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South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...

Food-to-retail conglomerate Lotte will expand the authority of outside directors by separating the roles of chief executives and board chairs at its...

South Korea’s KT&G Corp., the world’s leading tobacco maker, is facing challenges in its chief executive appointment as the firm&rsq...

The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...

Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s aim to merge with chemicals giant OCI Group is hitting some roadblocks amid a prolonged feud between the family o...

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has nominated former President Chang In-hwa as its next group chair...

South Korea's Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Thursday that its phenolic foam board (PF board) insulation material under the construction mater...

Kakao Corp. is set to replace executives of SM Entertainment Co., who ousted its founder Lee Soo-man when the South Korean mobile giant acquired the...

Singapore-based investment management firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. (FCP) has urged South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to sue its inc...

Police in Seoul have launched a probe into South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Choi Jeong-woo and the company's boa...

IGIS Asset Management Co., a leading real estate firm in South Korea, said last week it has tapped Oh Taesuk, a real asset expert with more than 20 ...

South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives ...

Hyundai Group's chairwoman on Friday resigned from the board of its elevator unit, whose No. 2 shareholder is Schindler Holding AG, amid mounting sh...

Barings LLC has appointed Chong Hak (John) Park as head and sole representative director of its South Korean asset management arm, effective Jan. 1,...

South Korea’s mobility platform operator Socar Inc. has introduced a car-sharing service utilizing generative artificial intelligence in coope...

Samsung Group has created the position of senior outside director, granted as much authority as the chair of a board of directors, for the first tim...

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

The main payload satellite Next-Generation Small Satellite 2" of the Nuri, launched on May 25, has been confirmed to be operating perfectly, as anno...

The identity verification app Pass of South Korea's three telecom companies has added another function: enabling a user to board a domestic flight w...

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals assembled its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of world-renowned physicians and drug development experts...

Kia Corp. has brought a former Stellantis N.V.’s commercial vehicle specialist on board for its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) business in Europe...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based ...

Kia Corp. announced on Monday the recruitment of John Buckingham, a distinguished designer with an impressive portfolio that includes BMW, Bentley, ...

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...

Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. are urging shareholders of JB Financial Group Co., a South Ko...

Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is supporting the appointment of Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee Jin Ok-Dong as...

Major affiliates of South Korea’s SK Group are recruiting a large number of female outside directors with the arrival of the season of regular...

Kumho Tire Co. is intensifying its sustainable management efforts by establishing an environmental, social and governance (ESG) committee directly u...

James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....