The head of Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest zinc smelter, has been making last-ditch efforts to thwart a tender offer by private equity firm MBK Partners and Young Poong Corp., the smelter’s biggest

Seoul shares closed higher Monday to extend their winning streak to a fifth day, backed by tech gains, as investors were digesting the U.S. Federal Reserve’s big cut last week. The local currency fell

South Korea will mobilize K2 tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers to take part in combined drills in Qatar next month, marking the Army’s first overseas exercise of its kind, officials said Monday.

A contingent

South Korean defense firm LIG Nex1 Co. on Monday unveiled a plan to invest 5 trillion won (US$3.7 billion) and export its products to 30 countries by 2030, backed by an expanded anti-missile and

The National Assembly is expected to pass a bill this week increasing the maximum length of parental leave from two years to three years, a ruling party official said Monday.

Rep. Kim Sang-hoon, chief