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Short selling All listed stocks to be available for shorting in South Korea

South Korea will allow short selling of all listed stocks in the country as of Monday for the first time in five years, raising expectations of more...

Bio & Pharma SillaJen: First to use lab-grown human tissue to find best cancer drug dose

South Korean biotechnology firm SillaJen Inc. is pioneering a new approach to determine the best dose for a cancer drug combination in clinical tria...

Regulations South Korea to fully resume short selling in March: FSC Chief

South Korea will allow short selling on all listed stocks in the country next month as planned, said the chief of the country’s financial regu...

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...

Regulations South Korea allows foreigners to trade treasuries via omnibus accounts

South Korea will allow foreign investors to trade South Korean treasury bonds via omnibus accounts under the names of global custodians or asset man...

Automobiles Hyundai, Kia sell 7.23 mn units together in 2024, eye more sales in 2025

Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. have set a target to sell a combined 7.39 million units around the globe this year with greater focus on...

Korean startups Fleetune continues evolving for smarter route optimization   

Fleetune Inc., a South Korean transportation management service (TMS) platform-developing startup, is gearing up for a big leap next year with relen...

Markets BOK to buy repos to counter martial law-driven market tantrum

South Korea’s central bank will provide "unlimited" liquidity to the country’s financial markets by purchasing repurchase agreements, or...

Airlines Korea’s LCCs to counter headwinds with exclusive routes, lower fares

South Korea’s budget airlines are gearing up to weather the sector’s downturn amid a weaker local currency and a sluggish domestic econo...

Airlines Korean Air resumes Incheon-Kumamoto flights after 27 years

Korean Air Lines Co. said on Monday that it relaunched the Incheon–Kumamoto route on November 24, offering seven weekly services.The route, la...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HMM introduces S.Korea's first LNG-powered vessels

South Korea's HMM Co. said on Friday that it will introduce two 7,700 TEU (1 TEU equals one 20-foot container) container ships powered by liquefied ...

Short selling S.Korea mulls fines on Barclays, Citi for short-sale violations

South Korea’s financial authorities are considering fining British multinational investment bank Barclays plc and US investment banking group ...

Airlines Zero-sum fears arise in S.Korean airlines’ game of chicken

South Korea’s air carriers are fiercely vying for lucrative or untapped routes in a game of chicken to shore up their falling profit, raising ...

Airlines Jeju Air launches new Batam, Bali routes

Jeju Air Co., South Korea's leading low-cost carrier (LCC), said on Tuesday that it will launch the routes to Batam and Bali, Indonesia. It's t...

Electronics Korea Investment lowers price target for Samsung Electro-Mechanics

Korea Investment & Securities lowered the target price of Samsung Electro-Mechanics by 14.3% on Sunday, citing weaker-than-expected third-q...

Airlines Jin Air to expand SE Asia, Oceania routes

South Korea's budget carrier Jin Air said on Friday that it will resume and expand its international flights for the upcoming winter season, focus...

Airlines S.Korea’s T’way Air to introduce A330-900 Neo aircraft

T'way Air Co. announced on Thursday that it will gradually introduce five new Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft starting next year.T’way recently s...

Korean food CJ CheilJedang to provide dumplings for Qantas Airways’ in-flight meals

CJ CheilJedang Corp. expands its K-food territory with Australia's largest airline.CJ CheilJedang announced on Tuesday that it will introduce Bibigo...

Korean games Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...

Airlines Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes

South Korea’s airlines are set to use fuel mixed with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for international routes, starting from services to Japa...

Electric vehicles Hyundai, Kia to apply BMS to all EVs for fire prevention

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, plans to install its battery management system (BMS) in all its electric vehicles to...

Airlines Jin Air to launch daily flights on Busan-Nagoya route

South Korea's low-cost carrier Jin Air announced on Friday that it will launch a new route between Busan and Nagoya, starting on Sept. 14, with dail...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HMM opens Shanghai-Mexico container route

South Korea's HMM Co. announced on Monday that it launched a new Far East Latin America Express (FLX) container service bound for Mexico.The service...

Asset management Young rich Koreans: Financially literate, self-directing

Young South Korean millionaires want to take more control of their investments and bet on sectors they know, not relying passively on private banker...

Airlines Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement

South Korea's Air Premia Inc. announced on Thursday that it partnered with Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US carrier, through an interline agr...

Short selling Korea slaps Credit Suisse with largest ever short-sale penalty

South Korea's financial regulator said on Wednesday it has officially imposed Credit Suisse Group AG and its affiliate a combined 27.2 billion won...

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...

Webtoons South Korean webtoon makers in quandary after pandemic

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic a few years back, social distancing was the rule of life. People stayed at home, with many of them killing ti...

Regulations Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field

South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...

Korean stock market Korea's short-selling ban impedes MSCI index upgrade

South Korea is expected to retain its MSCI’s emerging market status as the global index provider said in its June 6 report that the country&rs...