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South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...

South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as an opportunity to buy shares at home and abroad on dips, bettin...

Imported vehicle dealers in South Korea are offering deep price cuts amid the growing electric vehicle phobia following a Mercedes-Benz EV blaze tha...

South Korea’s corporate bond markets are having an unusually busy summer as companies are rushing to sell debts to lock in lower interest cost...

South Korean stocks on Tuesday recouped some of their hefty losses caused by the previous day's global panic selling after financial authorities iss...

Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...

South Korea’s headline inflation remained in the 2% range for the fourth straight month in July despite a reacceleration, complicating the Ban...

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, on Thursday reported a record quarterly loss on the prolonged weakness in the electric veh...

South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...

South Korea’s treasury bond yields fell to their lowest points in more than two years, slipping below the 3% level for the first time since Ap...

South Korea's four major oil refiners—SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil Corp., and HD Hyundai Oilbank—achieved a record high in petroleum pr...

Prime office transactions in Seoul hit a 10-year low in the second quarter due to delayed fundraising amid uncertainties of the central bank’s...

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...

South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank said on Monday it launched Indonesian language services on its mobile banking platform KB Starbanking to expand its ...

South Korean major bank Woori Bank said on Thursday that it raised $550 million by issuing additional tier 1 (AT1) hybrid bonds on July 17 with call...

South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...

Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has won an approval in-principle (AIP) certificate from Korean Register...

The time is ripe to prepare an interest rate cut as consumer prices are holding around South Korea’s target of 2%. But it remains uncertain wh...

The Korean won is forecast to continue its downward spiral and soften past the 1,400 threshold against the greenback this year, while the Bank of Ko...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...

South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...

South Korea’s household names Samsung, SK and LG have entered a new race to win the glass substrate market set to surge in the artificial inte...

South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to more than halve its basic chemicals business by 2030 in its por...

Kakao Enterprise, an AI-based cloud solutions service subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday that it started the Rocket La...

South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Sunday that it will provide a credit of $810 million for the construction of the Karnaphuli ...

South Korea’s Hana Bank is set to reduce new corporate loans despite rising demand to improve profitability and soundness after having increas...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) cell maker, has suspended construction of a plant in Arizona for batt...

South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals maker Lotte Chemical Corp. has taken a hit from a lowered credit-rating outlook of the company and its majo...