Human interest

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...

KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s top financial holding company by assets, on Tuesday reported better-than-expected net profit in the thi...

South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday it has signed an education content supply contract with LG Energy Sol...

South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday said inflationary pressure in Asia’s fourth-largest economy may ease more slowly than earli...

Johnson & Johnson, a global pharmaceutical giant, showed more interest in South Korean bio startups with competitive innovation despite the rece...

South Korea’s top four banks are strengthening their overseas operations, particularly in the digital banking business, to increase their non-...

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 expected consumer inflation to fall below the mid-2% level in the second half of 2024, adding to predictions ...

Global banking giants’ South Korean units saw their first-half earnings led by non-interest income and business expenditures. Citibank Korea&r...

Chipmakers around the world have long aspired to develop semiconductors that can replicate human senses such as smell, hearing, vision, taste and to...

Lotte Home Shopping's virtual human Lucy expands her activities by selling The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and "Z Fold 5" on live commerce, following her attend...

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...

IMM Private Equity has put a South Korean contract drugmaker on the market for up to 1 trillion won ($784 million) in a deal likely to attract major...

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping unveiled a plan on Wednesday to introduce its virtual influencer, Lucy, to Southeast Asia's burgeoning live commer...

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. on Friday became the first South Korean brokerage company to sell samurai bonds, raising 20 billion yen ($145 ...

South Korea's food and beverage company Dongwon F&B Co. announced on Friday that it has selected a virtual human family as the model for its pre...

The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Tuesday ruled in favor of US-based hedge fund Elliott Investment Managemen...

South Korea's Hyundai Card announced on Friday that it has issued a green bond worth 250 billion won ($193 million), becoming the first company in t...

A survey result indicates an increased interest in travel to Japan compared to pre-No Japan boycott levels, while interest in travel to China has pl...

The South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gradually losing steam for long-term growth....

SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., announced on Tuesday that virtual human YT has been named the official sh...

Bertis, South Korean company specializing in the development of proteomics-based precision medicine technology, announced on Monday that it presente...

An artificial intelligence platform in South Korea has produced a golfing coach that analyzes and diagnoses problems in swing posture and recommends...

HYBE Co. is set to wow the world again but this time with the much-hyped generative artificial intelligence technology as it plans to unveil an unpr...

The decline in consumption by 20-somethings due to benchmark interest rate hikes is over eight times greater than those in their 60s.Analysts blame ...

South Korea averted a recession as Asia’s fourth-largest economy rebounded more than expected in the first quarter on strong private consumpti...

Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, logged growth in a quarterly net profit as larger interest rate...

UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...

Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...