Korean chipmakers’ equipment outlays to outpace Taiwan in 2026

South Korean chipmakers are expected to increase spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment by 27.2% to $29.66 billion in 2026 as Samsung Ele...

South Korean individual investors: Dominant force in US leveraged ETF market

South Korean retail investors have emerged as the single largest foreign force in the US market for leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), holding ...

South Korea opens broad special tax probe into Coupang after data breach

South Korea’s tax authorities have opened a broad special audit of Coupang Inc., which has come under scrutiny over its handling of a massive ...

Korea’s Hanwha wins 1st US defense deal with Boeing for F-15 parts

Hanwha Systems Co., a leading South Korean defense manufacturer, has won its first US Air Force contract to supply Boeing Co. with cockpit displays ...

South Korea bets on AI, power, financials to carry Kospi toward 5,000 in 2026

South Korean stocks are heading into 2026 with strategists betting that leadership will broaden beyond semiconductors to power, financial and infras...

South Korean biotech firms poised for gains from US BIOSECURE Act

Expectations are growing that South Korean biotechnology companies, particularly drug contract manufacturers, will see increased orders as a sweepin...

Returns of BTS, BigBang, EXO put K-pop stocks back in play

South Korean entertainment stocks are moving back into the spotlight as expectations build for the return of top boy bands led by BTS and renewed op...

Doosan named preferred bidder for SK Siltron, world's No. 3 chip wafer supplier

Doosan Group has moved a step closer to acquiring SK Siltron Co., the world’s third-largest semiconductor wafer maker, after the engineering-t...

South Korean won weakens past 1,480 per dollar, lowest in 8 months

South Korea’s won weakened past the 1,480 per dollar in intraday trade on Wednesday, reaching its weakest point in about eight months as forei...

Samsung foundry poised to win Intel’s 8 nm chip order

Samsung Electronics Co. is nearing a deal to manufacture 8-nanometer chips for Intel Corp., a move that would add another marquee customer to its fo...

South Korea’s year-end IPO market defies seasonal lull

South Korea’s initial public offering market, typically subdued at the end of the year, is showing unusual exuberance as newly listed companie...

Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital poised to acquire Koentec for $500 mn

Hong Kong-based private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has emerged as the preferred bidder for Koentec Co., a South Korean industrial waste incine...

Korea Zinc plans $6.8 bn US smelter with Washington’s equity stake; Young Poong, MBK oppose plan

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest non-ferrous metals smelter, is planning to build a 10 trillion won ($6.8 billion) smelting complex in the...

Tribunal procedural flaws led to Korea’s annulment win vs Lone Star: Arnold & Porter

South Korea’s rare victory against Lone Star in annulling an investor-state arbitration award turned on procedural flaws that lawyers argued d...

Weak won turns S.Korean firms into bargains, fueling foreign buying spree

Foreign acquisitions of South Korean companies have surged this year as the won’s sharp depreciation dragged down valuations amid lingering ec...

South Korea names former lawmaker Kim Sung-joo to lead NPS

South Korea has appointed Kim Sung-joo, a former lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Party and a longtime health policy specialist, as chairman and ...

Seoul fires starting gun on $102 bn fund with demand already outpacing supply

South Korea officially launched its 150 trillion won ($102 billion) sovereign-backed investment vehicle on Thursday, revealing that initial funding ...

South Korea plans domestic asset-backed wealth fund modeled on Temasek

South Korea plans to create a sovereign wealth fund that would invest in state-owned assets, valued at around 1,300 trillion won ($900 billion), mod...

Hyundai Rotem nears $2 bn armored vehicle supply deal with Peru

Hyundai Rotem Co. has signed a tentative agreement with Peru's national defense company to supply a total of 195 armored vehicles, South Korea's pre...

HD Hyundai seeks to build India shipyard to diversify production footprint

HD Hyundai Co. is seeking to build a new shipyard in India’s Tamil Nadu state as South Korea’s largest shipbuilding group moves to diver...

SK Hynix eyes mass production of hybrid-bonded NAND by 2027

SK Hynix Inc. is stepping up its move into next-generation flash memory, setting its sights on mass production of its first hybrid-bonded NAND chip ...

Is fever for Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen subsiding?

The globally renowned Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen is losing steam due to weaker demand following price hikes in the US and limitations in its core cons...

South Korea’s short-selling firepower swells, signaling market turn

A surge in securities lending across South Korea’s stock market is emerging as a powerful new drag on the nation’s top technology names,...

Korea Zinc gains climate nod as Steel Cycle chief awarded for RHF processing

Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, has gained fresh validation for its circular-metals strategy after an executive at...

South Korea's Lee to meet SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son on AI infrastructure expansion

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet with Masayoshi Son, the founder and chairman of SoftBank Group, on Friday to discuss the Japanes...

South Korean economy grows at fastest pace in almost 4 years in Q3

South Korea’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in almost four years in the third quarter, growing 1.3% from the previous quarter, after st...

Korea's culture‑tech wave begins with KPop Demon Hunters: LB Investment

Netflix’s mega-hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters has become a model of South Korea's cultural and technology innovation success as K-conten...

South Korea passes $496 bn budget for 2026, lifts corporate tax by 1 percentage point

South Korea’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a 727.9 trillion won ($496 billion) budget for next year, slightly smaller than the govern...

Zeekr joins Chinese peers BYD, XPeng to push into South Korea's EV market

China’s Zeekr, the premium electric vehicle brand under Geely Automobile, on Tuesday signed its first dealer agreements with Korean companies,...

South Koreans’ spending on luxury winter jackets surges to record high

South Korean consumers sharply increased their spending on luxury winter coats in mid-November, marking a record seasonal high and offering an early...