KOREAN GIANTS ARE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AGAIN NOW FOR THEIR GIVING

The assets of most foundations consist largely of shares with voting rights in chaebol-affiliated companies... READ MORE›

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HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS

With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›

On Tuesday, after the episode on the flight bound for Incheon, South Korea, from New York's Kennedy Airport had become public, Ms... READ MORE›

THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER

But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR JY LEE ARRESTED IN BRIBERY PROBE

Samsung is South Korea's largest business group and its revenue is equivalent to about a fifth of the country's GDP... READ MORE›

CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS

Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR GETS 5 YEARS FOR SCANDAL THAT TOPPLED A PRESIDENT

Prosecutors had sought 12 years in prison for the 49-year-old billionaire, whose lawyer said he would appeal... READ MORE›

CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM

The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›

S. KOREAN PROSECUTORS TO SEEK ARREST WARRANT FOR EX-PRESIDENT PARK

If issued, Park would become the third South Korean former leader to be taken into custody... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG CHIEF GRILLED FOR 15 HOURS IN SOUTH KOREA GRAFT PROBE

Lee, who has denied allegations of bribery through Samsung Group spokespeople, had arrived at the office on Monday morning... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG GROUP CHIEF FACES ARREST, ACCUSED OF PAYING MILLIONS IN BRIBES

She also denied having any prior knowledge of the Samsung Group's controversial 2015 merger of two affiliates... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG CRISIS BEGAN IN RUSH TO CAPITALISE ON 'UNINSPIRING' IPHONE

The company, founded in 1970 and 20 per cent owned by Samsung Electronics, makes batteries for other phone-makers too, including Apple... READ MORE›

STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER

Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY

The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›

STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION

Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›

CHINAS STOCK CRASH HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS

The stock market crash in China is a test of President Xi Jinping's stated goal of reducing the government's dominant role in the economy... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA PARDONS 6,000 CRIMINALS INCLUDING BUSINESS TYCOONS IN MOVE TO HELP ECONOMY

President Park's decision is also expected to renew intense debate surrounding the influence held by chaebol - powerful, family-controlled business groups - in South Korea... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA'S OBSESSION WITH EXAM SUCCESS

Final year high school students in South Korea are sitting annual entrance exams for universities and colleges... READ MORE›

STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY COULD SLOW COOLING IPO MARKET

Even before the current market turmoil, 39 companies had withdrawn their IPO plans, compared with 32 at the same point last year... READ MORE›

DOW, S&P 500 FALL IN '15; NASDAQ UP 5.7%

Stocks in Europe were also ending the year on a negative note, with the broad Stoxx Europe 600 off 0.4 percent ... READ MORE›

STAFF FEAR THE CHOP IN SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS ANNUAL RESHUFFLE

The younger Lee, 46, has been the de-facto decision maker as his father, Samsung Group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, remains hospitalized following a heart attack in May... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR LEE JAE-YONG TO BE INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES

But since his father, Lee Kun-hee, suffered a heart attack in 2014, he is considered de facto boss of the entire Samsung Group conglomerate... READ MORE›

SK HYNIX TO SPEND $26 BILLION FOR TWO NEW SOUTH KOREA CHIP PLANTS

The new plants are part of a 46 trillion won investment plan first announced by conglomerate SK Group that controls SK Hynix last week... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG GROUP SELLS SHARES IN CHEMICAL, DEFENSE ARMS FOR $1.7 BILLION

Samsung Group is reorganizing its business empire to make it easier for the children of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 005930... READ MORE›

ALL OR NOTHING IN 2016, TOP STOCK PROS SAY

Stock market will get a little bit more of a push higher in 2016... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS WINS $3 BILLION VIETNAM PROJECT LICENSE

(Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Stephen Coates)... READ MORE›

STOCKS CLOSE MIXED AS OIL TANKS ALMOST 6%

Post to Facebook Stocks close mixed as oil tanks almost 6 percent Markets remain volatile after last week's worst start to a year ever on Wall Street... READ MORE›

AN $830,000 HORSE, A PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL AND SAMSUNG SUCCESSION

The combination helps make it easier for Lee to take control over Samsung Group, a sprawling conglomerate of nearly 60 companies, and crown jewel Samsung Electronics... READ MORE›

CHINESE STOCK CRASH LEAVES INVESTORS CYNICAL

BEIJING -- When hairdresser Zhang Liang first tiptoed into the Chinese stock market back in March, things could hardly have gone better... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG SCION TO BE INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES

Samsung said that Park Sang-jin, a president at the flagship Samsung Electronics, had also stood down... READ MORE›

DISGRACED DAUGHTER OF OUSTED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT'S CONFIDANTE RETURNS HOME

X Edition United States Disgraced daughter of ousted South Korean president's confidante returns h..... READ MORE›