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Japanese politics & policy
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida seeks summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
...South Korea’s conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol has taken a hardline stance against North Korea since his election in 2022....
February 13, 2024
Investor activism
Activist shareholders target Samsung to unlock value
...Investors accuse the founding families of South Korea’s largest conglomerates of prioritising control of their sprawling business empires over paying dividends and boosting profitability....
February 2, 2024
FT Live
Finance Disrupted at TNW Conference
Shaking The Foundations Of Finance | Formerly Future of Finance
Thursday, 20 JuneAmsterdam, Netherlands
The Big Read
Is South Korea’s economic miracle over?
...South Korea also has one of the highest rates of household debt as a proportion of GDP in the developed world, according to the Institute of International Finance....
April 22, 2024
South Korean business & finance
Luxury car sales plunge as buyers put off by South Korea’s neon green licence plates
...Sales of luxury cars in South Korea have plunged after the government introduced rules requiring company cars worth more than $58,000 to carry a neon green licence plate in a bid to stop tax evasion....
April 19, 2024
InterviewSouth Korea Economy
China now a rival rather than boon for South Korean exporters, warns minister
...South Korea’s economy needs to adapt urgently to rising competition from China, the country’s finance minister has warned, as its biggest exporters battle for market share in sectors ranging from chips to...
April 8, 2024
Currencies
Asia’s central bankers struggle to contain strong US dollar
...Policymakers in Japan, China and South Korea have all talked up the stability of their currencies in recent days as they weaken under the intense pressure of the gap between the US’s high rates and the low...
April 20, 2024
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
South Korean business & finance
South Korea says banks ‘mis-sold’ China-linked derivatives
...South Korea is a large market for derivatives and structured financial products, despite frequent market meltdowns....
March 11, 2024
Ecommerce
China’s ecommerce groups make inroads in South Korea with lure of low prices
...South Korea also has the world’s second-highest level of online spending per capita after the US....
March 24, 2024
Currencies
US, Japan and South Korea seek to limit dollar’s rise
...The Biden administration has joined with Japan and South Korea in a bid to limit the dollar’s recent rise against Asian currencies after days in which markets have been hit by shifting interest rate expectations...
April 18, 2024
South Korean business & finance
South Korea unveils reforms to unlock value of listed companies
...South Korea’s business landscape is dominated by the country largest conglomerates, including Samsung, Hyundai, LG and SK Group, which are controlled by their founding families through a complex series of...
February 26, 2024
News updates from April 18: Netflix profits surge; Jurors selected for Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial
Markets update: yen and won strengthen against dollar after joint statement from finance ministers
...Asian currencies strengthened against the dollar after the finance ministers of Japan, South Korea and the US released a joint statement addressing concerns over a resurgent dollar....
April 18, 2024
South Korea Society
South Korean businesses float incentives as demographic crisis looms
...Last year, more prams were sold in South Korea for pets than for babies....
March 28, 2024
Special ReportWomen in Business
The dilemma facing women in South Korea
...Yoon Yoo-rim was an office worker in South Korea until six years ago, when she informed her employer she was pregnant. “As soon as I told them,” she says, “they hired a young man as my replacement.”...
March 8, 2024
Technology sector
Samsung and LG join forces against Chinese rivals in battle for display dominance
...South Korea’s leading display makers LG and Samsung are closing ranks as they cede more ground to Chinese manufacturers of TV and smartphone screens and face being undercut on their leading-edge OLED technology...
February 21, 2024
Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
South Korean virtual reality fishing game reels in 1mn users
...In total, South Korea, with a population of 52mn people, is home to 124 companies in the latest FT ranking....
April 3, 2024
FT Live
Business of Luxury Summit
Gathering leaders in luxury for the 20th year
Sunday, 19 MayVenice, Italy
Batteries
Europe over-reliant on Chinese EV batteries, warns South Korea’s SK On
...South Korean battery makers including SK On have since paused or scaled back their North American investments....
January 22, 2024
Financial & markets regulation
South Korea widens probe on ‘exotic notes’ tied to Hong Kong stock index
...South Korea’s financial authorities have widened their investigation into banks and brokerages over the possible mis-selling of so-called exotic notes linked to Chinese stocks, following complaints from...
January 8, 2024
Jaemin Lee
South Korea’s birth rate has become a national emergency
...Letter in response to this article: Corporate Korea shares fault for the fertility crisis / From Danny Leipziger, Professor of International Business, George Washington University, Washington, DC, US...
January 29, 2024
Inside BusinessChristian Davies
South Korean business worries rise over Biden’s IRA law
...The US overtook China as South Korea’s top export market last year for the first time since the early 2000s, while South Korean companies have been among the largest foreign investors in the US semiconductor...
February 21, 2024
Live news: Chinese offshore renminbi strengthens to record high against yen
What to watch in Asia today
...Corporate results: South Korea’s SK Hynix and LG Energy Solution, Japanese robotics company Keyence, Chinese telecommunications group ZTE, energy giant Cnooc and India’s Bajaj Finance report earnings....
April 25, 2024
Samsung C&T Corp
Samsung quashes activist proposals backed by Norway’s oil fund
...Shares in Samsung C&T closed almost 10 per cent lower on Friday after the reform effort led by activist investors failed, marking a setback for South Korea’s efforts to emulate Japan’s success in driving...
March 15, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Samsung signals end to chip downturn with forecast 10-fold jump in profit
...He also told a shareholder meeting that the company expected more than $100mn of revenue from its advanced chip packaging business this year....
April 5, 2024
Cryptocurrencies
Terraform Labs and Do Kwon found liable for fraud in SEC case
...Kwon, who resided in South Korea and Singapore at the time of the alleged fraud, is also in the midst of a fierce extradition battle....
April 5, 2024
Korea Development Bank
Turmoil at South Korean builder revives risk fear after Legoland credit crunch
...South Korea’s property market been in a slump since mid-2022, hit by interest rates at their highest since late 2008....
January 12, 2024
Lee Jae-yong
Samsung chair acquitted of stock manipulation and fraud charges
...Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s former chief prosecutor who oversaw Lee and Park’s convictions, has since been elected the country’s president....
February 5, 2024

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