trade war

South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...

Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Kang Shin-bong, former chief executive of Yogiyo, South Korea’s second-largest food delivery platform, to le...

South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...

South Korea's companies expect both sales and exports this year to decline in the 1% range from last year, predicting economic growth in the low 1% ...

SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...

South Korea’s POSCO International Co. completed a merger with its affiliate POSCO Energy Co. on Jan. 1, which the trading company said would f...

South Korea suffered a record trade deficit last year as the ongoing war in Ukraine ramped up energy import bills, while the outlook remained dark w...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Tuesday said it will open a division specifically for reviewing global M&As given the recent growth of...

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, will showcase innovative materials for rechargeable batteries and semiconductors at CES 2023, the...

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) on Wednesday said it is developing a small multi-purpose drone with reconnaissance and attack functions like t...

The Korea Trade Network (KTNET) held a grand opening event for its uTH 2.0, a digital trade logistics platform, in partnership with the Korea Intern...

Vietnam will finish this year as South Korea's No. 3 trading partner and the country with which the latter has the largest trade surplus, a study ha...

Shares of South Korea's two tech startups, Ndream and Wisenut, will start trading on Korea's over-the-counter market, or K-OTC, on Thursday, the Kor...

Poongsan Corp., South Korea’s top copper processing company, is expected to benefit as China’s exit from the zero-COVID policy bolstered...

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday that it had signed an agreement to supply vehicles to Libya's disabled through the Social Solidarity Fund, an agenc...

Hana Bank said on Friday that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Toss Securities for 24-hour foreign exchange trading at t...

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...

South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...

Amid the global supply chain crisis and growing trade protectionism by major economies, a study by a major trade body in South Korea says the nation...

The self-driving robot Dilly Tower of Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Bae...

Kia Corp. has seen record-high auto sales in the UK thanks to having the highest brand satisfaction among British dealers.Industry sources on Monday...

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, is set to build an infrastructure for maritime transportation of clean hyd...

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s second-largest light-emitting diode (LED) display maker, won a patent lawsuit in Germany, setting a recor...

South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...

South Korea is poised to post a trade deficit for the seventh straight month in October, which would mark the longest period of shortfalls in 25 yea...

Shares in South Korea’s scandal-hit biotechnological company SillaJen Inc. soared on Thursday after the local exchange decided to maintain the...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly raise the use of locally produced neon, a ...

Ottogi Co. is emerging as a formidable rival to Nongshim Co. in South Korea's instant noodle market, becoming the most popular ramen for the fifth w...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is heading to the US next month to scout semiconductor research and development...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed its 2023 growth outlook for the South Korean economy, citing daunting global risks, as the country is h...