Governance

South Korea is set to reform the local currency market as the country aims to reach MSCI Inc.’s developed market status for its domestic stock...

Foreign investors ramped up their holdings of South Korean stocks 180 times in 30 years, increasing influence in the local financial markets and dom...

South Korea’s KTB Asset Management Co. and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co. have jointly invested 60 billion won ($50.7 mililion) in s...

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories a...

When SM Group, formerly known as Samla Midas Group, took over assets of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co., for 37 billion won ($32 million) at the end of...

SK Group will undergo a major governance reform with significant empowerment of the board of directors in making key management decisions. The group...

South Korea will sharply increase the adoption of hydrogen as a fuel of transportation, industrial plants and power generators to become the world's...

South Korea plans to require domestic power companies to consume more renewable energy resources for electricity production. The move is a part of t...

The South Korean government has expressed open concern about the recent request by the US Department of Commerce for more information on the global ...

South Korean government’s toughening stance on household loans is having a direct impact on the fast-growing internet banks in the country. Th...

Hyundai Engineering Co., Hyundai Motor Group’s construction arm, started the process for an initial public offering (IPO) expected in the firs...

Samsung Electronics Co. will help the students in the Australian state of Victoria in making safe returns to the classroom in a post-COVID environme...

South Korean steel giant POSCO has hired Stephen Biegun, former US deputy secretary of state, as its adviser for its American business.POSCO America...

South Korea’s pharmaceutical conglomerate Celltrion Group has made its very first step in reforming corporate governance structure by merging ...

There are about 2,000 satellites in space, orbiting the earth and generating countless images without being confined to geographical boundaries. And...

South Korean landowners, in particular in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, were recently forced to stop negotiations with the would-be buyers of their l...

US and European governments are pressing harder with tough regulations to expand electric vehicles (EV) adoption for cutting emission. Global automa...

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. unveiled an offshore wind floater to branch out into renewable energy markets at home and abroad. ...

South Korea's Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has awarded a combined $105 million mandates to Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Paris-based A...

South Korea’s fintech startup Alliex Co. has kicked off a new project in Vietnam to create a common payment platform that would standardize th...

The South Korean won suffered its biggest daily loss in five months against the dollar on Nov. 19, after Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki stepped up warni...

Daelim Industrial Co., a major South Korean builder, is splitting into three firms -- a holding company and two affiliates -- as the company seek...

Shares of South Korea’s largest life insurer, Samsung Life Insurance Co., have rallied in recent sessions on expectations that the company will ...

While the market awaits the government's final decision on whether to extend its temporary ban on short selling, the investment banking industry is ex...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. will acquire a mid-sized office building in Washington D.C. for around 200 billion won ($185 million) next ...

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including c...

The ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday was elected as South Korea's next president, pledging heavy government spending including cas...