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Hanwha Group’s agreement to buy a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Co. for 2 trillion won ($1.4 billio...

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday signaled another 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike as the won currency weakened past the psychol...

Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...

South Korean defense makers showcased next-generation products with artificial intelligence, robot and stealth functions for the future battlefiel...

South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...

POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, is expected to need months to resume full operations of its typhoon-hit plant, which makes up a q...

South Korea’s justice ministry expressed confidence in winning an appeal against an international ruling that accepted part of Lone Star&rsquo...

As global investors are seeking ways to protect their investment returns in an inflationary, rising rate environment, some asset managers are eyeing...

  A lot of stock investors have jumped into the bullish market in recent years. But global inflation and recession appear as threats to invest...

As global investors are seeking ways to protect their investment returns in an inflationary, rising rate environment, some asset managers are eyeing...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to launch a credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lendi...

Apollo Global Management Inc., a US private equity powerhouse, is set to start the credit business in South Korea, aiming for the local private lend...

South Korea's most prestigious university is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal after two papers it published on artificial intelligence are believed...

Woori Card Co. is set to start the installment finance business in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy as the credit card unit of Sout...

South Korea’s former finance minister and central bank governor Cho Soon died at 94 of natural causes on Thursday.Cho, a renowned economist ca...

South Korea’s won currency skidded to the lowest level in more than two years on Thursday, adding to fears over growing inflationary pressure ...

South Korea’s Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki reiterated the country will take reform measures such as the extension of the local currency's trad...

The sale of troubled sport utility vehicle maker Ssangyong Motor Co. is likely to be a duel between chemicals conglomerate KG Group and SBW Group, a...

South Korea’s KG Group, a chemicals conglomerate, and Cactus Private Equity, are joining the race for Ssangyong Motor Co., up for sale again n...

  Most new asset management firms in South Korea end up lagging the competition due to their smaller sizes. They suffer from operating losses ...

When Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. acquired K Car Co. from SK Group in 2018, the No. 1 used car retailer in South Korea controlled ...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. will arrange senior and mezzanine loans for Paris-based PAI Partners to fund its acquisition of Tropicana an...

LG AI Research unveiled an alliance network consisting of 13 corporations and organizations based in South Korea and abroad on Tuesday. There a...

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

Hyundai Capital Services Inc., a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a unit of Societe Generale Group, have launc...

Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is reorganizing its business struct...

The combined total assets of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Korea surpassed 70 trillion won ($58.4 billion) as of the end-2021, 20 years a...

South Korea’s won currency hit a 1-1/2-year low as the US Federal Reserve signaled the central bank may raise interest rates sooner than expec...

DL Chemical Co. became the first South Korean company to acquire a US-listed company in a leveraged buyout. The Korean petrochemical company said on...

The world’s second-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, LG Chem-owned LG Energy, is hoping a separate listing will give the ...