korean think-tank lifts inflation forecast on oil prices

S.Korean think-tank lifts inflation forecast on oil prices

A South Korean government think-tank has raised its inflation prediction for this year due to the recent rise in oil prices and expectations that As...

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

BlueOval SK secures $9.2 bn loan from US Department of Energy

BlueOval SK secures $9.2 bn loan from US Department of Energy

BlueOval SK, the battery production joint venture between SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co., has provisionally secured up to $9.2 billion in policy suppo...

CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment

CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment

CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, enterta...

Korean won needs economic fundamentals recovery for rebound

Korean won needs economic fundamentals recovery for rebound

The South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gradually losing steam for long-term growth....

Samsung vetoes Broadcom's proposed measures to avoid Korean penalties

Samsung vetoes Broadcom's proposed measures to avoid Korean penalties

Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies opposed measures proposed by Broadcom Inc. to avoid penalties by the country’s a...

S.Korea, Airbus plan to open domestic tech research center

S.Korea, Airbus plan to open domestic tech research center

South Korea and European aircraft maker Airbus Group will open a technology research center in the country and discuss boosting cooperation in suppl...

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark

The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundamen...

S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter

S.Korean corporate investment in Vietnam plunges 70% in first quarter

South Korean corporate investment in Vietnam, which has led the economic development of the Southeast Asian nation, has plunged this year due to fac...

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters

The South Korean won has extended its losses against the yen, with the Japanese currency highly sought after as a safe haven asset in the wobbly fin...

Samsung's laptop Galaxy Book 3 sees 250% sales growth from predecessor's

Samsung's laptop Galaxy Book 3 sees 250% sales growth from predecessor's

Samsung Electronics Co.’s premium laptop PC series Galaxy Book 3 is a global hit since its release last monthIts reception has grown so high t...

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