Photo=Motionelements The amount of cash circulating in South Korea rose last year at its fastest pace since the Covid-19 pandemic, underscoring how shifts in interest rates and fiscal policy can still reshape money demand even in an increasingly digital economy. Data released Feb. 5 by the Bank of Korea show that currency in circulation totaled about $156 billion at the

Samsung Electronics has become the first South Korean company to surpass a market capitalization of $770 billion, driven by a powerful rebound in the global semiconductor cycle and renewed confidence in its high-bandwidth memory business. Shares closed at $130 on 02/04 (local time), up nearly 1%, after reversing early losses and hitting an intraday record high. The rally lifted Samsung’s

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s long-running birth slump is showing tentative signs of stabilization. But the data suggest the rebound is being driven less by a revival among younger families than by delayed childbirth concentrated among women in their late 30s and 40s—raising doubts about how durable the trend will be. According to data released by Statistics Korea, birthrates among women aged

(Dong-A ST) Artificial intelligence is beginning to influence not just how new drugs are discovered, but how existing experimental medicines are repositioned as competition tightens across major therapeutic markets. MetaVia, a U.S.-based biotech affiliated with Dong-A ST, one of South Korea’s established pharmaceutical companies with a growing focus on global drug development, said it has identified potential new uses for

(Photo=Nongshim) South Korea’s food exporters have shown that cultural familiarity can travel well. Instant noodles did it first. Skincare followed. Now, bottled water is testing whether the same playbook can work in a category where branding is subtle and differentiation is notoriously hard. Nongshim, the country’s largest packaged-food maker by global recognition, is positioning its bottled water brand Baeksansu as