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Executives at all Samsung Group units will work six days a week from as early as this week in a shift to emergency mode. The move comes as the won's...

Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto component maker, will start test driving a Level 4 autonomous driving vehicle in Incheon's S...

South Korea’s top financial regulator advised about 10 local savings banks in trouble to increase their capital by the end of this month to pr...

AGE20's, South Korean cosmetic company Aekyung Industrial Co. 's flagship cosmetic brand, announced that it held a new cushion foundation for a Japa...

Soon, it will no longer be the stuff of sci-fi movies for a robocop to stop a self-driving car for speeding and for the human-less autonomous vehicl...

South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a po...

Apples, normally among the most common and available fruit, are poised to be a rarity in South Korea, where people are suffering a so-called “...

A growing number of private real estate firms are being put up for sale in South Korea amid a prolonged market downturn and increasing delinquencies...

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release its new fitness band, the Galaxy Fit3. The device features an expansive 40mm di...

Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean major retail conglomerate, has unveiled the group companies’ dividend payout plans for the mid ...

The South Korean travel retail industry, once considered the country’s golden goose, is forced to streamline operations given no signs of a dr...

The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea last year exceeded 11 million, reaching 63% of the pre-COVID level, with over 1 million arrivals month...

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) will open a foreigners-only casino at its resort complex in Incheon, South Korea in the first quarter after...

South Korea, which imposes some of the highest inheritance and gift taxes on businesspeople among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve...

Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop th...

South Korea’s tech products exports rose for a second straight month to a 15-month high in December 2023 as overseas sales of semiconductors e...

Coworking space provider WeWork Inc. plans to downsize its business in South Korea, according to banking sources on Sunday. Market watchers say inve...

South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artificial intelligence (AI...

The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...

Scrap steel prices in South Korea are poised to bounce back after hitting an annual low in the last month of 2023 amid declining scrap metal invento...

South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives ...

HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea’s HL Group, will test-drive its nearly fully self-d...

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Tuesday that it started to deliver the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine against XBB.1.5 variant.According to No...

South Korea’s current account surplus hit a 19-month high in October as goods exports reported their first on-year growth in 14 months amid si...

Korea Zinc Inc., South Korea’s and the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, will accelerate its drive to foster its new growth engines...

China has halted customs clearance on its exports of urea, a substance used to reduce carbon emissions in diesel vehicles, raising the prospect of a...

South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...

South Korea’s LG Display Co. announced on Wednesday its third-generation OLED TV panels got a certification from global safety science resea...

South Korea, one of the most lucrative markets for Costco Wholesale Corp., appears to be losing its appeal in the face of China’s rapid ascent...