Memory boom: Double-edged sword for Samsung, LG as higher chip prices squeeze electronics costs

The unprecedented surge in memory chip prices since last year is significantly increasing production costs for South Korea’s leading electroni...

Starbucks Korea backlash spills into South Korea's real estate market

For years, landing a Starbucks tenant was one of the surest ways for Korean landlords to boost a building's value. The coffee chain paid reliable re...

Korea’s top 2 ETF managers Samsung Asset, Mirae Asset pursue divergent strategies at home, abroad

South Korea’s two largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) managers – Samsung Asset Management Co. and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. &nda...

Korea Investment joins Goldman, BofA, Barclays on Carlyle’s BASF financing

Korea Investment & Securities Co. has secured its first joint lead arranger role on a global acquisition financing package, joining Goldman Sach...

Nvidia ready to invest in Korea’s robotics, physical AI segments: Jensen Huang

TAIPEI – Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Monday that the company is prepared to invest in South Korea’s robotics and p...

Two-track market emerges in S.Korea: AI winners and laggards

South Korea's stock market is splitting in two as a powerful rally in artificial intelligence beneficiaries is driving the broader market to repeate...

Foreign visitors spend $8.3 billion on Korean medical services in 2025

For years, South Korea has sold the world its pop music, dramas and beauty products. Now it is trying to turn the global fascination with Korean ski...

Korea’s MiCo to acquire Dutch heat transfer tech giant NEM Energy as LNG equipment market enters supercycle

MiCo Group, a South Korean mid-sized company best known for supplying materials, parts and equipment to the semiconductor industry, has agreed to ac...

S.Korea eyes $1 trillion export mark as May shipments hit fresh record

South Korea's exports surged to a record $87.75 billion in May, driven by a historic boom in memory chip sales, raising prospects that the country c...

Korea’s double-edged economy: Chips boom and stocks soar, yet households feel poorer

A stronger‑than‑expected economy powered by the semiconductor supercycle and a blistering stock market rally tells one story for South Korea, but th...

Alternative asset giant Starwood to open office near NPS as Jeonju emerges as K-Wall Street

Global alternative investment manager Starwood Capital Group is set to establish a presence in the South Korean city of Jeonju, where the National P...

Korea’s top investors view ‘AI defensibility’ as key in picking PE managers

Resilience to artificial intelligence disruption has emerged as a new screening criterion for private equity investments, say South Korea's major in...

South Korea, Germany in billion-dollar showdown for Canada submarine bid

South Korea and Germany are locked in a multibillion-dollar contest to supply Canada with up to 12 next-generation diesel-electric submarines, turni...

Korean securities firms race to acquire stakes in crypto exchanges

South Korean securities firms are on a shopping spree for stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges, racing to capitalize on the country's fledgling stable...

Korea’s humanoid supply chain adds $68 bn in market value as auto, IT parts makers pivot to robotics

South Korea’s automotive and information technology component makers are increasingly joining the fast-growing humanoid robotics industry, tri...

NPS leads global returns on stock rally with flexible mid-term allocation

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), one of the world’s top three public pension funds, is on track to report returns surpassin...

Korea’s labor minister ignites debate over solidarity wages to address lopsided corporate windfalls

South Korea’s labor minister has triggered a potentially controversial debate by calling for a national dialogue on redistributing excess prof...

Bank of Korea signals rate hikes ahead as inflation pressure mounts

South Korea’s benchmark rate is expected to rise in the coming months, the head of the central bank said, citing stronger-than-expected growth...

Bank of Korea holds policy rate steady at 2.50%, ups 2026 growth outlook to 2.6%

South Korea’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50% Thursday in a widely anticipated move, signaling caution as inf...

Korea’s antitrust body to introduce mandatory corporate breakups, asset sales to punish cartels

South Korea's antitrust regulator plans to introduce sweeping new enforcement powers that would allow authorities to force companies engaged in seri...

Korea Fund Partners up for sale, with full stake worth $33.3 mn amid ETF boom

The sale of Korea Fund Partners Co., South Korea's third-largest fund administration company, has kicked off, with the firm's valuation more than do...

Korea’s AI memory boom raises once-unthinkable question: Could SK Hynix overtake Samsung?

For decades, one given in South Korea's equity market was that Samsung Electronics Co. is the country's undisputed champion.That assumption is now b...

Korea Post seeks managers for up to $134 mn emerging-market equity mandate

Korea Post Savings plans to hire two overseas equity managers for emerging-market equity mandates, with an expected allocation of 50-100 billion won...

Korea Post seeks managers for $150 million offshore infrastructure debt mandate

Korea Post Insurance Bureau is seeking one or two offshore infrastructure debt fund managers for a commitment of up to $150 million, or €150 mill...

KIC aligns venture capital with Korea’s high-tech drive: CEO

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, is sharpening its focus on venture capital and is aligning investments with the c...

Samsung, SK Hynix jump as Korea’s first single-stock leverage ETFs debut

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. rallied on Wednesday as South Korea’s first leverage and inverse exchange-traded funds tracking indi...

Beneath Korea’s headline chip boom lies wide divide between top players, parts makers

South Korea may be one of the world’s premier semiconductor powers, but beneath the headline boom lies a widening divide between a handful of ...

Japan’s PALTAC, CBGM, OHYAMA seek new buyers in Korea amid rising cross-border dealmaking

Japanese retail groups with century-long histories are seeking Korean buyers, a sign that Japan’s record mergers and acquisitions boom is resh...

South Korea’s $1.3 trillion public fund giants on hunt for new CIOs

South Korea’s major pension, sovereign wealth and mutual aid funds, which together manage about 2,000 trillion won ($1.3 trillion), are search...

BOK expected to hike rates twice to 3.0% by year-end, KED survey shows

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is forecast to raise its policy rates at least twice to 3.0% this year, with South Korea’s resilient growth giving pol...