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FTC increases punitive actions against anti-trust violations

The Fair Trade Commission took more punitive actions against anti-trust law violators in 2017 over the previous year, its data showed Monday. The data, submitted to ruling party legislator Park Yong...

Apr 16, 2018
Finance
Foreigners turn to net buyers of S. Korean stocks in March

Foreign investors turned to net buyers of South Korean stocks last month, data showed Monday. Offshore investors bought a net 123 billion won ($114.95 million) worth of local stocks in March, compar...

Apr 16, 2018
Finance
[Photo News] Ways to show regret

(Samsung Securities) Samsung Securities CEO Koo Sung-hoon (front row, second from left), along with the company’s executive members and senior employees, write a letter of apology during an emergenc...

Apr 15, 2018
Finance
[Kosdaq Star] Fine dust woes boost Winix momentum

This is the 54th in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. Living with fine dust has become a new norm for South Koreans, with pedestrians wear...

Apr 15, 2018
Finance
US does not designate S. Korea as currency manipulator

The United States declined to designate South Korea as a currency manipulator Friday but kept it on its list of countries to monitor. In a semiannual report to Congress, the Treasury Department said...

Apr 14, 2018
Finance
FSS chief urges asset management firms to secure retail investor trust

The Financial Supervisory Service Gov. Kim Ki-sik on Friday stressed the need to secure retail investors’ trust in investment funds held by public, in a meeting with chief executives of asset managem...

Apr 13, 2018
Finance
Prices of crypto tokens fluctuate upon ICOs on Bithumb

The prices of cryptocurrency tokens severely fluctuated immediately after being listed on South Korea‘s cryptocurrency exchanges including Bithumb, Thursday. (Yonhap) The price of encrypted tokens ...

Apr 13, 2018
Finance
Seoul to discuss currency market intervention report with IMF next week

South Korea will discuss currency market-related issues, such as how to reveal records of its market interventions, with the International Monetary Fund next week, the country's chief economic policy...

Apr 13, 2018
Finance
FSS investigates nonbanking firms’ hiring irregularities

The Financial Supervisory Service on Thursday launched inspections targeting nonbanking financial companies in South Korea, following its probe on the banking industry. (Yonhap) The targets of the ...

Apr 12, 2018
Finance
Securities firms fined for failing to identify Samsung chairman assets

South Korea‘s four securities firms have been slapped with a combined 3.4 billion won ($3.2 million) in fines for their failure to identify and verify assets owned by bedridden Samsung Electronics Ch...

Apr 12, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Banksalad relieves financial information overload

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 13th installment. - Ed. Despite having easy access to thousands of finan...

Apr 12, 2018
Finance
Energi Mine enters Korea, seeks local partnership

Energy efficiency blockchain platform in talks with Hyundai, Kia

Apr 11, 2018
Finance
[Newsmaker] Key pension funds pull plug on Samsung Securities

Top brokerage reels under aftermath of stock dividend error

Apr 10, 2018
Finance
Payoneer launches Korea office, targeting SMEs selling globally via online marketplaces

Payoneer, a New York-based payments processing company, officially launched a new South Korea office Tuesday, targeting small and midsized businesses here that sell their products globally via online...

Apr 10, 2018
Finance
Watchdog chides Samsung Securities for internal control void, begins inspection

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service on Monday began an investigation into Samsung Securities over it lacking internal controls to detect or correct a computational input error that caused sli...

Apr 9, 2018
Finance

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