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S. Korea sees record number of delivery workers amid pandemicEconomySept 1, 2021With people preferring delivery services to abide by social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea saw a record number of delivery workers last year, data showed Wednesday. The t... -
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Amateur investors demand tougher penalties for illegal short sellingMarketsSept 1, 2021Anti-short selling campaigners say Korean version of GameStop saga will continue until playing field becomes even -
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Banks' average capital adequacy ratio rises in Q2MoneySept 1, 2021South Korean banks saw their financial health improve in the second quarter from three months earlier as they reported high net profits and raised capital amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wedn... -
Conglomerates' insider stock ownership up in 2021MarketsSept 1, 2021Insider stock ownership at South Korea's family-run conglomerates rose this year as more founding members and their families sought to tighten their grip on management, the antitrust regulator said W... -
Real estate trust market grows 18.9% in H1EconomySept 1, 2021South Korea's real estate trust market expanded nearly 19 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier amid a brisk property market, data showed Wednesday. Fourteen local real estate tr... -
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Seoul stocks open nearly flat on Wall Street lossesMarketsSept 1, 2021South Korean stocks opened slightly lower Wednesday, tracking a muted session on Wall Street overnight as investors took a breather after US stocks reached record high levels. The benchmark Korea Co... -
Moody's raises S. Korea's 2021 growth outlook to 4%EconomyAug 31, 2021Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday revised up South Korea's growth forecast for this year to 4 percent on strong exports. In its report on world economic outlook, the rating agency adjusted South ... -
Kakao Pay revises down IPO size after 2-month delayMoneyAug 31, 2021South Korea‘s mobile payment app operator Kakao Pay has revised down its target offer price range for the initial public offering of its stocks as its plan to go public underwent a two-month delay, a... -
Korea proposes largest-ever budget to speed up recovery of virus-hit economyEconomyAug 31, 2021Moon keeps expansionary stance for his final year despite growing criticism over the nation’s worsening fiscal soundness -
3 crypto exchanges launch ‘travel rule’ joint ventureMoneyAug 31, 2021South Korea’s three top cryptocurrency exchanges -- Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit -- launched a joint venture to co-develop solutions for a “travel rule” system, the companies said Tuesday. They inves... -
Tougher measures in store to rein in household debt: top regulatorEconomyAug 31, 2021Financial authorities will unveil additional measures to rein in household debts, the new head of the financial regulator said Tuesday. Koh Seung-beom, the new chairman of the Financial Service Comm... -
Seoul stocks rise for 3rd day on tech gainsMarketsAug 31, 2021South Korean stocks rose for the third straight session Tuesday as foreign investors scooped up tech shares after an overnight tech rally on Wall Street. The Korean won rose against the US dollar. T...
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