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SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...

South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest foldable phones showed strong sales potential in India, the world's most populous country, with pre-sales for the G...

South Korean cosmetics original development and design manufacturers (ODMs) such as Cosmax Inc., Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmecca Korea Co. are estimat...

GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co., faces growing disruptions to its vehicle production amid a protracted labor...

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...

South Korea is a fast-aging country, where one in every five people is 65 years old or older. But it is a different story for the country’s pr...

Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea's top five financial groups, is mulling mergers and acquisitions in non-banking sectors in a bid to seize n...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, said on Friday it has invested in US biotech startup Element Biosciences Inc. to ex...

Born in South Korea but blowing up abroad, the Routinery app is designed to make small changes in users' daily routines to make a big difference in ...

Samsung C&T Corp., its bio units Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. and Samsung Venture Investment Corp. have committed a combined 72...

Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...

PARIS – Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Unpacked event this summer is mind-boggling. The South Korean tech giant’s new AI-featured devi...

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho Co. has expanded its berthing facilities to meet the growing number of orders for eco-friendly ships.The s...

South Korea's Cosmax Group unveiled a new corporate identity (CI) on Wednesday. The new CI reflects Cosmax Group's identity as a global beauty and h...

South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com...

The new chief executive of South Korea’s Gmarket Inc. on Monday pledged to drive the local retail giant Shinsegae Group’s online shoppin...

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed 60 trillion ...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday flagged a more than 15-fold increase in its second-quarter operating profit as the artific...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...

Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...

South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group said on Thursday that its investment arm SK Square Co., led by new CEO Han Myung-jin, will ramp ...

South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...

Mirae Asset Group is a pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry. It launched the country’s first equity mutual fund in the wake of ...

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that it launched its homegrown new drug for osteoarthritis Synovian (marketed in China as Hyruan O...

PhyxUp Health Inc., an early stage South Korean digital healthcare startup, will soon close a pre-seed funding round, said its founder and chief, wh...

South Korean biopharmaceutical company Lotte Biologics Co. said on Wednesday it is aiming for 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in annual sales by 203...

POSCO Group, South Korea’s No. 1 steelmaker, has set an ambitious goal of quadrupling its operating profits and doubling revenue by 2030 with ...