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‘New Southern Policy’ encourages financial companies to look to Southeast Asia
For South Korean financial companies looking out for new growth momentum, the “New Southern Policy”...champions in Southeast Asian market expansion is KB Financial Group, steered by its flagship KB Kook...
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Shinhan gears up for ING Life takeover
Shinhan Financial Group is gearing up to raise 400 billion won ($357.5 million) through debt fundin...ompany, has sought to dwarf local competitors -- KB, Hana and Woori -- in terms of total capital and...
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South Koreans welcome inter-Korean reconciliation for reasons besides just peace
... percent for the entire nation and the 0.30 percent increase for Seoul, according to a report from KB Financial Group. Many others are apparently betting on peace -- or at least improved relations -- betwe...
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Prosecution indicts 38 bank officials for hiring misconduct
...yment, in the latest development in the local financial sector’s hiring scandal. The Supreme Prosec...ities also announced that the incumbent heads of KB Financial Group and Hana Financial Group -- Yoon...
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Banks preparing for possible resumption of inter-Korean projects
...ly in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) South Korean banks, including Shinhan Financial Group and KB Financial Group -- have set up task forces to conduct research on inter-Korean economic p...
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Prosecutors raid Shinhan Bank in probe into hiring irregularities
...o the country's third-largest bank, after the Financial Supervisory Service found in its own inquiry...utable charges. Yoon Jong-kyoo, the chairman of KB Financial Group Inc., was questioned by prosecut...
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Banks hold breath as recruitment scandals intensify
...ed in a recruitment scandal is provincial DGB Financial Group and Daegu Bank Chairman Park In-gyu, w...month after he resigned from the post in March. KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo is also ...
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Group calls for stronger action against gender discrimination in employment
...ty on gender discrimination in employment,” the group said in an open letter to the labor minister. ...rotested against hiring irregularities in the financial sector as KEB Hana Bank and KB Kookmin Bank ...
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KB Financial chief apologizes for alleged hiring irregularities
The chairman of KB Financial Group Inc. apologized on Friday for being embroiled in allegations of hiring irregularities at the financial group's flagship bank. Police raided the homes and offices o...
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FSC to toughen governance rules for financial firms
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission announced Thursday a set of plans to strengthen corpora...their next terms as “self-reinstating.” Hana Financial Group Chairman Kim Jung-tai, who recently wo...
