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Jung Min-kyung

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Articles by Jung Min-kyung

FSS to appeal against court decision favoring Woori chairman

MoneySept 17, 2021

The Financial Supervisory Service said Friday it plans to appeal a Seoul court decision last month that nullified the watchdog’s penalty on the current Woori Financial Group chairman, which held him ...
Shinhan acquires stake in ICT solutions provider for online corporate banking platform

MoneySept 17, 2021

Shinhan Bank said Friday that it has acquired a minority stake in a local information and communication technology solutions and services provider to bolster its partnership for development of a new ...
OK Savings Bank’s ‘Pak Se-ri tournament’ to kick-off Friday

MoneySept 16, 2021

Female golfers will gather Friday to play in a Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament hosted by OK Savings Bank, which returned this year after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-...
No. of Korean youths who gave up job seeking surges 35%

EconomySept 14, 2021

South Koreans aged between 15 and 29 who were unemployed, not engaged in schooling or housework, and were not seeking jobs increased some 35 percent on-year, data showed Tuesday. As of May, 96,000 w...
[Newsmaker] Demand for apartments on rise despite loan restrictions

MarketsSept 10, 2021

Demand for apartments in South Korea’s capital and the surrounding areas continued to rise for two consecutive weeks, despite the central bank’s latest rate hike and financial institutions’ efforts t...
Housing rent loan extended to young Koreans doubles in 4 years

EconomySept 9, 2021

The total loan extended to Koreans in their 20s and 30s to pay their “jeonse” rents more than doubled since President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017, data showed Thursday, reflecting the reality of ...
Wealthy Koreans face excessive taxes: think tank

EconomySept 8, 2021

South Korea has placed an excessive tax burden on members of its top income bracket in recent years, a think tank said Wednesday, suggesting that this could cause an exodus of wealthy Koreans. The i...
Financial firms ask regulators to keep hands off internal affairs

MoneySept 7, 2021

South Korea’s financial services lobby groups have called on regulators to take a step back from their involvement in corporate internal affairs, industry sources said Tuesday, apparently irked by th...
[NK DEFECTOR'S EYE] South Korea’s financial market, crypto assets and metaverse through the eyes of NK defectors

MoneySept 6, 2021

This is the first installment in a series of articles on North Korean defectors in transition, and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in the face of South Korea’s financial market and it...
[Newsmaker] Demand for apartments higher despite rate hike

MarketsSept 3, 2021

South Korea’s demand for apartments in the capital and its surrounding areas only got higher, despite the central bank’s recent decision to end 15 months of record-low interest rates, data showed Fri...
S. Korea’s economy likely to meet annual 4 percent goal: BOK

EconomySept 2, 2021

South Korea is now more likely to meet its annual growth goal of 4 percent, with the economy on faster-than-expected track to recovery, despite woes stemming from the fourth and worst wave of the vir...
S. Korea sees record number of delivery workers amid pandemic

EconomySept 1, 2021

With 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...
Fed’s tapering talk has limited impact on Korean market ‘for now’

MarketsAug 31, 2021

The reports surrounding the US Federal Reserve’s plan to trim bond purchases over an extended period have had limited impact on the Korean market “for now,” First Vice Finance Minister Lee Eog-won sa...
Standard Chartered launches blockchain trade finance platform

MoneyAug 30, 2021

Standard Chartered said Monday it has launched a blockchain-based digital trade finance platform through a joint venture with Chinese supply chain financial technology firm Linklogis. The platform n...
Does central bank’s rate hike signal end to ‘bittoo’ era?

EconomyAug 29, 2021

The central bank’s rate hike last week may signal an end to Korean investors borrowing heavily to invest -- and may even put retail stock investors at greater risk, according to market analysts Sunda...

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