Perspectives

Elon Musk’s successful bid to buy out the social media platform Twitter for around $44 billion is a kind of deal unlikely to happen in South Ko...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team announced Thursday it is considering a joint public-private committee that will be in charge of...

South Korea’s incoming government plans to extend the service life of eight more nuclear power plants than originally planned as President-elec...

It seems as though the list of risks to investors is rising. Supply chain imbalances, higher raw material costs, rising interest rates, labor shortage...

As regular readers of my memos and books know, I’m strongly interested in – you might say obsessed with – the concept of the pendu...

South Korea’s energy and raw materials imports have surged to all-time highs in value terms in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledges to build South Korea into what he dubs a global 'pivotal' power that contributes to freedom, peace, and prosper...

South Korea's strengthened antitrust rules relating to inter-affiliate trade provided the Carlyle Group with a valuable opportunity to invest in Hyun...

The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition exclusively carries the full text of the latest memos from Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree...

NEW YORK -- US stock markets remain high but their prices seem reasonable at the current level of interest rates near historic lows, said Oaktree Cap...

[Webinar: Inflation's Impact on Global Asset Allocation] [Interview with Jae Yoon, CIO of New York Life Investment Management]November&r...

The play-to-earn (P2E) model is not a new concept in the gaming industry and will be more important in the long term, global online gaming company CC...

High price tags of target companies can be justified if you understand long-term trends of the industry and have expertise in the sectors, Conni Jons...

South Korea has officially declared its plan to join a mega Trans-Pacific free trade deal, called the CPTPP, following China’s application to t...

The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition exclusively carries the full text of the latest memos from Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktre...

A South Korean electric equipment maker has decided not to seek any new orders as a spike in prices of commodities such as copper and supply disrupti...

The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shortage in South Korea stemming from China's suspension of urea exports is getting worse, as local DEF inventories ar...

South Korean politicians are seeking to delay taxes on gains from cryptocurrency trading by one year as they gear up for the upcoming presidential el...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- US-based biotechnology company Moderna Inc. wasn’t a household name until the beginning of last year, when its fate changed ...

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will ex...

SILICON VALLEY – One of the things that have drastically changed the business environment in the pandemic era is the prevalence of companies th...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is South Korea’s largest source of trade surplus. The Northeast Asian country generated $34 ...

SEOUL—South Korea’s app developers can soon sidestep the digital tollway mandated by Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, but cha...

South Korean game developers and publishers are increasingly building business alliances with players in the content industry through equity investme...

Leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and MBK Partners, appeared to have turned to an exit mode in South Korea this yea...

In mid-July, a small obscure South Korean cryptocurrency exchange posted a notice on its website at midnight, saying it is suspending trading of 57 c...

Apologies are a thorny topic for business executives and private individuals alike. How should a company or an organization issue an apology? On socia...

For a piece of information to be desirable, it has to satisfy two criteria: it has to be important, and it has to be knowable. – Warren BuffettR...

South Korean house prices have risen more during the President Moon Jae-in administration than any other as the current government has focused more o...