South Korea is opening its carbon-credit market to brokerage firms — a shift that could make one of Asia’s most active emissions-trading systems far more accessible to global investors watching the rise of climate-focused finance. The Korea Exchange, the country’s main securities bourse, said it will allow securities firms to broker carbon-credit trades starting Sunday, with NH Investment & Securities

(Photo=Pixabay) Korean cosmetics companies are targeting Latin America as their next growth market, moving into a region where American and European beauty brands have less dominance than in other parts of the world. Exports from South Korea to Latin America reached $70 million last year, up from $15 million in 2020, according to the Korea International Trade Association, an industry

(Photo=GS Retail) G-Dragon, a South Korean rapper and fashion designer, will release a craft beer through GS25, a convenience store chain in South Korea, next month. GS25 announced the December 11 launch of Daisy Ale, developed with G-Dragon's fashion brand Peaceminusone and Hitachino Nest, a Japanese craft brewery. The beer takes its name and theme from the daisy flower, which

(Photo=Plestar) Polestar, the Swedish electric vehicle brand backed by Volvo and China’s Geely, has begun manufacturing its Polestar 4 model in Busan, South Korea, for export to the United States — a strategic shift aimed at avoiding U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made EVs and reinforcing its global supply chain. CEO Michael Lohscheller, speaking to Korean media in Seoul, called the Busan

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s producer prices rose for the second consecutive month in October, driven largely by strong global demand for memory chips, according to data released Thursday by the Bank of Korea. The Producer Price Index (PPI) increased 0.2% month over month to 120.82 (2020=100), following a 0.4% rise in September. Prices of agricultural and fisheries products fell 4.2% from