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Despite the challenging economic environment, there are still plenty of opportunities for profit in commercial real estate, notably through debt i...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will increase investing in real estate debt and listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) next...

South Korea’s public sector, barring extenuating circumstances, will build its information and communications (ICT) systems in private clouds ...

Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...

South Korea has had notoriously long working hours for decades.Long hours – alongside high levels of education and an increase of women in the...

South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...

Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to sell off five-star hotel Conrad Seoul at more than 500 billion won ($369.5 million), tapping real estate i...

South Korea’s household debt continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in September despite stricter regulations on mortgages, while b...

The Tesla Model Y reclaimed the top spot on the best-selling imported car list in South Korea last month for the first time since September 2022. Th...

South Korea’s corporate bond market is saddled with a massive amount of debt due later this year and a surge in banks' new bond issues, amid h...

South Korea will deploy at least 10% of a state-backed fund of funds (FoF) to venture capital investment dedicated to small startups every year, the...

South Korean financial markets lost ground on Wednesday with the 10-year government bond yield at a one-year high as US Federal Reserve policymakers...

South Korea’s exports slowed their decline in September to their mildest drop amid a yearlong downturn, raising hopes for a recovery in Asia&r...

The South Korean financial markets were roiled by a fresh taper tantrum after the US Federal Reserve chair signaled further tightening last week, tr...

Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, plans to build a copper foil plant in the US to meet grow...

South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...

Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, chairman of the world’s top oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) and governor of the kingdom’s sovereign...

Seoul is set to unveil a secret path below the City Hall subway station to the public for the first time in 40 years as the South Korean capital aim...

Real estate debt has gained recognition as a viable investment vehicle for several reasons. Firstly, investors may benefit from the security provide...

Some South Korean institutional investors may see significant losses on their investment in a hotel in the heart of New York as the developer has de...

South Korea’s major banks expect their earnings in the second half to fall on the soaring distressed debts of households and companies due to ...

South Korea is set to bolster support for local fabless companies, which design and sell chips, with an aim to grow the firms into global semiconduc...

South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has divested all shares it owns in Chinese joint venture Lotte Sanjiang Chemical Co., according to people f...

South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sac...

The South Korean government and the private sector will jointly create a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund pool worth more than 8 trillion won ($...

South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...

South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer SK Signet Inc. on Monday said it landed an order to supply at least 1,000 ultra-fast charge...

South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) saw the net value of its traditional assets rise 8.25% in the first half of this year, backed by the strong perfo...