liquidity concerns

A three-year-old South Korean fintech company is having trouble raising money through a Series B funding round as investor sentiment on the sector h...

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is undervalued relative to its robust earnings and steady dividend payouts and needs to boost new AI-driven growt...

South Korea’s headline inflation eased in August for the first time in seven months on a slower rise in oil prices, but the central bank is st...

South Korea logged a record monthly trade deficit in August with the longest spree of shortfalls in more than 14 years, while domestic consumption, ...

The South Korean government is facing a backlash from the startup and venture capital sectors after slashing next year’s fund of funds budget....

Private equity firms have snapped up South Korean assets over the past two years, driving their valuations near historic highs in the liquidity-driv...

South Korea has postponed the introduction of a new law aimed at expanding its authority beyond Korean entrepreneurs, people familiar with the matte...

South Korea's oil refining margin, a key indicator of refiners' profitability, dropped below $20 over the past month amid global recession fears. Ho...

Hit by shrinking liquidity around the globe, startups in South Korea are coming up with different ways to cut costs, most notably in human resources...

South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike –  are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...

Two listed oil refining companies in South Korea saw a combined 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) wiped off their market cap on Wednesday, after the m...

South Korean private equity firms that plan to inject a total of 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) into SK Ecoplant Co. are having a hard time raising t...

South Korea’s manufacturing sector faces ballooning losses across industries as the trucker strike entered its seventh day on Monday, disrupti...

SK Gas Co., a South Korean major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provider, and Korean chemicals firm Lotte Chemical Corp. are slated to set up a joint...

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced Wednesday it has selected 60 promising startups to which it will provide financial assistance and expert...

South Korean real estate investors prefer liquidity and stable payback on investment, as well as investing in debts amid market uncertainty. The lim...

Some major institutional investors in South Korea are set to increase alternative investments this year to hedge inflation and stabilize cash flows....

South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol called an emergency meeting as the won currency tumbled to its weakest level since the 2008-09 globa...

Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) of South Korea will keep its focus on steady cash flow while strengthening profitability, its Chief Inve...

Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the largest stock on South Korea’s main bourse, rose strongly on Friday, snapping a five-day losing streak,...

Samsung Electronics Co. is losing its hegemony in the global semiconductor market as a sustained leadership vacuum has kept the world’s top me...

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korea’s railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it has won a demonstration project to b...

A South Korean leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group’s corporate restructuring plan hit a roadblock as institutional invest...

South Korea’s HYBE Co. plans to accelerate the development of its game business by separating the unit as the entertainment giant aims to cut ...

SK Lubricants Co., the world’s largest lube base oil supplier, invested $25 million in a US liquid immersion cooling solutions provider for da...

The planned sale of Ssangyong Motor Co. to Edison Motors Co., a small South Korean electric bus maker, has broken down as Edison failed to make full...

South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range over the past few months despite its spectacular ear...

Shares of LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Friday fell to their lowest level since the top South Korean battery maker went public in January on market con...

Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co. and other South Korean companies are on high alert as Russia launched a military attack in Ukraine.They a...

South Korea’s money supply increased at the fastest pace in history last year, exceeding liquidity growth in the eurozone, which accelerated i...