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Alternative investments Korean financial firms face growing risks in overseas property investments

South Korea’s financial institutions are increasingly at risk of their overseas real estate investments turning sour, government data showed o...

Korean chipmakers DB GlobalChip forays into mobile phone OLED driver chip market

DB GlobalChip Co., the chip design subsidiary of South Korea’s chip foundry company DB HiTek Co., has begun mass-producing organic light-emitt...

Regulations S.Korea needs to allow short-selling for all listed stocks: FSS chief

Lee Bok-hyun, governor of South Korea’s top financial watchdog body, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), said on Thursday that there shou...

Pension funds Korea to let securities firms manage $43 bn public fund investment pool

South Korea said on Wednesday it aims to boost returns on 62.1 billion won ($42.7 billion) in the public fund investment pool by entrusting some of ...

Electronics LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs

LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, on Thursday unveiled a fourth-generation screen optimized for...

Batteries POSCO Pilbara completes Gwangyang lithium hydroxide plant

South Korea's POSCO Pilbara Lithium Solution Co., a subsidiary of POSCO Group, said on Friday the completion of its second rock-based lithium hydrox...

Foreign exchange South Korea returns to US FX monitoring watchlist

The United States has reinstated South Korea on its foreign-exchange monitoring watchlist, a year after it removed Asia’s No. 4 economy from t...

Tech, Media & Telecom S-1 releases CCTV monitoring service

South Korea's security service provider S-1 Corp. said on Monday it launched CCTV Monitoring Service, a system designed to notify customers of any r...

Batteries LG Elec builds EV chargers safety net for fire prevention

LG Electronics Inc. equipped its slow electric vehicle (EV) chargers with dual overcharge prevention technology to alleviate customer concerns and a...

Electronics LG Elec to unveil AI home hub ThinQ ON at IFA

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will unveil LG ThinQ ON, the home appliance industry's first AI home hub equipped with generative artif...

Korean startups Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. is expanding benefits for subscribers of its online-exclusive prepaid plan Nugget, including offering Korean Air ...

Electronics Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom

South Korea’s electronics giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are gearing up for a fierce battle in the gaming monitor mark...

Electronics LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...

Tech, Media & Telecom Hanwha, KT to cooperate on smart mining

South Korea's Hanwha Global, the global division of Hanwha Corp. and KT Corp. announced on Monday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (...

Banking & Finance Samsung Asset's KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets

South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed 60 trillion ...

Electronics Samsung Display gets Pantone Validated

Samsung Display announced on Thursday that its monitors and laptop panels received Pantone Validated and SkinTone Validated. The company said i...

Electronics Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its sales of the new Odyssey OLED gaming monitor series have surpassed 20,000 units in a month.&nbs...

Short selling MSCI keeps Korea on emerging market list on short-selling ban

MSCI Inc. maintained South Korean stocks in its emerging market list as the government kept its blanket short-selling ban, denting the country&rsquo...

Banking & Finance KB Securities sees wealth management assets surpass $43.6 bn

South Korea's KB Securities announced on Wednesday that its wealth management assets surpassed 60 trillion won ($43.6 billion) this month.This is fi...

Electronics Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Electronics Samsung unveils 2024 monitors at Summer Game Fest

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its new 2024 monitor models at the largest North American game show Summer Game Fest, held at the YouTube Theater i...

Electronics Samsung releases 2024 lineup of gaming monitors

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched its new 2024 lineup of gaming monitors, Odyssey OLED, and high-resolution monitors, Vi...

Aerospace & Defense Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment

South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...

Electronics Samsung Display records 1 mn cumulative shipments of QD-OLED monitors

Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top display producer, has developed the world's first QD-OLED, a self-emissive technology where light from ...

Electronics Samsung tops global OLED market in one year

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...

Electronics Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to include 89-inch, 101-inch.&nb...

Central bank BOK's rate policy back to square one after GDP, Fed comments

TBILISI, Georgia – The Bank of Korea (BOK) will go back to square one on monetary policy as stronger-than-expected economic growth in the...

Corporate restructuring Taeyoung E&C kickstarts debt workout with loan sale to IGIS

Creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) gave the go-ahead to a debt workout program for the cash-strapped South ...

Electronics Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it held an Odyssey gaming monitor experience event with the T1, the top-tier League of Legends team...