Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom
South Korea’s asset management industry posted stellar growth in the first half of 2025, buoyed by a 28% surge in the country’s benchmar...
KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individu...
Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF
Hana Asset Management Co. will list the “1Q US Nasdaq 100 ETF” on Tuesday, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index with...
Korea’s WGBI inclusion moved to next April; Seoul works on policy steps
South Korea’s much-anticipated inclusion of its bonds in the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) has been postponed to April 2026 from Nov...
Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal ...
Korea Inc. to face refunding risks with record corporate bond maturities
South Korean companies are expected to face refunding risks thanks to record corporate bond maturities in the first half of 2025, as fundraising con...
Hyosung TNC mulls takeover of chemical affiliate’s specialty gas unit
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, is considering taking over the specialty gas business of its chemical affiliate, news of whi...
Korea to join FTSE Rusell bond index to attract $66 bn inflows
South Korea will be included in a global major bond index next year to attract an estimated $66 billion in capital inflows to Asia’s fourth-la...
Korea’s Hana Financial Group targets foreign customers
Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, is targeting foreign individual customers in the country with a d...
South Korean developers fret over inflow of Indian talent
South Korea is opening its doors wide to Indian developers, causing some concerns that the inflow of highly talented software developers from the So...
Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam
Orion Holdings Corp., a leading South Korean confectionery and snack maker, has been active in overseas markets for decades, particularly in China a...
Korea’s Tmax Group buys back software developer for $612 mn
South Korea’s Tmax Group bought back the software making unit it had sold to a local private equity firm two years ago to try to boost synergy...
What's wrong with making money from startup exits?
In South Korea, those who struck it rich from property investments are the subject of envy, but startup founders who make big money from their exits...
Korea to punish copper scrap traders for illegal exports
BUSAN -- South Korea is set to punish copper scrap traders, mostly Chinese-operated, for illegal exports as nonferrous metal sector companies on the...
Qoo10’s Korean units delay seller payments amid expansions
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte.’s units in South Korea delayed seller payments as industry sources said the online shoppin...
S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up
Competition in the South Korean travel payment card market intensified as increasing overseas trips and cross-border shopping prompted credit card i...
Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market
South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...
Coupang to keep investing against Chinese players despite loss
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform facing fierce competition from Chinese rivals, dipped into the red in the first quarter,...
Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won
South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asia...
Money pours in for technology to reshape Korean restaurants
Investors are betting big on food service technology startups in South Korea as the adoption of self-service systems in the country’s food and...
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...
S.Koreans flock to funds, liquid assets out of term deposits
South Korean companies and households flocked to investment funds and short-term deposits in December last year, pulling out of money market funds a...
IMM invests $97 mn in Korean supplier of Boeing, Airbus
IMM Investment Corp., a major South Korean private equity firm, invested $97 million in Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a local supplier of global industry ...
Hyundai, Kia dominate US Best Cars for the Money
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have top seven categories in the 2024 Best Cars for the Money awards in...
Korea’s Hanwha Ocean quits money-losing container shipbuilding business
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to exit the money-losing container shipbuilding busin...
IONIQ 5 named Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 has been selected as the Car of the Year 2023 in Singapore by the nation’s la...
Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, aims to ramp up its global business with the appointment of a new executive ahead...
Lotte builds US antibody-drug conjugate plant with $82 mn
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. is establishing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) factory in Syracuse, New York, with an investment of 110 bi...
Naver integrates points program with Samsung Pay
The online money and points of South Korea's Naver Pay, an affiliate of the country's largest web portal Naver Corp., can now be used at offline sto...
S.Korean startups, VC seek money, business opportunities in Japan
South Korean startups and venture capitalists battered by chilled investor sentiment amid rising interest rates and slowing economic growth at home ...
