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Structural reform key task amid slowing global economy: BIS officialEconomyNov 20, 2018As the global economy faces an inevitable slowdown next year, major economies should lay emphasis on structural reforms to respond to the decline in labor productivity and growth potential, according... -
Seoul shares close lower, tracking Wall StreetEconomyNov 20, 2018South Korean stocks closed lower on Tuesday after rising to a four-week high in the previous session as overnight losses on Wall Street, where investors were concerned over trade tension between Wash... -
Korea urges financial firms to advance into ThailandMarketsNov 20, 2018FSS, KFB invite officials of Bank of Thailand for seminar with Korean banks, credit card companies -
Regulator asks prosecutors to probe accounting breaches at Samsung BioLogicsEconomyNov 20, 2018South Korea's financial regulator formally asked state prosecutors on Tuesday to launch a criminal probe into accounting breaches at Samsung BioLogics Co., a move that is expected to deal another blo... -
Global economy will slow down further in 2019: think tankEconomyNov 20, 2018KIEP forecasts 3.5 percent growth for world economy next year -
Sales of Korean firms up for 2nd year in 2017EconomyNov 20, 2018Combined sales by South Korean companies rose for the second-straight year in 2017 on better performances in the manufacturing, telecommunication and retail sectors, government data showed Tuesday. ... -
Vietnamese consumers positive about Korean goods: pollEconomyNov 20, 2018The bulk of Vietnamese consumers are positive about the design and image of South Korean goods, but many feel burdened by their high prices, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey of 2,000 Vietnamese peo... -
Korea's producer prices fall for first time in nearly a year in Oct.EconomyNov 20, 2018South Korea's producer prices backtracked for the first time in nearly one year in October as farm production recovered in the fall season, central bank data showed Tuesday. The producer price index... -
Korea's finance minister meets senior Chinese politicianMarketsNov 19, 2018SEJONG (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon held a meeting with a senior Chinese politician Monday during which they discussed ways to promote economic ties between the two nations, Kim‘s mini... -
Korea needs to boost service exportsEconomyNov 19, 2018Korea needs to step up efforts to increase exports in the service sector to offset a possible decline in the outbound shipment of its major manufactured goods, experts here say. Exports have shored ... -
Large-scale executive reshuffles loom in Korea’s banking sectorMarketsNov 19, 2018South Korea’s financial groups are facing potentially massive reshuffles of their executive teams as a majority of the incumbents at commercial lenders and their holding companies approach the end of... -
Finance minister says it's time to help innovation-led growth bear fruitEconomyNov 19, 2018South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Monday that more efforts should be placed on economic reform to help innovation-led growth policies bear fruit. In a meeting with businessmen, Finance M... -
Retail investors own over W3t of suspended Samsung BiologicsEconomyNov 19, 2018Retail investors are estimated to hold more than 3 trillion won worth of Samsung BioLogics Co. shares, whose trading was suspended last week over window-dressing, a corporate researcher said Monday. ... -
BOK chief calls for resilience against external risksEconomyNov 19, 2018South Korea’s central bank chief on Monday urged Asia-Pacific economies to reinforce their resilience against potential external risk factors amid a fluctuating global financial environment. “We mus... -
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[News Focus] State-sponsored ‘Zero-Pay’ scheme brings sustainability into questionMarketsNov 18, 2018South Korea’s capital city is poised to set up a state-sponsored financial infrastructure project aimed at lowering card payment-processing costs for small merchants. But there are already doubts ab...
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