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Electric vehicle battery maker SK On Co. said on Friday it is set to complete a merger with crude oil storage tank operator SK Enterm Co. on Feb. 1 ...

South Korea will allow foreign investors to trade South Korean treasury bonds via omnibus accounts under the names of global custodians or asset man...

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., and Kyungin David Lee, UBS Gl...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is widely expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday amid the nation's softening economy and moderating i...

South Korea’s top financial regulator has proposed loosening restrictions on financial holding companies’ ownership of fintech platforms...

K Bank, a South Korean online lender, said on Wednesday it has again canceled its initial public offering plan amid the languid stock market an...

An increasing number of foreign banks without a physical presence in South Korea are gearing up to offer dollar-won conversion services to non-Korea...

The South Korean won is forecast to hover in the mid-1,400s level against the dollar through the third quarter of 2025, according to global investme...

The number of South Koreans investing in cryptocurrencies recently broke past 15 million — about 30% of the country’s population —...

K Bank, a South Korean online lender, is making a fresh attempt to list on the Korean stock market in February 2025 as bitcoin’s record-breaki...

South Korea’s central bank chief said on Wednesday the impact of political turmoil caused by martial law on Asia’s fourth-largest econom...

South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. said on Monday it signed a $2.5 million contract with SBI Sumishin Net Bank, the largest internet ban...

South Korea’s central bank lowered interest rates for a second straight meeting on Thursday in a surprise move and left the door open for anot...

South Korea’s central bank is expected to freeze its policy rate at 3.25% during its last monetary policy meeting of the year to prevent any f...

South Korea's Woori Bank said on Tuesday it will arrange the Qatar Ras Abu Fontas desalination and power plant project, estimated to cost $3.7 billi...

South Korea, the world’s fourth-largest oil importer, is considering increasing US oil imports to ease potential pressure from President-elect...

The United States has reinstated South Korea on its foreign-exchange monitoring watchlist, a year after it removed Asia’s No. 4 economy from t...

It began in 1982 as a small community bank for Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, California. Today, Hanmi Bank, under Nasdaq-listed Hanmi Financial ...

South Korea’s crypto exchanges are enjoying a global boom in virtual currencies, including bitcoin, as US President-elect Donald Trump is expe...

South Korea's Shinhan Securities said on Thursday its overseas subsidiary Shinhan Securities Vietnam (SSV) launched a mobile trading system (MTS) "N...

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. said on Thursday it participated in Vietnam Foodexpo 2024 to promote Korean food and boost its market share in the ...

NinjaTrader Group LLC., a leading US futures broker, is set to accelerate South Koreans’ investments in overseas derivatives while seeking to ...

The Korea Development Institute (KDI), South Korea’s state-run think tank, has slashed its forecasts for the country’s economic growth f...

South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its entire stake in a Chinese stainless steel joint venture as it faces growing comp...

Donald Trump is returning to the White House as the world is embroiled in two widening regional wars, America’s rivals are coalescing into a new...

Dalton Investments Inc., a US-based activist fund, has secured a 5.02% stake in South Korea’s Kolmar Holdings Co., stoking speculation the wor...

South Korea’s KB Financial Group said on Tuesday that it had obtained ISO 30414 certification, becoming the first in the domestic financial se...

US entertainment tycoon Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is expected to invest about $5 million in Musicow Inc., South Korea’s music copyright trading...

South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. said on Sunday it partnered with Thailand’s financial giant SCBX to establish a local virtual bank.   ...

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) launched financial education for foreign residents at specialized bank branches for foreigners. T...