Japanese yen bargain hunting

The sliding yen has prompted South Korean importers and households to go bargain-hunting for the Japanese currency, which they believe is near its t...

South Korea’s won currency on Monday hit its strongest point against the Japanese yen in more than three years on higher interest rates and co...

Hyundai Motor Co. has started mass producing its iconic all-electric crossover IONIQ 5 at its newly built plant in Indonesia, a country that the top...

LS-Nikko Copper Co., the world’s second-largest electrolytic copper maker, is set to sell an 800 billion won ($670 million) stake in a joint v...

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is expected to be a key beneficiary from production disruption...

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, saw their combined auto sales in the US rise to their highest leve...

South Korea’s three leading tire makers joined the global industry’s plans to raise product prices to maintain profitability amid higher...

Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...

Lotte Chemical Corp. is seeking to acquire major stakes in a few specialty chemical companies in Japan as the South Korean company aims to expand it...

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Euisun has declared that the world’s fifth-largest carmaker will target the electric vehicle market in Sout...

Japan’s major chemical company Sumitomo Chemical Co. will invest more than 10 billion yen ($91 million) in South Korea to manufacture photores...

South Korea's energy-to-construction conglomerate GS Group was not considered a serious bidder when it entered the race for a 46.9% stake in the cou...

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...

Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. posted an all-time high revenue in South Korea last year despite consumers boycotting Japanese products. The ...

India, one of the world’s fastest-growing auto markets, has for decades been dominated by Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp., which runs Maruti ...

Samsung Electronics Co., which is losing share of the global foundry market, has come under increased pressure from its bigger rival Taiwan Semicond...

Vision Fund, led by billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, has decided to invest around $2 billion in South Korea's largest travel platform Yan...

Kakao Corp.’s Japanese unit is set to secure 600 billion won ($530 million) from South Korea-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners....

Leading international law firms with offices in South Korea are gearing up for growing legal service demand from local companies in their push for m...

South Korea's Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA) has been looking for a new chief investment officer for a half year, while the sovereign wealth f...

Semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics Co. is looking for top talent amid an industry-wide push to recruit high-skilled workers to capitalize on th...

With South Korea’s stock market indexes at or near all-time highs, finding bargains in the market is a daunting task.Growth stocks such as bat...

Global memory-chip maker Kioxia Holdings Corp., held by US private equity firm Bain Capital, is expected to raise 85.3 billion yen (953.6 billion won)...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is shifting away from a defensive stance to put its increased cash to work as the asset price declines...

A number of South Korean pension funds are looking to hunt for bargains in the battered equity and bond markets, while postponing investment in infras...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has failed to choose a chief investment officer from 16 applicants and is likely to restart the selection process f...

Hana Financial Group, the parent company of KEB Hana Bank, will acquire a shopping center building and its surrounding land in a small Japanese city...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to select a new global alternative investment head from outside the $480 billion pension fund...