world-largest pension funds

Meritz Securities Co., once a mid-tier securities firm in South Korea, is expected to command the local market as No. 1 after earning more than 1 tr...

The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on Monday has announced the launch of the "ASEAN Cyber Shield" project, a major international cooper...

South Korean start-up Una Stella announced on Monday that it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4.4 million) in pre-Series A funding, led by Strong Ventu...

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...

Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Monday that its business unit Hanwha Solutions Insight Division has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with S...

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, on Thursday refused activist funds' requests to spin off and list its ginseng unit wh...

South Korea's retail property technology startup Sweet Spot attracted a Series B investment of 9.5 billion won ($7.7 million) from venture capital a...

South Korea suffered its first economic contraction in two and half years due to sluggish exports and weak domestic demand during the fourth quarter...

Hanwha Solutions Corp., a unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Thursday it has formed a strategi...

NHN Cloud Co., a computer clouding service provider, has raised 150 billion won ($120 million) from South Korea-based IMM Investment, joining the ra...

South Korea's Doosan Corp. is participating in Nepcon Japan 2023 held at Tokyo Big Site, Japan, from Jan. 25 through 27 to showcase its high-end tec...

Silicon Valley was the favorite place for South Korean startups for their global business as more of them were established in other countries for th...

Celltrion Inc. has secured an additional stake in the UK's antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer Iksuda Therapeutics.According to Celltrion on Wed...

Retirement pensions at banks in the fourth quarter of last year emerged as a haven for money that tried to generate a stable return, shunning away f...

A South Korean company has developed an OLED laptop PC display with a touch function like a smartphone screen without needing a separate film attach...

South Korea's KB Financial Group was selected as one of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" list announced by Corporate Knig...

LG Chem Ltd. is set to complete its $571 million purchase of the US biotech firm AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday, which would strengthen its ant...

A Singapore-based activist fund has stepped up pressure on the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to reform governance and boo...

Amogy Inc. has successfully tested its ammonia-hydrogen power system for large-size semi trucks – the first time that ammonia has been used as...

Integration Inc., which operates specialized platforms for medical personnel such as Traditional Korean Medicine doctors and dentists, has raised 10...

South Korea’s SM Entertainment Co. will increase the number of outside directors and ban its chief executive from chairing the board as part o...

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...

LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...

From now on, companies in South Korea that have raised funds by issuing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) bonds will have to answer questi...

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Sunday said its CEO and Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol on Thursday will be named chair of the Chemical and Advanced Mate...

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) seeks to become the world's No. 7 aerospace company by 2050, aiming to rival the likes of global defense giant...

Naver Corp. has made a massive additional investment in Wallapop, Spain's online market for used items and Europe's equivalent to Korea's Danggeun M...

The much-awaited launch of Intel Corp.’s latest processors dubbed Sapphire Rapids is a boon for leading memory chipmakers such as Samsung Elec...

South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...

Osstem Implant Co. said on Wednesday that it has won more than 490,000 sets of implants in a bid for dental implants put up by the Chinese governmen...