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South Korea’s jobs grew at the slowest pace in two years last month partly owing to a slowdown in the country’s manufacturing sector due...

South Korea reported its record current account deficit in January due to sluggish exports, the country’s key growth driver, and a widened tra...

Samsung Electronics Co. has opened its first regional C-Lab Outside campus in Daegu – where its founder Lee Byung-chull started his first busi...

The South Korean finance ministry on Friday confirmed that the country’s economy has slowed, mired in stubbornly high inflation and sluggish e...

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...

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 ...

Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...

South Korea is likely to head for a recession for the first time in three years as exports of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in January dropped...

The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...

South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.5%, while signaling a further cut in its economic growth fo...

South Korea’s secondhand car market is cooling rapidly as both dealers and buyers are reeling from elevated interest rates, which also bode il...

South Korea suffered a record trade deficit last year as the ongoing war in Ukraine ramped up energy import bills, while the outlook remained dark w...

Woori Financial Group said on Thursday it has earned an AA rating for the second consecutive year in the global ESG rating announced by Morgan Stanl...

SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. expected local shares with strong earnings including growth stocks to rally in the second half of nex...

South Korea’s manufacturing sector faces ballooning losses across industries as the trucker strike entered its eighth day on Thursday, disrupt...

The average household debt in South Korea has exceeded 90 million won ($69,284). While the figure appears to be high by Korean standards, average ho...

Rhee Chang-yong could be excused for never wanting to hear the word 'Legoland' again.The Bank of Korea governor spent the first six months of his tenu...

South Korea’s current account surplus has shrunk on falling exports, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy...

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 ...

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...

The tanking South Korean won currency has stoked doubts over the fundamentals of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, although the government contin...

South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. signed an agreement on Monday to jointly develop a combined 2.6 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power project in Kor...

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is accelerating a digital economic system on its metaverse platform ifland, the telecom giant ...

South Korea’s won has hit the weakest level since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on a mounting trade deficit while growing concerns over ...

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled its ambitious goals for revenue and operating margins as electri...

SK Geo Centric, an SK Innovation Co. subsidiary focused on the eco-friendly chemical business, joined hands with Paris-based Veolia Environnement S....

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.'s over-the-top streaming platform TVing is set to merge with its local rival Seezn, run by tel...

Just like its global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have suffered from the chip shortage that bogged down the entire auto industry for nearl...

South Korea’s petrochemical companies are set to halt operations as the work stoppage by unionized truck drivers stretched into an eighth day ...