The number of foreign residents in South Korea is projected to increase steadily and their proportion of the country’s total population could rise to around 7 percent by 2042, the statistics agency said Thursday.
Foreigners residing here for three mo…
Household loans extended by banks in South Korea fell for the first time in 11 months in March, led by a slowdown in mortgage loan growth, central bank data showed Thursday, amid worries that highly indebted households could pose a risk to Asia’s four…
Foreign investors scooped up Korean stocks in March for the fifth consecutive month on the back of hopes for a recovery in the chipmaking sector and stock-boosting measures, central bank data showed Thursday.
Offshore investors bought a net US$3.84 b…
An international tribunal ordered South Korea on Thursday to pay 43.8 billion won (US$32 million) in compensation to U.S.-based hedge fund Mason Capital in an investor-state suit the company filed over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affili…
An international tribunal ordered South Korea on Thursday to pay 43.8 billion won (US$32 million) in compensation to U.S.-based hedge fund Mason Capital in an investor-state suit the company filed over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affili…