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South Korea’s central bank was widely expected to leave its policy interest rate unchanged this week as inflation slows amid fears of a recess...

The significant fall in seaborne freight rates of late is expected to boost earnings prospects for South Korea’s major companies, benefitting ...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Monday it would raise $1.5 billion through exchangeable bonds (EBs) in a p...

LIG Nex1 Co. and Republic of (South) Korea Air Force Academy have agreed on close cooperation in joint research on defense technology and personnel ...

Kolon Pharma, the pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's Kolon Group, is merging with anti-cancer drug developer Platbio to advance the developme...

CJ OliveNetworks, an ICT subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, said on Tuesday that it has launched an application programming interface (API) marke...

Hanjin Transportation, a logistics and B2B/B2C delivery business subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanjin Group, has launched Hoot Town, a global co...

HMM Co., formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, announced on Thursday that it has received the "Gold" rating for environmental, social and gover...

LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...

South Korean biotech GI Innovation Inc. is slated to debut on the local public market at less than half of its pre-IPO investment value, facing luke...

South Korea confirmed that inflation eased while Asia’s fourth-largest economy continued to slow, adding to expectations that the government m...

BGF Retail, the operator of South Korea’s largest convenience store chain CU, said on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understandin...

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Neo QLED was recently awarded "Best Gaming TV" by Consumer Reports, a leading American consumer magazine. The magazine tes...

South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...

HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...

Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it had received a "BB rating" in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation by Mo...

The South Korean won currency on Wednesday suffered its largest depreciation in more than a month as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signal...

South Korean central bank chief on Tuesday defied calls for an interest rate cut this year despite growing risks of a recession in Asia’s four...

South Korea will introduce a voluntary carbon market (VCM) later this year, which is expected to broaden the scope of carbon credits and speed up ef...

South Korea’s headline inflation gain eased in February, rising at the slowest pace in 10 months on a drop in oil product prices but utility p...

Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. said on Thursday it had the lowest carbon emission intensity on East Asia–US West Coast rou...

South Korea’s central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday as it slashed forecasts for economic growth and inflation altho...

South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...

South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...

Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...

South Korea’s low-income households are feeling the pinch of rising food prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a local t...

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments is poised to become the second-largest shareholder of Iljin Materials Co., a Kosdaq-listed battery...

The yield on South Korea’s benchmark three-year treasury bonds has stayed below the base rate for a month, out of sync with monetary policies ...

South Korea’s sea flag carrier HMM Co. is expected to suffer an over-80% plunge in operating profit this year due to a downward spiral in cont...