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SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...

The share price of South Korea’s HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, has advanced more than 60% this year, hitting its high...

South Korea’s biggest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has recently bagged over 3 trillion won ($2.3...

LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a process to sell its core naphtha cracking center (NCC) in South Korea, estimated at about 3 trillion won ($2.3 billio...

South Korea’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) surpassed 100 trillion won ($75.7 billion) in net asset value for the first time on Thursday, 21 ye...

Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...

State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...

Global private equity firm Affirma Capital has promoted Seoul-based Managing Director Min Hyun (Thomas) Shim to partner, investment banking sources ...

The healthcare, manufacturing, mobility and retail sectors were slower to adopt digital technologies than the telecom and e-commerce industries in...

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Invest Korea, KOTRA's organization dedicated to attracting foreign investment, held an IR for Japanese companies interested in entering South Korea ...

South Korea plans to discuss with Japan the re-establishment of their bilateral currency swap line, said its finance minister on Thursday, as the di...

South Korean government has set a goal to expand medical service exports by attracting 700,000 foreign patients and receiving 70 applications of ove...

The South Korean label behind K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty is looking to Silicon Valley for investment as the four-girl band, already with a l...

National Pension Service (NPS) in South Korea achieved a 6.4% return on investment during the first quarter of this year, recovering some 73% of the...

A private fund for US real estate managed by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. has seen huge losses amid the tumble of the offi...

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest battery maker, has confirmed it will receive a 1.2 trillion won ($908.7 million) investment for a minorit...

The economic outlook of South Korean manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors is negative for June, the 15th consecutive month of such pessimis...

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, is slated to buy a controlling stake in semiconductor chip test maker ISC Co., in a deal estima...

Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...

South Korea will aid the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, through loans worth $130 million from the Economic Development Coop...

The South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gradually losing steam for long-term growth....

Kolon Industries Inc., a leading industrial materials maker in South Korea, announced on Monday that it will invest 24 billion won ($17.94 million) ...

South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from record liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier prices while bagging more orders for new vessels d...

South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCCs) since last month have waged an intense competition with the recovery of the overseas travel market. They boos...

A three-party consortium including South Korea’s LS Cable & System Ltd. has won a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) deal to build high-voltage...

Foreign visitors to South Korea show different purchasing preferences by nationality, a survey found. A majority of Chinese travelers' top picks are...

Tighter environmental rules and higher energy prices are providing tailwinds for South Korean shipbuilders, which have swept orders for eco-friendly...

South Korean and Japanese businesspeople form a study group to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.The Korea Chamber of Commer...

South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...