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BEIJING – CICC Capital, a unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), has entered the South Korean market with the launch of a private e...

South Korea’s E-Mart Inc. will open its new hypermarket in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 7, accelerating sales of its private label No Brand produc...

Two affiliates of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, ranked as the top South Korean exporters in the one-year ...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday unveiled the design of a Ferris wheel, tentatively named Seoul Twin Eye, which it plans to complete by 2...

South Korea’s factory activity waned last month, snapping a recovery streak in the previous two months, largely due to a drop in chip producti...

South Korea’s health ministry will allocate 261.6 billion won ($200.2 million) for two funds over the next four years to boost private sector ...

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch its own small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by the end of...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, is riding on the growing popularity of hybrid vehicles as pure electric vehicle uptakes slo...

A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...

Prices of secondhand electric vehicles are falling in South Korea as drivers are increasingly less enchanted with eco-friendly vehicles due to weak ...

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. is using recycled materials for product packaging as it aims to transform itself into a green petrochemical p...

South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...

Digital assets are important components of change in the infrastructure investment landscape today and are as essential as water and electricity, ex...

South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday it successfully issued Samurai bonds, becoming the first global IT company to do so. Naver's debut...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will step up its private credit and bonds until next year as it expects high interes...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will increase investing in real estate debt and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) next...

South Korea’s public sector, barring extenuating circumstances, will build its information and communications (ICT) systems in private clouds ...

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...

Major institutional investors in South Korea and global asset managers will share their views on the world economy and asset allocation strategies a...

South Korea is intensifying pressure on the private sector to curb inflation by forcing companies such as food and beverage makers not to raise prod...

SK Group, South Korea’s energy-to-semiconductor conglomerate, is set to invest in a local renewable energy ingredient provider for stable proc...

South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. is broadening its international reach, exporting its widely popular entertainment show intellectual prop...

South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...

South Korea's Kia Corp. revealed a plan for the first domestic private-public partnership and initiating a pilot project to create a recycling ecosy...

Major South Korean companies’ spending on research and development lags investments made by their global competitors due to lower government t...

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc. on Wednesday carried out one of its most drastic executive reshuffles, replacing chief executives of...

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

Seoul Semiconductor Co., the world’s No. 3 light-emitting diode (LED) maker, has secured key patents for LEDs to be used in electric vehicles ...

It has been revealed that spending by foreign tourists visiting Jeju Island has significantly increased since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.Accor...