Why it mattersHousing affordability is a defining political and economic issue in South Korea, and shifts in the rental market signal where ordinary resi…
Seoul's low-rise 'villa' rental market is rebounding as tenants priced out of apartments drive lease volume up 7.4%.
Read MoreWhy it mattersHyundai Motor Group is now one of the world's largest automakers, so U.S. industry recognition of its technology signals how seriously it i…
Hyundai Motor Group won Auto Company of the Year at the 2026 AutoTech Awards in Michigan — its first group-level win.
Read MoreWhy it mattersLeveraged single-stock products are spreading globally, and Korea's experience shows which investors flock to them and how regulators try t…
Investors in their 40s bought the most of Korea's new 2X Samsung and SK Hynix leverage products in their first four trading days.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSmall and mid-sized firms employ most of South Korea's workforce, so cheaper, state-backed credit for them ripples through the broader econ…
IBK, Korea's state SME bank, will offer 1.5 trillion won in cheaper loans with rate cuts up to 1.3 points for small and strategic firms.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSeoul's mayoralty is South Korea's second most powerful elected office and a frequent springboard to presidential politics, so control of t…
Oh Se-hoon won a fifth Seoul mayoral term in a narrow overnight reversal of exit polls favoring his DP rival.
Read MoreWhy it mattersHanwha Aerospace is a major South Korean defense exporter, so a deadly accident at its plant and the criminal probe that follows draw scrut…
South Korean police raided three Hanwha Aerospace sites over a June 1 explosion that killed five workers in Daejeon.
Read MoreWhy it mattersThe case is one of Asia's largest consumer-finance scandals and shows how regulators weigh penalties against banks that sell complex produc…
South Korea's FSS cut planned fines on five banks over Hong Kong ELS mis-selling to about 600 billion won, less than half its earlier figure.
Read MoreWhy it mattersKorea is a major manufacturing hub and the world's leading memory-chip supplier, so swings in its currency ripple into global tech supply c…
South Korea's won has stayed above 1,500 per dollar for 12 sessions despite record exports, as Middle East war fears overpower strong data.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSouth Korea is home to the world's two largest memory-chip makers, so bullish bets on the KOSPI are effectively a wager on the global AI an…
Korea Investment & Securities and Goldman Sachs raised KOSPI targets to 11,000 and 12,000, citing a chip earnings boom.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSouth Korea is a major export economy and a bellwether for Asian markets, so the strength of its currency and the size of its reserve buffe…
South Korea's foreign reserves fell about $880 million in May to $427 billion as the central bank moved to defend a weakening won.
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