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South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...

Since Japan resumed visa-free travel for South Koreans in October last year, South Koreans have been flocking to the neighboring country.But the num...

Naver Corp. is shaking up South Korea’s online shopping market led by Coupang Inc. as it has launched a next-day delivery service to challenge...

South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. has refused a local activist fund’s request to raise dividend payouts, stressing such a measure wil...

SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...

The proposed revision to South Korea’s answer to the US CHIPS and Science Act has hit a roadblock as the main opposition party, which controls...

South Korea's HLB Co. announced on Thursday that the combination therapy of its drug candidate rivoceranib and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., ...

South Korea's drug developer JW Pharmaceutical is expanding the scope of its artificial intelligence (AI) uses from new drug research to the develop...

South Korea’s Woori Financial Group is set to acquire Daol Investment Co., a venture capital arm of the liquidity-strapped Daol Financial Grou...

Celltrion Inc. announced on Monday it applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of a 20 mg/0.2 mL formulation of Yuflyma, a biosim...

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said on Monday that it developed a collaborative robot, or cobot, that welds pipes in the ...

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...

LG Chem Ltd. announced in a disclosure on Monday that it had confirmed superior efficacy in phase 3 clinical trials for the combined administration ...

China’s Dajia Insurance Group Co. seeks to divest of a full stake in its South Korean subsidiary ABL Life Insurance Co. with an estimated valu...

Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...

The smartphone Galaxy S22 Ultra is one of three products by Samsung Electronics included on a list of this year's best inventions by the American ma...

A South Korean small insurer has made a rare decision not to buy back dollar perpetual bonds, in the first such case for the country’s issuers...

South Korea’s sports car enthusiasts now have one more supercar option to enjoy at an affordable price – one that is arguably as powerfu...

Rising borrowing costs coupled with the weakening local currency are forcing an increasing number of South Korean companies to withdraw or halt thei...

The US decision to remove tax incentives for cars produced outside North America may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) provisions and could be ...

South Korea’s small and mid-sized private equity firms are increasingly postponing fundraising schedules for their project-based funds to the ...

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indust...

The sudden resignation of The Carlyle Group Inc. Chief Executive Kewsong Lee has not just surprised the global investment community but raised quest...

CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has suspended its process to seek a stock market listing, becoming the latest major loca...

South Korea is leaning toward allowing the K-pop boy band BTS to fulfill alternative service instead of active military duty, the country’s mi...

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

South Korean companies are selling real estate and subsidiaries to raise cash as accelerating inflation, rising interest rates and the soft won all ...

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has decided to hold off on a 4.3 trillion won ($3.3 billion) plan to build a new N...