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The plunging Japanese currency has stepped up South Koreans’ bargain-hunting, posting record highs in the balance of the yen-denominated depos...

Foreign users of major subway stations in Seoul can communicate with Seoul Metro Corp. staff through simultaneous translation.  Through artific...

South Korea’s commercial banks have joined thrifts and credit unions in a race to offer their time deposit holders higher interest to cover cl...

South Korea's Lotte Department Store on Monday announced the launch of a "K-Beauty tour" service for foreign tourists.The company will first give fr...

Three leading South Korean automakers – Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp. and KG Mobility Corp. – are upping the ante in their fight to garne...

South Korea’s Lotte Tour Development's Jeju-based casino saw record revenue in July thanks to an increased number of foreign tourists to the c...

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Wednesday said it will allocate 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) of its R&D budget for exce...

South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...

Chinese battery materials suppliers are rushing to expand their production bases in South Korea, mainly in partnership with domestic companies.Such ...

About 100 Philippine housekeepers will come to work in South Korea this year under a pilot public project to raise the birth rate by reducing the ho...

Sweden's Volvo offers the best after-sales service among imported automobile dealers in South Korea, while locals drivers are disappointed by the cu...

The (South) Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on Friday said 961,000 foreign visitors came to the country last month, a 321.9% jump from June last ye...

South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Co., the stock price of which has soared more than nine times on the junior bourse Kosdaq since Januar...

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter thanks t...

South Korean private credit firm IMM Credit & Solutions Inc. will invest 30 billion won ($23.4 million) in Choil Aluminum Co., an EV battery com...

The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...

Foreign carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Tesla Inc. suffered a sales drop in South Korea in the first half of the year, as overall car sales jump...

South Korea’s automobile export value in the first six months of this year hit the highest-ever $35.7 billion for a half-year period, mainly d...

Korea Investment & Securities Co. on Friday became the first South Korean brokerage company to sell samurai bonds, raising 20 billion yen ($145 ...

South Korea’s current account swung to the black in May from a deficit the prior month, thanks to a surplus in the goods account for the secon...

South Korea’s headline inflation dropped for a fifth straight month to a 21-month low, adding to expectations that the central bank might not ...

Fixed-income continues to offer an attractive entry point for investors with higher yields, declining inflation and the end of the interest rate hik...

South Korea will raise the country’s visa quota for skilled foreign workers by 15 times from the previous level to ease chronic labor shortage...

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

LG Chem Ltd. has begun mass production of high-nickel cathode materials made with a single crystal structure for the first time in South Korea, whic...

The sliding yen is prompting South Koreans to go bargain-hunting for the Japanese currency in the wobbly financial market as yen-denominated deposit...

LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s first bond issue was 10 times oversubscribed on Thursday, drawing a record 4.7 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in bids for a S...

The ratings of Lotte's subsidiaries have been downgraded en masse. Lotte Chemical Corp., the group's cash cow, was cut to AA from AA+.NICE Investors...

South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co. aims to nearly treble the number of foreign tourists to the country through it...

The Japanese yen on Monday extended losses against the South Korean won to touch an eight-year low, briefly breaching a psychological support line a...