South Korea

Won’s 24-hour trading debut passes with below-average volume

The move aims to provide the level of accessibility and convenience in foreign exchange trading comparable to advanced markets.

South Korean won’s 24-hour trading era begins with cheers, applause

Designed to deliver double returns, the mechanical rebalancing process of these ETFs forces them to buy more when prices rise and sell more when prices fall.

Unease over Korea leveraged ETFs grows as lawmakers demand fix

South Korea’s semiconductor boom has generated extra tax revenue that can be used to strengthen the country’s long-term competitiveness.

South Korea to create fund from chip windfall to spur growth, tackle inequality

SK Hynix is the top supplier of high-bandwidth memory after becoming the go-to provider for Nvidia, the dominant maker of AI processors. 

SK Hynix is said to weigh 0.5% fee payout in mega ADR offering

The benchmark Kospi has jumped about 90 per cent this year, the strongest run of any major global equity gauge.

Scarred by 1997 crash, South Korea nervously opens 24-hour won trading

Starbucks Korea in May launched a promotion around a large reusable tumbler it called a “tank” with the slogan “slam it down on the table.”
THE BROAD VIEW

Read the room or lose the market: Lessons from South Korea’s latest corporate gaffes

Coupang, the biggest online retailer in South Korea, became the target of much regulatory scrutiny in 2025 after news of the data breach became known.

US House committee says South Korea discriminated against Coupang

SK Hynix CEO Kwak ​Noh-jung says the company will spend 80 trillion won to build a new factory for Nand memory chip production by 2029.

SK Hynix to spend US$64.4 billion on flash memory chip plants under broader AI investment plan

Musinsa plans to add storefronts in Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines this year.

KKR-backed South Korea fashion retailer Musinsa ramps up Asia store push ahead of IPO