Kim Yong Bok

South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...

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 ...

South Korea’s exports to China are poised to slide for a 15th straight month with an expected deeper drop in August amid a faltering economic ...

South Korea’s KCGI Asset Management, formerly Meritz Asset Management, announced on Friday that it has hired Cho Won-bok, former division head...

South Korea’s exports declined at their steepest pace in more than three years last month, data showed on Tuesday, adding to expectations that...

South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...

JEJU -- South Korea’s central bank chief on Friday warned of the growing risk of aging without assets in Asia’s fourth-largest economy a...

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday kept the door open for another interest rate hike after leaving the policy borrowing cost unchanged for...

South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...

South Korea’s headline inflation dropped for a fifth straight month to a 21-month low, adding to expectations that the central bank might not ...

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

South Korea ran a current account deficit in April, swinging from the previous month’s surplus, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy continu...

South Korea’s three-year treasury bond yield topped the base rate for the first time in two months, after the Bank of Korea (BOK) warned again...

South Korea's game develop and design studio Shift Up has hired AI developer Kim Tae-hoon, who hails from Silicon Valley, to enhance its game artifi...

Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...

Kim Jee-seop, former vice president of the customer service department at Mercedes-Benz Korea, has been promoted to oversee the German automaker&rsq...

The Bank of Korea’s (BOK) decision on Thursday to keep its base rate steady at 3.50% does not signal the end of its one-and-a-half-year tighte...

South Korea’s central bank chief said on Monday the local economy is no longer supported by China given the sustained decline of its exports t...

South Korea’s largest hypermarket chain E-Mart Inc., a unit of a local retail giant Shinsegae Group, suffered a drop in its share prices to a ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un broke a month of stealth to visit the site of preparations for the launch of the first military reconnaissance satel...

South Korea’s central bank and Samsung Electronics Co. have joined hands to further advance the country’s offline central bank digital c...

Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong wrapped up a 22-day US business trip on Friday after meeting with nearly two dozen chief executives of multination...

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...

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un instructed officials to make preparations to launch its first military reconnaissance satellite as planned, the Nort...

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...

South Korea’s economy is unlikely to rebound in the second half as exports are expected to stay weak on the sluggish global semiconductor indu...

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

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...