Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s National Pension Service, one of the world’s largest pension funds with more than $700 billion under management, is tightening oversight of its investments by extending active stewardship beyond publicly traded stocks to alternative assets such as real estate, infrastructure and private equity. The move, outlined in the fund’s newly submitted 2026 business plan, marks a significant escalation

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s government is preparing a new housing supply package that would add more than 50,000 homes across the Seoul metropolitan area, as policymakers scramble to address tightening supply and accelerating home-price gains in the capital, according to ruling-party and government officials. The plan, expected to be announced as early as the end of this month, will rely heavily

Kia Corp. has emerged as South Korea’s top-ranked large private-sector employer for workplace culture, underscoring a broader shift in how Korean companies—long defined by hierarchy and long hours—are retooling their internal cultures to compete for talent. The ranking, released Jan. 28 by corporate data research firm CEO Score, analyzed employee reviews posted on workplace platforms such as Blind and JobPlanet,

(Photo=Celltrion) Celltrion, a South Korea–based biopharmaceutical company best known for biosimilar drugs, is gaining measurable traction in the U.S. pharmaceutical market as prescriptions for Zymfentra, its subcutaneous infliximab treatment, climb to record levels less than a year after launch, signaling that the company is moving beyond early market entry and into a more established phase of commercial execution. According to

(Photo=Jimmy Kimmel Live youtube) A recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured an unusual detail for a mainstream late-night comedy show: a packaged food brand used inside a sketch without explanation, setup or context. The product was Shin Ramyun, a Korean instant ramen that appeared not in a commercial break but as part of the joke itself. In the scene,