Kolmar patriarch wants shares gifted to son back amid sibling rivalry

In a dramatic and unprecedented legal move that has shaken South Korea’s corporate landscape, Kolmar Group founder and Chairman Yoon Dong-han ...

Samsung to thrash out strategy amid Trump, Middle East crisis

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company, is convening its most senior executives this week to plot its path back to the t...

S.Korea’s mid-tier shipbuilders sail into new supercycle as China struggles

BUSAN – On a sunny May morning in Busan’s Yeongdo shipyard, the clang of steel and the rhythmic pounding of welders was telling the new ...

Red flags raised even before Homeplus crisis: Sales fall, credit ratings cut

Even before South Korea’s second-largest hypermarket chain Homeplus Co. was put under court receivership due to its worsening financial woes, ...

Samsung in 'do or die' situation'; Lee sounds crisis alarm

Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has warned the company's executives that the South Korean tech giant has lost its characteristic "rele...

BOK lowers growth forecasts to bolster rate cut expectations

South Korea’s central bank slashed its economic growth forecasts on Monday, adding to views that the monetary authority will cut interest rate...

Political crisis ups downside risk to S.Korea’s economy: S&P, Moody’s

Global credit rating agencies are warning of looming downward pressure on South Korea’s sovereign credit rating about a month after Asia&rsquo...

Korea Eximbank issues $3 bn global bonds

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said on Wednesday it issued a total of $3 billion in global bonds, targeting worldwide investors.The matu...

SK Nexilis gets $133 mn subsidy from Poland

South Korea's SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, said on Monday it received a $133 million subsidy from the Polish gover...

S.Korea's Yoon survives impeachment; economic fundamentals firm

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote against him after an overwhelming majority of governing party lawmakers boycotted ...

Korea’s credit fundamentals remain firm amid political crisis: Fitch

South Korea’s credit rating remained unscathed by the political turmoil caused by the short-lived martial law declaration of President Yoon Su...

BOK makes 1st back-to-back rate cut since 2009 global crisis

South Korea’s central bank lowered interest rates for a second straight meeting on Thursday in a surprise move and left the door open for anot...

Lotte Group denies liquidity crisis rumors to calm bond holders

Lotte Group on Thursday denied liquidity crisis rumors sparked by Lotte Chemical Corp.'s struggle to meet a bond redemption request after the South ...

Korea’s finance min, central bank chief to take on demographic crisis

South Korea’s finance minister and central bank chief on Monday agreed to address the world’s lowest fertility rate, a most urgent task ...

Asan Nanum Foundation revamps fund management

The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...

Shinhan Card tops S.Korea's EPG ranking for financial institutions

South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Monday it was ranked as the leading company in the domestic financial sector in an environment, population, and g...

Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid demographic crisis

Some 100 certified caregivers from the Philippines will come to South Korea in August to work as domestic helpers in a country struggling with the...

KEPCO, EVN to promote new power business in Vietnam

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the South Korean state-run utility company, and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) have agreed to collaborate on new busi...

Samsung’s new chip head instills a sense of crisis, hope

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new semiconductor chief Jun Young-hyun knows better than anyone about the difficulties the South Korean tech giant fa...

Samsung Electronics replaces chip head amid HBM crisis

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Tuesday replaced its semiconductor business chief as the South Korean company st...

Liquidity crisis looms at S.Korea’s M Capital amid project financing debacle

South Korea's financing and finance leasing firm M Capital Co. is facing a growing risk of liquidity crunch as its attempts to refinance maturing de...

Samsung shifts to emergency mode with 6-day work week for executives

Executives at all Samsung Group units will work six days a week from as early as this week in a shift to emergency mode. The move comes as the won's...

Older Voters Are Taking Over in the World’s Wealthy Democracies

SEOUL—On the surface, South Korea’s legislative election this week looks much like past votes. Candidates are holding rallies and partie...

[Test] Older Voters Are Taking Over in the World’s Wealthy Democracies

SEOUL—On the surface, South Korea’s legislative election this week looks much like past votes. Candidates are holding rallies and partie...

S.Korea asks savings banks to raise capital to avoid crisis

South Korea’s top financial regulator advised about 10 local savings banks in trouble to increase their capital by the end of this month to pr...

Older Voters Are Taking Over in the World’s Wealthy Democracies

SEOUL—On the surface, South Korea’s legislative election this week looks much like past votes. Candidates are holding rallies and partie...

As many as one in 10 residents in South Korea likely to be foreign by 2042

The number of foreign residents in South Korea is expected to rise steadily in the coming years to account for up to 10.1% of the country’s to...

Korea faces apple crisis amid climate, demographic change

Apples, normally among the most common and available fruit, are poised to be a rarity in South Korea, where people are suffering a so-called “...

Korean real estate firms put up for sale amid lasting market downturn

A growing number of private real estate firms are being put up for sale in South Korea amid a prolonged market downturn and increasing delinquencies...

Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis

The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...