Big commodities groups watching outcome as founding families vie for Korea Zinc
Rhee Chang-yong calls for caps on university admissions from upmarket capital districts to check price growth
US project commitments from South Korean companies totalled $21.5bn last year, more than any other country
Overproduction, tariffs and weak demand increase competition with a glut of low-cost goods
Only 1% of 2,600 listed companies have signed up to new initiative aimed at boosting valuations
Alarm has risen in Seoul over industrial groups losing their technological edge
Asian nation seeks to become leading player in market dominated by China and Russia
Case of Kakao founder Kim Beom-su shines light on dysfunctional relationship between business, politics and law enforcement
Parents and grandparents spoil their kids with expensive fashion products as low birth rate leads to smaller families
Critics of a Doosan group restructuring argue the country needs a fiduciary duty standard for shareholders
South Korean internet company’s chief in custody over bidding battle with agency behind boy band BTS
Move to detain Kakao founder Brian Kim follows regulator’s vow to crack down on insider trading
Korean tech giant risks losing disenchanted engineers to domestic rival SK Hynix
Smartphone maker adds new capabilities in niche premium segment to combat being undercut on price
Thousands of workers take action over pay and conditions at South Korean tech company
Supplier to Ford and Volkswagen may have to be rescued by its South Korean parent as losses mount
World’s largest memory chipmaker forecasts 15-fold rise in second-quarter figures
South-east Asian country is pushing to move up electric vehicle value chain
Online comics platform prices IPO at top of range for $2.7bn valuation
Most of dead at factory reported to hail from China as cause of explosion that sparked blaze remains unclear
Japanese officials say South Korea’s Naver should cut stake in Line Yahoo on security grounds
Hanwha Aerospace has partnered with the government to move up the defence value chain
Nongshim’s products have gone mainstream in US, where the company plans to add production lines
Electronics group trails South Korean peer SK Hynix in high-bandwidth memory chips for artificial intelligence
Tokyo, Seoul and Canberra follow EU and US in trying to rein in dominance of Apple and Google
