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January 31, 2019 Industry

[Weekender] How long can the startup boom cycle last?

South Korea is riding the global trend of high liquidity in the startup scene. Money is pouring into the sector, and investors are looking for the next big thing to invest in. However, concerns ling...

New executive roster adds to cracks in financial industry’s glass ceiling

The thick glass ceiling in the finance industry of South Korea got a few more cracks in the last month, with the latest reshuffles in the country’s leading banking and securities brokerage companies ...

January 1, 2019
Finance
[Eye Plus] Letting go

After hours of strenuous waiting, standing against the wicked winter winds, those who have flocked to scenic viewpoints stare in awe at the sea’s horizon. On South Korea’s west coast, the gleaming y...

December 27, 2018
Travel
Korean stocks to take biggest yearly slump since 2008 financial crisis

South Korea’s stock market indexes in 2018 are set to mark the largest yearly slump in a decade since the global financial crisis hit Asia’s fourth-largest economy in 2008. As of the Wednesday sessi...

December 27, 2018
Finance
Korean stocks drift lower on Trump fears

South Korea’s stock market indexes drifted lower Wednesday on prevailing risk-averse investor sentiment due to uncertainties in the United States. The main bourse benchmark Kospi closed at 2,028.01,...

December 26, 2018
Finance
Hyundai Engineering donates disaster-resistant modular houses

South Korean engineering and construction services provider Hyundai Engineering said Wednesday that it donated five units of modular homes to residents of aged buildings vulnerable to risks of natura...

December 26, 2018
Industry
Dividends of Kospi-listed firms expected to rise for 6th straight year

The size of annual dividends of Kospi-listed firms is likely to jump for the sixth consecutive year this year, partly spurred by the companies’ efforts to enhance responsible shareholder engagement s...

December 25, 2018
Finance
Korea to add two more internet-only banks

South Korea’s financial authorities announced Sunday plans to introduce at most two internet-only banks within the next two years, in an apparent move to ramp up competition in a market in the course...

December 23, 2018
Finance
Capital raised through IPO lowest in 5 years

The annual volume of capital raised through initial public offerings in the South Korean stock market this year is expected to mark the lowest in five years, amid volatile sessions throughout 2018 du...

December 23, 2018
Finance
Authorities vow closer watch on US rate hike repercussion

South Korea’s central bank has vowed closer monitoring in domestic financial markets to brace for potential volatile capital flows following a US rate hike Wednesday, while the financial watchdog rev...

December 20, 2018
Finance
Rate differentials have minor impact on foreign bond capital outflow: BOK

The interest rate differentials between the United States and South Korea have had a negligible effect on the outflow of foreign capital from the domestic bond market, showed a study by Korea’s centr...

December 19, 2018
Finance
BOK chief warns of risk, lack of driver of economic growth

The head of South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday warned of persisting internal and external risks in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and the lack of a driver for economic growth other than semiconduct...

December 19, 2018
Economy
Short-term bond yield inches closer to base rate

South Korea’s short-term sovereign bond yield has hovered just above the base rate, due to lingering market impact from the government’s plan to repurchase bonds before maturity and market uncertaint...

December 17, 2018
Finance
Lotte to sell off private financing unit

Lotte Group is poised to sell its financing unit Lotte Capital and discuss the matter in the respective board of directors meetings of its shareholding Lotte subsidiaries this week, according to a ne...

December 17, 2018
Finance
Delisting of pharma firm sparks debate on market fairness

The South Korean market operator’s decision to delist a local pharmaceuticals company is raising questions about the fairness in authorities’ action against firms accused of accounting errors, with i...

December 16, 2018
Finance

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