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Hurdles to foreign arbitrage explain ‘kimchi premium’: BOKMarketsSept 11, 2018Hurdles that impede the flow of cross-border transactions have created cryptocurrency price gaps of more than 40 percent between Korea and other countries, researchers from South Korea’s central bank... -
Credit card loans jump 17% in H1MarketsSept 11, 2018South Korean credit card firms saw their card loans soar nearly 17 percent on-year in the first half of the year as tougher bank loan screenings forced borrowers to resort to them, industry data show... -
Ex-FSS senior official arrested for stock price riggingMarketsSept 10, 2018A former senior official of the market watchdog Financial Supervisory Service has been arrested for colluding with a private money lender in rigging the stock price of his company, prosecutors said M... -
Declining investment holding back growthEconomySept 10, 2018A steep decline in domestic investments is becoming a main drawback on the country’s economic growth, with projections suggesting it is likely to fall short of the government’s target of 2.9 percent ... -
MERS fears boost related stocksMarketsSept 10, 2018South Korean investors on Monday began to rush to stocks in business areas related to the production of face masks and the development of vaccines, after the recent return of Middle East respiratory ... -
Real estate trust companies set record with H1 incomeMarketsSept 10, 2018South Korea’s 11 real estate trust companies logged a combined 285.3 billion won ($253.1 million) net profit in the first half of 2018, surpassing their performance in all previous half-years, prelim... -
PM leaves for visit Russia's Vladivostok for economic forumEconomySept 10, 2018Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Vladivostok on Monday to attend an annual international economic forum and hold meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo A... -
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[Kosdaq Star] Prepaid card biz a catalyst for Kona IMarketsSept 9, 2018This is the 61st in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. South Korea’s leading smart card part manufacturer Kona I is gaining market presence... -
Seoul shares to come under pressure from trade woesMarketsSept 8, 2018South Korean stocks will move within a tight range as investors may remain skittish over the escalating trade tension between the United States and China and rising odds of a Federal Reserve rate hik... -
Current account surplus hits yearly high on growth in semiconductorsEconomySept 6, 2018Inbound travelers increase amid alleviated geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula -
Korea, India hold talks on trade remediesEconomySept 6, 2018South Korea and India have discussed ways to reduce the use of trade remedy measures and promote investment opportunities between the two nations, Seoul's trade ministry said Thursday. Senior offici... -
Job market expected to improve in earnest next year: officialEconomySept 6, 2018South Korea's job market is expected to improve in earnest next year, with more than 200,000 new jobs likely to be created in the second half of 2019, the vice chief of the presidential job commissio... -
US imposes anti-dumping duty on Korean power transformersEconomySept 6, 2018The United States Department of Commerce has decided to impose an anti-dumping duty on power transformers made by South Korea's Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., industry sources said Wednesday.... -
Trump says revised Korea trade deal may be signed in 'couple of weeks'EconomySept 6, 2018WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a revised trade deal between the US and South Korea may be signed "in a couple of weeks." Speaking at the White House, Trump indicated the... -
Soaring debt among self-employed puts economy at riskEconomySept 5, 2018A steep rise in debt owed by self-employed people with faltering businesses is a ticking time bomb for the South Korean economy, experts warn. Outstanding loans to the self-employed increased 77 tri...
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