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[News Focus] Behind NCsoft’s stocks plunge lies the power of tradable itemsMarketsJun 22, 2017Item trading involving cash exchange is often seen as the culprit behind game-related crimes in South Korea, even causing cases of fraud or physical violence among game players. The feature is also ... -
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[Monitor] More people out of job for over 6 monthsEconomyJun 22, 2017The number of people unemployed for six months, who are classified as long-term unemployed, reached a 13-year high in May this year, according to Statistics Korea on Thursday. Some 120,000 were long... -
Korean shares end higher on large-cap gainsMarketsJun 22, 2017South Korean stocks ended slightly higher Thursday as investors scooped up large-cap stocks. The Korean won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 12.84 poi... -
Number of property rental biz workers up sharply amid market boom: dataEconomyJun 22, 2017The number of people earning a living by renting property has risen sharply in recent years, government data showed Thursday, amid a market boom brought on by policy measures to prop up the housing m... -
KDB’s ‘Next Round’ program targets start-upsMarketsJun 22, 2017To help startups prepare for the future, Korea Development Bank has been running the “KDB Next Round” program that helps link companies with new investors. First launched in August last year, KDB’s... -
Korean workers earn average W3.29m monthly in 2015EconomyJun 22, 2017South Korean employees were paid an average 3.29 million won ($2,885) per month in 2015, with male workers earning 1.7 times more than their female colleagues, government data showed Thursday. Accor... -
Korean shares extend gains on tech, airline stocksMarketsJun 22, 2017South Korean shares extended gains late Thursday morning as foreigners turned net buyers. The won traded higher against the dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 7.19 points, ... -
Korea spends 48% of 2017 budget through MayEconomyJun 22, 2017The South Korean government has used nearly half of its planned budget in the first five months of the year as part of its efforts to frontload spending to prop up the economy, the finance ministry s... -
Whisky sales drop amid change in drinking cultureEconomyJun 22, 2017Sales of whisky products in South Korea continued to fall in the first five months of this year, mainly due to a protracted economic slump and a change in the drinking culture, industry data showed T... -
Value of stocks owned by 100 richest shareholders jumps 21.3%MarketsJun 22, 2017The combined value of stocks owned by South Korea's 100 richest stockholders has jumped 21.3 percent, helped by a rally in the stock market, industry data showed Thursday. The benchmark Korea Compos... -
Mortgage applications soar on anti-speculation stepsMarketsJun 22, 2017South Korea's four major lenders saw mortgage applications jump nearly 11 percent shortly after the government unveiled measures to cool the property market this week, sources said Thursday. The fin... -
Seoul shares open higher despite US lossesMarketsJun 22, 2017South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday despite overnight losses on Wall Street, led by gains in top cap Samsung Electronics. The won rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Sto... -
Probe on NCsoft short selling launchedMarketsJun 21, 2017The financial regulators launched a probe Wednesday on the massive short sellings of the game developer NCsoft the previous day, amid market concerns over alleged insider trading. On Tuesday, a day ... -
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[Monitor] Nearly half of Korean workers pay no income taxMarketsJun 21, 2017Nearly half of South Korean workers paid no income tax in 2015, a state-run think tank‘s report showed Tuesday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Institute of Public Finance, 46.5 perce... -
MSCI decision unlikely to dampen Korean stock markets: FSCMarketsJun 21, 2017South Korea’s stock markets are unlikely to be dampened despite foreign cash flight triggered by the MSCI’s plans to add China A Large Cap shares to its benchmark emerging markets index starting next...
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