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In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...

The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...

The Korean won weakened to its lowest level in 17 months against the dollar on Thursday, after stronger-than-expected US inflation data dented hopes...

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate controlling electronics, chemicals, media and service companies, is aggressively raising t...

Netmarble Corp. expects a turnaround this year driven by new games after successfully snapping its seven consecutive quarter losing streak in the fi...

South Korea’s Hana Financial Group on Wednesday reported a dip in net profit in 2023, with record earnings at its flagship Hana Bank offset by...

LG Electronics Inc. launched a smart factory business division under its research and development center early this month to accelerate its transiti...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, saw the amount of listed local shares it owns rise...

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday posted record-high 2023 revenue thanks to robust sales of home appliances and vehicle components, although its fourth-...

South Korean investors are growing more interested in global high-yield bond funds, betting that the US Federal Reserve is likely to end its interes...

South Korean asset managers stand hand in hand with their global peers in betting on India’s bright growth outlook by rolling out India-themed...

Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant chat app KakaoTalk, will seek a breakthrough with an artificial intelligence-powered bot a...

A South Korean government think tank has cut its growth forecast in Asia’s fourth-largest economy for this year and next but raised inflation ...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., is significantly increasing its capital spending on ...

The yen on Friday plunged to the weakest level in more than 15 years against the South Korean won as the Japanese central bank’s recent change...

Hyundai Motor Co. is going all out to revive drivers’ interest in electric vehicles with significant price cuts in the US, the world’s s...

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the world's largest cloud platform provider, said on Wednesday it will nearly triple its investment in South Korea t...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs, said on Wednesday it likely posted a 78% drop in it...

South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate Hanwha Group has joined a race to win the burgeoning robot market, with the official launch of Hanw...

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in Saudi Arabia as South Korean companies are increasingly tapping growth oppor...

HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment manufacturer, will set up its first directly managed European subsidiary in Germany,...

Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is accelerating its investment in promising tech companies across the world despite the l...

Preferred stocks of five South Korean companies, including Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and SK Networks Co., have been on a roller coaster ahead of ...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea increased investments in local machinery, shipbuilding and semiconductor stocks in the second quarter ...

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...

The Middle East is emerging as a key export market for South Korean small enterprises and startups desperate for global expansion to tide over the e...

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – The production line of lithium-ion battery separators in SK IE Technology Co.’s (SKIET) factory in Dąbrowa G&...

LG Electronics Inc. will seek out new business opportunities as a premium brand in Saudi Arabia for the oil-rich kingdom’s $500 billion Neom m...