Korea’s IPO subscription rate jumps 2.7 times in 2 years amid stock market rally

No. of small shareholders of 2,041 listed firms surges nearly 80%

[Herald Interview] Scaling legal service with tech touch

Korea‘s full-service law firm Yulchon opens e-discovery center to address new client demand

IMM PE to acquire stake in Korea’s top furniture company

IMM Private Equity, the third-largest private equity firm in Seoul, with $5.4 billion assets under management, is in talks to become the largest shareholder of South Korea’s largest kitchen and interior furniture goods manufacturer Hanssem, a filing showed on July 14. The proposed strategic investor and the seller group has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the transaction. Hanssem did not disclose the proposed acquisition price. 　This gives IMM PE the exclusive rights to ne

Korea Herald‘s The Investor to co-host webinar on digital currencies in Asia

The Investor, the financial news platform run by The Korea Herald, will jointly hold a webinar on government-backed digital currencies and the future of cryptocurrencies next week. As a co-host, The Investor joins with the Asia News Network, an alliance of 23 national media outlets in 20 Asian countries, to discuss the prospect of digital currencies and their role in decentralized finance in the post-COVID era. The Star of Malaysia, also an ANN member, is the co-host of the virtual event title

‘Japan never admitted a thing’

Sexual slavery victim Lee urges Japan to address comfort women issue at International Court of Justice

Sculptor Yi Hwan-kwon casts light on vanity of things with shadows

Sculptor Yi Hwan-kwon’s works easily catch people’s attention. His signature sculptures, made using 3D scanning techniques, create distorted illusions that provoke curiosity and are readily recognized by many people. While he has gained much popularity with his iconic sculptures, it hit him one day that he was finding it difficult to put his works into words. He then became skeptical about his own work. “Over the past several years, I strived to search for something. I don

Scaling legal service with tech touch

Korea‘s full-service law firm Yulchon opens e-discovery center to address new client demand

Author Yun Ko-eun sees her Dagger-winning ‘The Disaster Tourist’ as being genre fluid

First Asian to win prestigious crime fiction prize talks about working closely with translator Lizzie Buehler, difficulties of packaging book for global audience

UN says 42 percent of North Koreans undernourished

Around 42 percent of North Koreans were undernourished last year, a UN report said Tuesday, as the impoverished nation faces acute food insecurity amid the prolonged pandemic and severe weather conditions, compounded by international sanctions. 　 As many as 10.9 million people in North Korea, or 42.24 percent of the population, were undernourished from 2018 to 2020, according to the report jointly published by five UN agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Pr

2022 minimum wage set at 9,160 won, falling short of Moon’s campaign promise

Yet almost no one’s happy after obstacle-strewn journey

Logistics investment continues as e-commerce war wages on

From next morning delivery of grocerys to a tech-powered shipping platform for small merchants, e-commerce expansion spurs innovation in parcel delivery

1 in 8 Korean women aged 70 or over

Korea ranks No. 2 in women’s life span in OECD