BOK decides to waive FX levy at emergency monetary meeting to boost dollar liquidity

The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Friday convened its first extraordinary meeting of the monetary policy board in a year, approving a temporary waiver of a...

Shin & Kim, Yulchon dominate S.Korea’s Best Lawyer Awards in 2025

Shin & Kim and Yulchon emerged as the strongest performers at the Korea Economic Daily’s 2025 Best Law Firm & Lawyer awards, each prod...

Seoul presses brokerages to spread out dollar conversions as won slide deepens

South Korea’s foreign-exchange authorities have urged major brokerages to stagger their dollar-buying and diversify how they source greenbacks...

In Korea, it’s time to go public; IPOs roaring back as big names line up to list

South Korea’s moribund initial public offering (IPO) market is springing back to life with a wave of high-profile companies set to go public, ...

Global funds pare back Korean holdings as Kospi enters uncharted territory

Global investment firms have pared back holdings in top-performing Korean stocks, including APR Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., after their...

Compelling time to enter commercial property market; technology to widen return gaps

The commercial real estate market in the US and Europe is showing early signs of a rebound, supported by limited supply after a construction slowdow...

Hyundai Motor beats Toyota to reach 33rd on Time’s World’s Best Companies 2025 list

Hyundai Motor Co. has been named South Korea’s top-performing company in Time magazine’s annual ranking of the World’s Best Compan...

Korea Teachers' Pension seeks 4 brokerage firms for 2026 global stock investments

The Teachers’ Pension, a retirement fund for private school educators and employees in South Korea, is seeking four brokerage firms to manage ...

Kospi surges past 3,600 for 1st time in post-holiday catch-up rally

South Korea’s stock market extended its record-breaking run on Friday, surging past the 3,600-point mark for the first time in its history.Sem...

Foreign investors reap big rewards from bets on Korean chipmakers

Foreign investors have emerged as the standout winners in South Korea’s equity market this year, as their heavy wagers on the nation’s t...

Korea Exchange to cut trading fees for 1st time in 2 decades as Kospi soars past 3500 to record high

The Korea Exchange (KRX) will slash stock trading fees by up to 40% in December, marking the first overhaul of its pricing structure since the bours...

Debate brewing over Naver, Dunamu’s enterprise values as share swap deal progresses

A fierce debate is brewing in Seoul’s investment community over the pricing of a landmark share swap between Naver Corp., South Korea’s ...

S.Korea’s battery materials sector shows 1st signs of recovery

South Korea’s exports of rechargeable-battery materials rose for the first time in more than two years, buoyed by brisk demand for energy stor...

Korean won sinks amid US investment jitters; Seoul plans 24-hour FX trading

The Korean won tumbled past 1,410 to the dollar on Friday for the first time in four months, rattled by a resurgent greenback and rising unease over...

BTS’ Jimin hits 2 billion streams on Spotify with solo track ‘Who’

BTS member Jimin has reached a new career milestone. His solo track Who has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify — the first of his solo s...

Rosé’s APT. music video surges past 2 bn views in record time for K-pop title

K-pop star Rosé has notched another career milestone, becoming the fastest K-pop artist to hit 2 billion views on YouTube with her music vide...

S.Korea poised to fall behind Taiwan in GDP per capita in 2025 for 1st time in 22 yearss

South Korea is poised to fall behind Taiwan in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025, marking the first reversal since 2003, as t...

World’s top alternative investor Blackstone acquires Korea’s Juno Hair in $590 mn deal

US-based global private equity firm Blackstone Inc. has acquired Juno Hair, South Korea’s largest premium hair salon chain, in a deal that val...

Samsung, Mirae Asset, KB vie for $44.7 bn pension investment pool management

South Korea has opened bidding for the management of its 62 trillion won ($44.7 billion) state pension investment pool, pitting two of the country&r...

KPop Demon Hunters tops Netflix’s all-time movie ranking, on track to surpass Squid Game

Kpop Demon Hunters is no longer just a hit — it’s a phenomenon. Netflix’s animated adventure, which fuses the sparkle of K-pop wit...

NCSOFT surges past Krafton on robust Q2; high hopes for Aion 2 game release in H2

NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer and publisher, has regained its lead over rival Krafton Inc. in the stock market after posting str...

Millennium Management to invest $252 mn in Korean stocks for first time

Millennium Management LLC, a US major hedge fund, is set to invest about $252 million in South Korean stocks for the first time, local asset managem...

Kayne Anderson Real Estate: Don't wait for clarity – the time to invest is now

Amid persistent economic uncertainty, rising development costs, and shifting US trade policies, Kayne Anderson Real Estate is showing high convictio...

Celltrion eyes record high sales in 2025, fueled by high-margin biosimilars

Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer, is poised to reap nearly 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in revenue this year a...

Blackpink's new single Jump tops Spotify daily chart

Blackpink's new single Jump has rocketed to No. 1 on the Spotify Daily Top Songs Global chart, YG Entertainment Inc., the company behind the girl gr...

Gochujang, fiery seasonings: K-sauces go viral among adventurous foreign palates

Once an afterthought in the global food trade, South Korea’s signature spices and sauces, ranging from fiery gochujang to fermented doenjang, ...

SK Innovation to restore Vietnam’s mangrove forests in ESG initiative

SK Innovation Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Tra Vinh, a province in southern Vietnam and MangLub, a local soci...

Blackstone in talks to acquire Korea’s top salon chain Juno Hair in $590 mn deal

US private equity firm Blackstone Inc. is pursuing the acquisition of Juno Hair, South Korea’s largest premium hair salon chain, in a deal tha...

Is chip winter over? Doomsayers gone as Korea’s DRAM exports surge

Global memory chip markets, long weighed down by excess inventories and sagging demand, are showing early signs of a thaw.South Korea’s export...

KakaoBank rallies after winning Thai virtual banking license

Shares in KakaoBank Corp. soared as much as 17% to hit their highest level in nearly three years on Friday after the South Korean internet-only bank...