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South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok Inc. announced on Friday that it signed an exclusive domestic sales and distribution agreement with India...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korean biosimilar giant Celltrion Inc. is accelerating its push to transform into a novel drug developer, going after...

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform facing fierce competition from Chinese rivals, dipped into the red in the first quarter,...

South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market...

The global weight management market has entered a new chapter following the arrival of blockbuster weight-loss medication Wegovy, and South Korean l...

LG Chem Ltd., the parent of the world's second-largest battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., expects its business will improve in upcoming quarters...

SK On Co., the battery unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Monday it expects a business turnaround in the seco...

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...

Private equity giant Blackstone Inc. is set to mark its first exit from South Korea by selling a 71.25% stake in the holding firm of Geo-Young Corp....

Woowa Brothers Corp. and Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s most valuable unicorns, have pulled the plug on some of their overseas businesses ...

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...

When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...

E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, has launched a company-wide early retirement program for the first time in its 31-year h...

Samsung Bioepis Co., a biosimilar development unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, has begun its new drug development busines...

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 Korea’s savings banks turned to the red after nine years in 2023 as they put aside heavy reserves on future loan losses, with their loan...

South Korea’s top financial regulator said on Wednesday it will fine local major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. 16.1 billion won ($...

Boryung Corp., formerly Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., aims to join the 1 trillion won ($748 million) sales club this year, driven by new chronic disea...

South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US m...

South Korean major banks aim to accelerate their expansions in other countries as their overseas investments paid off with record profits last year ...

LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Monday it will raise 1.29 trillion won...

South Korea’s top four financial services groups – KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori -- booked 1.97 trillion won ($1.5 billion) of loans as lo...

South Korea’s power utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Friday posted its second straight quarterly profit, sharply above market for...

A South Korean real estate fund is set to post a 100% loss as the value of its sole asset, a prime office building wholly leased to Norway’s l...

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., the world's third-largest shipbuilder, announced on Tuesday that it has developed a system that utilizes drones and ...

South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has established a drug development system Daewoong AI System (DAISY) which combine...

South Korean financial service companies are seeing increased losses in global real estate amid the commercial property value plunge and concerns ar...

South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals targeted 416 billion won ($311 million) for its epilepsy treatment Cenobamate in the US market this year. SK Bi...

South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. announced on Thursday that it provisionally recorded a consolidated operating loss of 46.9 bil...

South Korea’s major battery materials company EcoPro Co. saw last year’s operating profit halved from the previous year after a steeper-...