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Cryptocurrencies RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards

RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...

E-commerce Coupang’s Q1 revenue up; quarterly dip signals rising competition

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, extended its year-on-year sales growth with an 11.1% increase to post $7.9 billion in...

E-commerce JD.com opens Korean logistics centers, preluding C-commerce invasion

JD.com, often dubbed China’s answer to Amazon.com, has opened its own logistics centers in South Korea, becoming the first Chinese e-commerce ...

Cryptocurrencies Dunamu slapped with 3-month business suspension order

Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been hit with a three-month partial business suspension ...

Cryptocurrencies S.Korea to allow listed firms to trade cryptocurrencies in second half

South Korea plans to allow companies listed on the local stock market to trade virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, on a pilot basis in the s...

Cryptocurrencies 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 ...

Regulations Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations

South Korea’s top financial regulator has proposed loosening restrictions on financial holding companies’ ownership of fintech platforms...

Cryptocurrencies Koreans flock to cryptos amid Trump-fueled crypto craze

The number of South Koreans investing in cryptocurrencies recently broke past 15 million — about 30% of the country’s population —...

Corporate restructuring Shinsegae affiliate SSG.COM secures Olympus as new financial investor

Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s online shopping mall operator SSG.COM has secured Olympus, a special purpose company created by Korean b...

Cryptocurrencies Korea’s crypto exchanges ride bitcoin rally on Trump optimism

South Korea’s crypto exchanges are enjoying a global boom in virtual currencies, including bitcoin, as US President-elect Donald Trump is expe...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor Group wins Cars.com's 2025 Top Pick EV Awards

Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday Hyundai Motor Co. ‘s IONIQ electric vehicles (EVs) and Kia Corp. ‘s EV9 have each been awarded 202...

E-commerce Loss-making Gmarket joins Shinsegae’s job cut spree

Gmarket Inc. will cut jobs for the first time since it was acquired by South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group in 2021, joining the group&r...

Food & Beverage South Korea's hy to export Helicobacter Project Will to China

South Korea's hy, formerly known as Korea Yakult and a leader in dairy products, said on Monday that it started exporting its fermented milk product...

Korean stock market Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

Corporate restructuring Affinity-backed SSG.COM offers 1st voluntary redundancies

Money-losing SSG.COM, once the most popular online shopping mall in South Korea, is asking some of its employees to volunteer to leave the company f...

Retail Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch

Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...

Retail Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO

Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM f...

Cryptocurrencies Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn

The staking deposits of Upbit, South Korea's leading crypto exchange, surged past 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) by the end of April, according to ...

The KED View Shinsegae’s day of reckoning looms for online ambitions

Back in 2021, South Korea’s retail titan Shinsegae Inc. beat its archrival Lotte Shopping Co. to purchase Gmarket and Auction, the country's t...

Retail Shinsegae faces off with Affinity, BRV over SSG.COM

Shinsegae Group could face a legal battle against two private equity firms that are demanding it buy back their combined 1 trillion won ($727 millio...

Bio & Pharma Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers

When Orion Corp., known for its signature snack cake Choco-Pie, announced a $415 million deal to acquire biotech startup LegoChem Biosciences Inc. l...

Cryptocurrencies Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget

Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has listed its MBX token on the global...

Cryptocurrencies WeMade to build WEMIX Play Center in Dubai

South Korea’s game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Wednesday that it partnered with the Dubai International Financial Center's...

Korean food Samyang draws record-high sales on Singles' Day in China

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Thursday its sales during China's largest shopping festival, Singles' Day (Nov. 11), reached a new re...

Cryptocurrencies Com2uS XPLA listed on S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax

South Korea's Com2uS Holdings Corp. announced on Monday that the cryptocurrency called XPLA used in the Com2uS Group's blockchain mainnet of the s...

E-commerce SSG.Com announces global first launch of Piaget's new watch

SSG.COM, the e-commerce platform of South Korean retail heavyweight Shinsegae Inc., revealed on Tuesday its exclusive introduction of Swiss luxury b...

North Korea How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program

Last year an engineer working for the blockchain gaming company Sky Mavis thought he was on the cusp of a new job that would pay more money.A recrui...

Travel & Leisure Seoul is fourth most searched global city for summer travel: survey

The South Korean capital of Seoul is surging in global popularity as a summer travel destination amid the first peak summer season since COVID-19 we...

Automobiles Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...

Korean games Political crypto scandal hits Korean P2E game deregulation hopes

A South Korean lawmaker’s scandal over ownership of cryptocurrencies, including those issued by domestic game developers, is expected to jeopa...