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South Korea's heavy industry company Doosan Enerbility Co. on Monday said it is Korea's first to receive international certification for an eight-me...

SK Chemicals obtained the highest grade in a recent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rating evaluation of 1,033 listed companies, the com...

Kumho Tire Co. announced on Tuesday that it received a silver medal from EcoVadis, a global ESG (environmental, social, and governance) evaluation a...

South Korea’s headline inflation hit a seven-month low in November as rises in agricultural and petroleum product prices slowed, adding to exp...

South Korea’s exports reported a decline for a second straight month in November on sluggish semiconductor sales, darkening the outlook for As...

Kurly Inc., Dunamu Inc. and other major South Korean unlisted stocks plunged as the fallout on asset prices from rising interest rates extended into...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) saw on Nov. 27 around 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) worth of investor bids for its bond issuance targeting 400 ...

South Korea’s central bank raised the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% during its monetary policy board meeting on Nov. 24, slow...

South Korea's birth rate in the third quarter this year set another all-time low of under 0.8, and the national population consequently declined f...

The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) has cut its forecast for South Korea's economic growth next year to 1.8%, down fro...

A total of 103 companies, a mere 0.01% of the total number of corporations in South Korea, are paying more than 40% of the country’s total cor...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is set to raise 600 billion won ($442 million) from a local bank in a plan to seek loans to secure money instead ...

South Korea’s central bank is likely to raise interest rates by only 25 basis points this week as its won currency may have bottomed out, easi...

South Korea's companies listed on the main stock exchange Kospi in this year's third quarter saw operating profit drop 26% from the same period last...

South Korean companies are at risk of credit rating downgrades as the fallout of a debt default by the domestic developer of a Legoland theme park r...

The South Korean won currency on Friday reported the largest daily gain in almost 14 years as lower-than-expected US inflation data bolstered expect...

South Korean economic growth is expected to decline further next year to the slowest level since the COVID-19 breakout while inflation is likely t...

South Korea’s small- and mid-sized brokerage houses have begun their workforce reductions ahead of the end of the year. The brokerages are set...

South Korea’s job growth in October fell for a fifth consecutive month to the lowest in eleven months, boosting concerns over a slowdown in As...

The South Korean won on Wednesday hit a two-month high on expectations that a victory by the Republicans in the US midterm elections may slow the Fe...

South Korea's shipbuilders fear seeing their orders next year plummet by over 40% on-year due to disruptions in related financing amid surging inter...

South Korea’s central bank may increase interest rates by 50 basis points again as the US Federal Reserve continued to aggressively tighten mo...

South Korea’s exports fell for the first time in two years in October, posting a trade deficit for seven months in a row – the clearest ...

Rising interest rates amid a slowing global economy rattled South Korean companies’ market capitalization rankings, bumping online players suc...

The South Korean economy grew at its slowest pace of the year in the third quarter on weak net exports, adding to concerns over a further slowdown i...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is eyeing secondary and deep value strategies, the sovereign wealth fund’s Senior Director of Private Equit...

South Korea’s major financial groups enjoyed record quarterly earnings as higher policy interest rates increased lending rates, powering the p...

A buyer who works for the men's fashion division of a South Korean department store had trouble sleeping ahead of the fall sale that ran from Sept. ...

South Korea’s central bank on Wednesday delivered its second 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike as the ailing won currency adds to infla...

NEW YORK – Investors should stay in the financial market as rising interest rates have put the values of assets such as stocks and bonds at ap...