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Many asset prices have skyrocketed to their highest-ever levels as interest rates remain historically low, but that does not mean their current valu...

LG Electronics Inc. completed a stock sale deal with Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc. for an electric vehicle (EV) powertrain join...

The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the list of Korea’s richest people in terms of stocks held. Among the 20 richest share owners in Korea as ...

The share prices of South Korean metaverse companies have skyrocketed throughout this year, in an environment where fan meetings, press conferences ...

South Korea’s major companies are rushing to secure cash to fund new business. Some have sold or securitized property, while others issued n...

South Korea-based fintech startup Qraft Technologies Inc. captured the attention of Wall Street in May 2019, when it listed two artificial intellige...

South Korean merchant liner SM Line Corp. has filed for a preliminary review by the Korea Exchange of its plan to go public on the junior Kosdaq mar...

Global stock markets lost ground on mounting fears over the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant. Record-breaking US shares riding on the hopes...

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of SK Innovation Co., has climbed to the top ranking among battery materials makers in terms of market capitali...

South Korean households over the last 12 months have vastly increased investments in both domestic and overseas stock markets, with the total invest...

Young South Koreans are drowning in debt.Korean youths in their 20s and 30s are reeling under growing personal debt as they aggressively take out pe...

South Korean manufacturers of jet fighters, aircraft engines and weapon systems saw their share prices soaring in heavy trade on Monday, powered by ...

Samsung Life Insurance Co. has drawn attention from South Korean pension and savings funds with its $90 million purchase last month of a stake in Sa...

Fubon Life Insurance Co., a unit of Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co., has raised its stake in a Korean joint venture with Hyundai Motor Gr...

In South Korea, just like any other major economies, the stock market has been a mine of gold even for small investors, who enjoyed hefty gains from...

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management Co. has participated in a $12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Co., a unit of Sau...

South Korean retail investors, who had largely opposed the regulator’s lifting of the short-selling ban on large-cap stocks from May, are now ...

Shinsegae Group has inched closer to a deal to acquire eBay Korea that would see the South Korean retail giant emerge as an e-ecommerce behemoth wit...

The blurring of industry boundaries and increasing new opportunities in the pandemic era are driving major Korean companies to split businesses into...

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is moving forward with its spin-off plan announced in April. SK Telecom held a board meeti...

South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...

The stock prices of South Korea’s two leading travel agencies, HanaTour Service Inc. and Modetour Network Inc., have skyrocketed in 2021 with ...

LG Chem Ltd. suffered a broad sell-off on May 26, with more than 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) of its market cap vanishing in a single trading day, ...

US Treasury bonds with longer maturities remain effective hedging instruments against inflation in the current low rate environment, according to Th...

South Korea’s telecom and content giant KT Corp. is receiving renewed interest this year among stock market investors and financial analysts, ...

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it will retire 8.69 million treasury shares worth 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 b...

The South Korean government’s plan to vaccinate 36 million people, or about 70% of its population, by the third quarter of 2021 is heating up ...

South Korean companies, having raised 30 trillion won ($27 billion) in both equity and bond issues in the first quarter of this year, are on course ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) came under fire over its expected rule change aimed at raising the upper limit for domestic stock...