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South Korea’s leading digital-only banks are aggressively tightening credit lines and freezing loan products, moving in lockstep with
South Korea’s competition regulator has approved NS Shopping’s acquisition of the Homeplus Express business, clearing a key step
Employees at South Korea’s state-owned policy banks earned an average of $84,000 in 2025, more than $30,000 above
South Korea’s largest listed companies more than tripled stock-based compensation for employees in the first five months of
Photo=BYD Chinese brands are becoming an increasingly visible part of everyday life in South Korea, with companies ranging from electric-vehicle maker BYD to tea chain Chagee expanding their presence as consumers show growing confidence in the quality and technological sophistication of Chinese products. The shift was underscored on June 15 when industry data showed BYD had become the fourth-largest imported-car
(Photo=SKhyㅜㅑ) SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won is pushing one of the most ambitious artificial-intelligence initiatives yet proposed by a major industrial company, calling for every employee to be paired with a dedicated AI agent as South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate accelerates its transformation into an AI-native enterprise. The proposal, unveiled during SK Group’s annual New Icheon Forum, reflects how some of
(Photo=Daewoong Pharmaceutical) For decades, South Korean pharmaceutical company Daewoong Pharmaceutical was best known at home for Ursa, a liver treatment that became a household name and one of the country’s most recognizable drug brands. Today, however, the company’s growth story is increasingly being written outside South Korea—and far beyond the liver-treatment market. Driven by the overseas success of Nabota, its
(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea’s artificial-intelligence investment boom is entering a new phase. After years of chasing high-return themes tied to semiconductors, robotics and AI infrastructure, investors are increasingly seeking something else: protection. The shift is prompting South Korean asset managers to redesign products around a simple proposition—participate in the upside of the AI revolution while limiting the damage when markets turn
Photo=instagram A conversation about South Korea's booming creator economy has sparked a broader debate over authenticity and privilege in the digital age after travel YouTuber Pani Bottle suggested that only a handful of online personalities could truly be considered "real YouTubers." The comments came during a discussion posted June 12 on Channel Fullmoon, one of South Korea's most popular YouTube
