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South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...

HD Hyundai Mipo Co., formerly Hyundai Mipo Dockland Co., has embarked on the construction of South Korea’s first liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier,...

US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...

South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...

SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s No. 1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has postponed the commercial operation of its combined cycle power...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, has begun mass production of the industry’s thinnest low-power double data ra...

South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million)...

The South Korean stock market dropped more than 3% on Friday to breach the psychologically important barrier of 2,700 in almost two months, after we...

It is urgent to restore Samsung Electronics Co.'s competitiveness in the semiconductor business, the chip division’s new head said in his firs...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...

Samsung Electronics Co. expects it will be ready to ship its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, in the second half, demon...

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., HD Hyundai’s marine industry comprehensive solution company, signed its largest long-term maintenance contract...

TMON Inc. and WeMakePrice Co. – the e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. – have filed for court receivership amid co...

South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has shortlisted three candidates as the next chief executive officer, who will...

South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...

LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. lost ground to their Chinese rivals in the global small and mid-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pan...

Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wit...

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it will offer its web-based in-car game service Game Portal in Kia Corp's electric vehicle (EV) ...

South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. said on Tuesday that its third plant in Sondgo, west of Seoul, is undergoing process val...

In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...

The sale of South Korean mid-sized insurer MG Non-Life Insurance Co. has been canceled as the financially distressed insurer failed to attract any b...

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...

SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...

Early stage startup funding has plummeted in South Korea as venture capitalists shifted to late-stage venture firms with stable business models amid...

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it was selected as the first Asian securities firm to manage the Climate Tec...

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is set to issue an estimated 280 billion won ($203.2 million) wort...

South Korea’s KB Asset Management Co. announced on Wednesday that it will change the name of its ETF brand from "KB Star" to "Rise."The names ...

South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...

South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group announced on Sunday that it established a disaster response system to provide swift and substantial assistance...

Hanyang Securities Co., a small South Korean brokerage firm, has been put on the market as its parent Hanyang University Foundation scrambles to kee...