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Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to sell off five-star hotel Conrad Seoul at more than 500 billion won ($369.5 million), tapping real estate i...

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 household debt continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in September despite stricter regulations on mortgages, while b...

The number of South Koreans who spent this year’s six-day holiday of Chuseok abroad exceeded pre-pandemic levels, indicating a recovery in the...

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...

South Korea’s corporate bond market is saddled with a massive amount of debt due later this year and a surge in banks' new bond issues, amid h...

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

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage on Monday said it will develop a shopping-specific AI service with domestic online ...

South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...

Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...

Real estate debt has gained recognition as a viable investment vehicle for several reasons. Firstly, investors may benefit from the security provide...

Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...

South Korea’s major banks expect their earnings in the second half to fall on the soaring distressed debts of households and companies due to ...

South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...

South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed contracts with 10 insurance providers in the US to boost the ...

A group of six South Korean companies dubbed "Team Korea," which comprises private companies such as SK Ecoplant, public companies and a government ...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has divested all shares it owns in Chinese joint venture Lotte Sanjiang Chemical Co., according to people f...

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sac...

Flight routes between South Korea and China, once Korean flag carriers’ most lucrative, have become their white elephant as passengers on the ...

Indonesian Minister of Investment Bahlil Lahadalia on Thursday affirmed its government’s commitment to a $9.8 billion electric vehicle battery...

The Korean Society of Superconductivity and Cryogenics has recently established a verification committee composed of experts in response to the ongo...

South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...

KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfo...

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday kept the door open for another interest rate hike after leaving the policy borrowing cost unchanged for...

The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has hired Macquarie Asset Managem...

Europe's antitrust regulator has temporarily suspended its investigation into the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. a...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based ...