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South Korea’s central bank on Thursday delivered its fourth interest rate hike in a row for the first time in its history as the monetary auth...

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group will be buying a landmark office building in a central business district of Seoul for aroun...

South Korea’s central bank may raise interest rates more than usual to rein in inflation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy after the US F...

Rhee Chang-yong has made a big splash in less than two months as the Bank of Korea governor and I’m not the least bit surprised. Over the l...

Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest duty-free business operator, is closing one of its flagship stores in Seoul in the wake of the COVID-19...

South Korea’s central bank chief said he will consider big-step interest rate hikes in the coming months to curb inflation in Asia’s fou...

South Korea’s NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. said on Monday that it completed selling Yuanta Securities Co.’s Korean headquarters to C...

South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae Group has joined forces with Seoul-based IGIS Asset Management Co. to bid for International Finance Center in S...

South Korea on Wednesday nominated veteran International Monetary Fund official Rhee Chang-yong as the country’s new central bank chief, who i...

South Korea’s central bank expects consumer inflation to hit an 11-year high this year as oil prices jumped above the $100 a barrel level for ...

South Korea’s central bank is caught in a dilemma as it needs to raise interest rates to curb rising inflationary pressure in Asia’s fou...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) will launch real-life, offline tests for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project on Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy ...

South Korea’s central bank is almost certain to raise interest rates on Friday to curb inflation and household debt as the US Federal Reserve ...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is planning to exclude the bonds and equities issued by high carbon emitters from its foreign reserves portfolio in stages, ...

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

Kakao Corp.’s blockchain arm Ground X was selected as a simulator for the Bank of Korea-led central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, beat...

The recent asset price rises in South Korea, in particular in the equities and real estate markets, have been too rapid, even considering an expecte...

South Korea’s platform giant Naver Corp. is taking the leap into the digital currency platform market with its plans to participate in the Ban...

South Korea’s central bank on Wednesday defied expectations of a big step rate hike by raising the interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) desp...