South Korea’s export-driven economy is expected to post “significantly higher” growth this year compared to last, supported by a chip boom and a stronger-than-anticipated global backdrop, the central bank said.

South Korea’s export-driven economy is expected to post “significantly higher” growth this year compared to last, supported by a chip boom and a stronger-than-anticipated global backdrop, the central bank said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter appears to have entered a phase of being designated as his successor, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers, offering Seoul’s clearest assessment yet that a fourth generation of the Kim family dynasty is in the making.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s shares gained their most in about six months after its co-chief executive officer quoted customers as saying “Samsung is Back,” further fueling a broader Asian tech stock rally Friday.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s shares gained their most in about six months after its co-chief executive officer quoted customers as saying “Samsung is Back,” further fueling a broader Asian tech stock rally Friday.

Coupang is offering compensation worth more than $1 billion to all customers affected by South Korea’s biggest-ever data breach.

Ford Motor Co. canceled a 9.6 trillion won ($6.5 billion) battery agreement with LG Energy Solution Ltd. after the US automaker rolled back its electric vehicle ambitions.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the US government are backing Korea Zinc Co.’s planned $7.4 billion smelter in Tennessee that will supply critical minerals essential for chip-making, defense and aerospace.

SK Hynix Inc. is exploring a potential New York share listing, a move seen helping to close the valuation gap between the South Korean memory chipmaker and global peers including Micron Technology Inc.

SK Hynix Inc. is exploring a potential New York share listing, a move seen helping to close the valuation gap between the South Korean memory chipmaker and global peers including Micron Technology Inc.

North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected of being behind an exploit that saw 45 billion won (about $30 million) drained from South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit on Thursday, Yonhap News reported.

North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected of being behind an exploit that saw 45 billion won (about $30 million) drained from South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit on Thursday, Yonhap News reported.

South Korea’s central bank chief said he is less concerned about the won approaching 1,500 per dollar than he is about the force driving it there: young Koreans piling heavily into overseas stocks.

Lotte Chemical and HD Hyundai Chemical agreed to combine part of their naphtha-cracking facilities as South Korea’s top petrochemicals producers respond to a prolonged oversupply and weakening margins.