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South Korean travelers spent a total of 431.4 billion won ($312 million) through debit and credit cards in Japan in the first half of this year, twi...

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle (EV) cell maker, has suspended construction of a plant in Arizona for batt...

South Korean private equity investments declined last year for the first time since 2016 due to interest rate hikes, high inflation and the Korean w...

Global chip packaging equipment manufacturers are enjoying surging demand and skyrocketing share prices thanks to the rapid growth of the artificial...

The number of air passengers traveling between South Korea and Japan has surpassed 10 million in the first five months of this year, setting a new r...

South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...

South Korea’s factory production rebounded in April on healthy manufacturing while domestic consumption and capital expenditures dipped, indic...

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic businesses – commerce, search and sports – as Jap...

South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...

South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...

Kia Corp., the second-largest automaker in South Korea, posted record quarterly profit and revenue for the first three months of this year, backed b...

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state o...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, lost 1.66 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in domestic stock ...

Global luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior saw worsening profitability of their South Korean operations last year after a few years of dece...

South Korea's Clio Cosmetics Co. announced on Friday that it has acquired a 100% stake in Japanese cosmetics distributor Doowon and cosmetics import...

The South Korean won currency on Tuesday fell to its weakest level in 17 months, briefly touching the psychologically important 1,400 per dollar lev...

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping said on Tuesday that it will expand its range of travel packages to Japan, including trips to Kyushu and Okinawa, ...

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeking again to sell its loss-making feed and livestock subsidiary, Asia’s largest in the ind...

AGE20's, South Korean cosmetic company Aekyung Industrial Co. 's flagship cosmetic brand, announced that it held a new cushion foundation for a Japa...

dd South Korea’s securities firms suffered a 20% fall in overall net profit last year hurt by the weak property market, adding to bearish vie...

The credit rating of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s top hypermarket chain operator, was downgraded to AA- by local agency NICE Information Service...

South Korean retail investors, hunting for bargains, have flocked to shovel in the Japanese currency hovering around its record low value in anticip...

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...

South Korea’s human resources (HR) management tech company Wanted Lab Inc. announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understand...

South Korea’s job increases rose for a second straight month to a 10-month high in January thanks to higher employment of the older, although ...

GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...

Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Wednesday that it will supply new tires for the mid-sized truck Hino from the Japanese Toyota Group.The t...

S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., on Friday posted a 58.3% decline in its operating profit last year, weighed by lower re...

South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Group's stock closed at 3,400 won ($2.6) on Wednesday, down 12.1% after the group announced disappointing ...

Singapore-based investment management firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. (FCP) has urged South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to sue its inc...