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Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group Chairwoman Lee Myung-hee has maintained the most expensive house for an eighth straight year in South Kore...

South Korea’s battery industry has suffered from a talent shortage, especially in the research and development, design as well as process sect...

In order to address the chronic shortage of industrial engineering manpower, a research report proposed that South Korea put more effort into attracti...

Korea last month saw its first rise in foreign exchange reserves in four months amid monetary authorities selling the greenback to avert a sharp dep...

South Korea will reform financial market regulations to attract more foreign investments and to achieve MSCI Inc.’s developed market status fo...

South Korea's companies listed on the main stock exchange Kospi in this year's third quarter saw operating profit drop 26% from the same period last...

Global businesses are forecast to suffer supply chain disruptions next year amid worsening geopolitical risk, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and pro...

Foreign private equity firms have taken advantage of the strong dollar to dominate corporate acquisition deals in South Korea, adding to expectation...

South Korea, the world’s largest shipbuilding country, will expand its production of high-value-added specialized vessels, such as liquefied h...

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...

Foreign investors have returned to the South Korean market, snapping up chip industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. for ...

South Korea on Oct. 17 started exempting foreign investors from two types of taxes on Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds investm...

The Inflation Reduction Act provides a plethora of subsidies to boost domestic manufacturing for goods that help combat climate change. Tweaks to ...

South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is poised to hire an investor relations (IR) executive whose chief responsibility will be to com...

Small and mid-sized companies are reviving the otherwise chilly IPO market in South Korea, which has been dragged down by weaker-than-expected deman...

South Korea’s main bourse Kospi dropped 1.81% to finish at 2,290.00 on Sept. 23, hitting a new low closing for the year amid growing woes over...

The US decision to remove tax incentives for cars produced outside North America may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions and could be ...

South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) held a meeting on Sept. 16 to discuss favorable ta...

South Korean firms wholly owned by foreign companies sent more than 1.1 trillion won ($800 million) back home for the fiscal year of 2021 in aggrega...

South Korea’s leading tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. has one business strategy that sets it apart from its local rivals: Build m...

South Korea is set to raise the quota of foreign workers by 10,000 this year to address labor shortage issues in the country’s shipbuilding, m...

When a country’s currency weakens, foreign investors flee the local markets as a softer foreign-exchange rate usually means fragile economic f...

South Korean shared electric scooter platforms are taking over their smaller rivals or entering new markets as beefed-up safety guidelines on two-wh...

South Korea’s agricultural product prices are expected to increase this year as the agriculture industry is suffering chronic labor shortages....

South Korea will introduce an internship visa program for foreigners studying at overseas universities to ease a shortage of talent in the fields of...

South Korea has postponed the introduction of a new law aimed at expanding its authority beyond Korean entrepreneurs, people familiar with the matte...

South Korea plans to spend more cash on attracting foreign investments in high-tech and core supply chain industries as foreign direct investment to...

A selloff in risk assets in South Korea is intensifying as foreigners turned net sellers of Korean bonds for the first time in 18 months in June whi...

South Korea’s leading telecom operator KT Corp. will offer a broader range of services for foreign subscribers ahead of an expected surge in f...