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Energy Alaska governor seeks Korean partners for $44 bn LNG project

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in South Korea on Monday to hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top executives from Korean energy and st...

Business & Politics Korea’s new acting president assures economy resilient, security tight

South Korea’s new Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday he is confident that the country’s economy is resilient and its national...

Asset management Hana Financial’s Hana The Next: New financial services tailored for seniors

As South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, are reaching retirement age, financial institutions are reac...

Robotics Samsung’s Ballie, LG's Q9 AI robots steal the show at IFA 2024

BERLIN – Ballie, the artificial intelligence-powered companion robot developed by Samsung Electronics Co., has come a long way since the South...

Pension funds POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...

Korean startups Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...

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...

Private debt Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts

South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds. The debts were oversu...

Automobiles Autech enters silver car market for seniors

South Korea's specialty vehicle company Autech Corporation announced on Tuesday that it plans to enter the silver car market for seniors. It al...

Business & Politics Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks

Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and long-time confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has shown firm support for her form...

Korean startups Caring raises $30 million in Series B funding

Caring Co., a South Korean startup offering senior care services, succeeded in raising 40 billion won ($30 million) in a series B funding round, e...

Leadership & Management POSCO taps ex-President Chang In-hwa as its next group chairman

POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has nominated former President Chang In-hwa as its next group chair...

Corporate governance Kakao inspects SM Entertainment’s management   

Kakao Corp. has embarked on a special inspection of SM Entertainment Co.'s financial reporting for the first time since the South Korean internet gi...

ESG bonds Woori Bank issues $700 mn in ESG bonds

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Thursday that it has issued $700 million (940 billion won) worth of foreign currency ESG (environmental, socia...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor to invest $845 million to expand India’s Talegaon plant

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will invest 70 billion Indian rupees ($845 million) to expand and upgrade its Indian car manufac...

Corporate restructuring Korean builders scramble to ease liquidity crunch woes

South Korean builders in financial distress are struggling to alleviate concerns over a potential liquidity crisis, which could put the already aili...

Central bank BOK governor named chair of BIS financial system committee

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong has been appointed as the chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) at the Bank for Int...

Corporate governance Samsung Group introduces senior outside director system

Samsung Group has created the position of senior outside director, granted as much authority as the chair of a board of directors, for the first tim...

Foreign exchange Dollar/won in wildest swing in 13 yrs despite intervention

The South Korean won suffered its wildest fluctuation against the dollar this year since 2010, shrugging off heavy dollar-selling intervention by lo...

Banking & Finance Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor

The Bank of Korea announced on Friday that it has appointed Ryoo Sang-dae, the current vice president of Korea Housing-Finance Corp., as its new s...

Economy BOK chief says aging without assets key challenge to S.Koreans

JEJU -- South Korea’s central bank chief on Friday warned of the growing risk of aging without assets in Asia’s fourth-largest economy a...

Central bank BOK keeps door open for another rate hike on Fed, debts

South Korea’s central bank on Thursday kept the door open for another interest rate hike after leaving the policy borrowing cost unchanged for...

Sovereign wealth funds KIC's private equity senior director Ahn to move to Mubadala

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC)’s senior director for private equity is set to move to Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based ...

Foreign exchange Yen breaches key level vs Korean won to hit 8-year low

The Japanese yen on Monday extended losses against the South Korean won to touch an eight-year low, briefly breaching a psychological support line a...

Construction HD Hyundai to participate in Ukraine reconstruction project

South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the industrial affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., said on Thursday that it held discussions with Ukra...

Real estate Multifamily emerges as Korean LPs’ top real estate pick for 2023

Multifamily housing has emerged as the most popular real estate segment for South Korean institutional investors, with senior secured loans picked as ...

Energy Hanwha heir apparent named senior advisor at US energy investor

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan, the heir apparent of the South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, has been named a senior advisor at S...

Private equity Korean PE firm STIC taps Bain & Co senior partner for PE business

South Korean private equity firm STIC Investments Inc. is set to hire Lee Hyukjin, a senior partner of global management consulting firm Bain & ...

Business & Politics S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

South Korea's main battle tank K2 Balck Panther and K-9 self-propelled howitzers will undergo live-fire test at the Oziši training ground in ...

Korean chipmakers Samsung, SK seek dialogue with China at Boao Forum

BEIJING – The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is expected to serve as a venue for the world’s two largest memory chipmakers -- Samsung Electro...