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South Korea's anemic initial public offering market has forced the country’s startups to become more creative in raising funds as they shift t...

SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...

South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...

South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...

Global investors will find opportunities to increase positions in private debt markets amid high interest rates this year and need to strengthen their...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will change the definition of multi-child families from those with three or more kids younger than 13 to household...

South Korea will spend 3.5 trillion won ($2.6 billion) on quantum science and technology development by 2035 in partnership with the country’s...

The number of workers in South Korea's manufacturing sector is expected to drop by 240,000 over the next 10 years, a report says, caused by the decl...

One Store Co., a South Korean homegrown app store, is slated to attract more than 200 billion won ($151.3 million) as its 100 billion won loan, whic...

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday that it has signed an infrastructure fund inve...

Global real estate investment funds managed by South Korean financial services firms have swelled by more than 14 times to 72 trillion won ($5.4 bil...

South Korea’s central bank chief on Wednesday said it is too early to suggest starting to cut interest rates as inflation remains above its ta...

Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...

NuScale Power Corp., the world’s leading small modular reactor (SMR) developer, may land in South Korea sooner than its rivals with its unriva...

Musinsa Co., South Korea’s leading online fashion platform, is in the final stage of attracting 200 billion won ($149.8 million) from US priva...

This isn’t going to be another history of the meltdown of Silicon Valley Bank. Dozens of those have appeared in my inbox over the past mon...

South Korea’s commercial banks usually post decent earnings driven by high interest income when the country’s policy interest rates are ...

South Korea's first-generation bio companies and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) have created a bio investment fund to support ventures in the field ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Private Equity Co. are set to sell off their stake in a Brazilian rare metal...

South Korea’s central bank chief on Tuesday defied market views that the monetary authority may have ended its tightening campaign, citing gro...

South Korea’s central bank was widely expected to leave its policy interest rate unchanged this week as inflation slows amid fears of a recess...

Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...

Macquarie Asset Management, part of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, is set to buy Loca Mobility Corp., Lotte Card Co.’s subsidiary...

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...

South Korea's LG Display Co. on Monday said it borrowed 1 trillion won ($772.1 million) from LG Electronics Inc. to “raise the competitiveness...

Average household net assets in South Korea in 2022 increased 10% to a record 456 million won ($350,000) from a year earlier, while it took longer...

South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...

KB Kookmin Bank and Hana Bank led weaker earnings of the four largest South Korean lenders’ overseas units last year although their rivals Shi...