SEOUL, Oct 21 - A united Korea -- combining Asia's fourth biggest economy with one of its poorest -- could surpass that of Germany or Japan in economic might in the next 30-40 years, U.S....
SEOUL, Oct 24 - A generation unit at a nuclear power plant in South Korea has shut down due to signal malfunctioning, Yonhap News reported on Saturday. One of six power generation units at the...
SEOUL, Jan 19 - Private equity firm Blackstone Group <BX.N> will launch a unit in South Korea this month to buy companies and real estate assets for a combined $2 billion from cash-strapped domestic firms,...
SEOUL, Jan 19 - Private equity firm Blackstone Group <BX.N> will launch a unit in South Korea this month to buy companies and real estate assets for a combined $2 billion, the Maeil Business Newspaper...
* Other shareholders stay away from share offering * GM to consider further financial assistance if necessary * GM Daewoo to use funds for general purposes, maturing debt (Adds details, quote, background) SEOUL, Oct 23...
SEOUL, Oct 23 - General Motor Co bought all of the new shares offered by its South Korean unit for 491.2 billion won ($413.4 million), GM Daewoo Automotive & Technology said on Friday. GM Daewoo...
* KB Financial, Hanwha seen as possible bidders * HSBC, Lotte deny interest SEOUL, Oct 16 - South Korea's Hanwha Securities is looking at the domestic units of Prudential Financial, which may pit it against...
SEOUL, Oct 1 - South Korea's KT Corp <030200.KS> said on Thursday its financial unit was considering acquiring a credit card processing company, as telecom companies try to enter the financial services market in search...
* Negotiations in early stage -report * KB Financial set to raise 1 trillion won later this month SEOUL, Aug 13 - Prudential Financial Inc <PRU.N> is in the early stage of talks with KB...
SEOUL, Aug 13 - Prudential Financial Inc <PRU.N> has put its South Korean brokerage arm up for sale and is in talks with KB Financial Group <105560.KS> as a potential buyer, an online news outlet...