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Dollar opens at 1,150.0 won, down from 1,150.2 won

Jun 24, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Dollar opens at 1,150.0 won, down from 1,150.2 won
Samsung Welstory taps into W300tr Chinese market

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s largest food catering service Samsung Welstory is out to tap into China’s foodstuff market that is estimated to be worth around 300 trillion won (US$ 259.5 billion). Sam...
SK Telecom, KT gear up to compete for 5G networks

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] The nation’s top telecom firms SK Telecom and KT are gearing up to compete in the field of next-generation network 5G. Korea’s leading mobile operator SK Telecom said on June 23 i...
Export-Import Bank finalize reform plans

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea's Export-Import Bank unveiled a road map for overhaul on June 23, the same day Korea Development Bank released its own self-refom measures. Eximbank's plans include stream...
KDB plans faster exit from bailed-out companies

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Korea Development Bank, a state policy bank under fire for mismanagement of bailed-out companies, said on June 23 it would exit from its ownership of 46 companies this year, raising th...
[INTERVIEW] Samsung‘s ever-evolving marketing innovations

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Early this year, Samsung Electronics ’ marketing team was preparing for the firm’s most important launch -- the Galaxy S7. It was a crucial juncture for the Korean tech giant. Its p...
Samsung Display shipped 97.7 % of OLED panels in Q1

Jun 23, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s Samsung Display was the world’s No.1 in terms of organic light-emitting diode panel shipment in the first quarter, accounting for 97.7 percent of global shipments. Indus...
Samsung Electronics Xian factory restored after power outage

Jun 22, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics ‘ semiconductor factory in China’s Xian City has been restored 90 hours after a power outage, the company said on June 22. The fab began full operations in the a...
Resources development policy hobbled by inconsistency

Jun 22, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Korea relies on imports for 96 percent of primary energy sources and 99 percent of key mineral resources. In the 2015 Energy Sustainability Index released by the World Energy Council,...
Korea’s largest LED, OLED fair to open

Jun 22, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s largest exposition for light-emitting diodes and organic light-emitting diodes will kick off at KINTEX in Gyeonggi Province on June 23. The event is hosted by the Commer...
IP lawsuits against Korean firms jumped by 4-fold

Jun 21, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] More than 240 intellectual property-related lawsuits were filed against South Korean firms in 2014, which was more than four times the 58 cases filed in 2010, according to data from th...
Investment funds reach record on low interest

Jun 21, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Funds deposited in investment accounts reached a record 26.2 trillion won ($22.7 billion) as of last Friday on the back of low interest rates, according to the Korea Financial Investme...
Seoul opts to expand Gimhae airport

Jun 21, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] Amid fierce rivalry growing over a new airport in the nation’s southeast region, the government dropped the multitrillion won project on Tuesday and said it would extend the facilities...
Korea, China, Japan sign agreement on fighting Ebola

Foreign affairsNov 23, 2014

South Korea, China and Japan have signed a joint statement outlining their efforts to strengthen three-way cooperation for preventing the Ebola virus from spreading in the three countries, Seoul’s h...
Ex-Citibank chief highest paid banker in Korea

Nov 16, 2014

Ha Yung-ku, former president of Citibank Korea. Former Citibank president Ha Yung-ku will again be the highest paid bank president in Korea this year. Though he stepped down from his post in Octobe...