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September 19, 2018 Finance

FSS chief touts Korea as ‘financial hub,’ riding on inter-Korean thaw

The pangovernmental moves to “advance Korean markets to a financial hub in Northeast Asia” will gain steam, riding on the inter-Korean thaw in the wake of this year’s third inter-Korean summit, South...

Market watchers play down summit’s potential impact

South Korean markets gained little impetus on the first day of the third inter-Korean summit on Tuesday, as market analysts remained cautious about the summit’s potential long-term impact. But some ...

September 18, 2018
Finance
Embattled Toptec CEO denies spilling tech secrets

Toptec, a South Korean maker of automated machines for production of display panels and semiconductors, denied recent allegations that it had attempted to sell confidential information on technology ...

September 17, 2018
Finance
LIG Nex1 partners with KBR to upgrade military systems

LIG Nex1, South Korea’s second-largest aerospace maker and defense company in terms of defense revenue, has sealed an agreement with the US defense system certification agency KBR to gain US Departme...

September 17, 2018
Industry
[Herald Design Forum 2018] ‘Space composer’ highlights context in spatial design

With the arrival of the 21st century, innovation has increased connectivity among people to an unprecedented level, redefining communication. Speaking at the Herald Design Forum 2018 at Dongdaemun D...

September 14, 2018
Arts&Design
[Herald Design Forum 2018] Simplicity is ‘interpretation’ of complexity: Red Dot Founder

The simplicity of a product design derives from outstanding treatment of complexity of the modern-day product brimming with high-tech features, Red Dot Founder and Chief Executive Peter Zec said in h...

September 14, 2018
Arts&Design
Prime Minister urges BOK rate hike

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon urged the Bank of Korea to raise key interest rate Thursday, citing concerns about financial instability. “Without a rate hike, problems related to capital fl...

September 13, 2018
Finance
NH Investment & Securities picked as most preferred bidder for Seoul Square sales

NH Investment & Securities, South Korea’s second-largest securities firm by net assets, was picked as the most preferred bidder for Seoul Square, a prime office building located in central Seoul, acc...

September 12, 2018
Finance
Securities firms remove 40% of Korean branches in 7 years

South Korea’s securities firms saw their local branch network shrink by 40.3 percent in the past seven years until June this year, with the arrival of mobile trading infrastructure here, data showed ...

September 12, 2018
Finance
Samsung Asset Management to provide Korea's 1st ETF built on big data analytics

The Korea Exchange, South Korea’s sole market operator, will list an exchange-traded fund Wednesday that tracks an index built on big data technology. (Herald DB) The Kodex Secondary Battery Indu...

September 11, 2018
Finance
Hurdles to foreign arbitrage explain ‘kimchi premium’: BOK

Hurdles that impede the flow of cross-border transactions have created cryptocurrency price gaps of more than 40 percent between Korea and other countries, researchers from South Korea’s central bank...

September 11, 2018
Finance
MERS fears boost related stocks

South Korean investors on Monday began to rush to stocks in business areas related to the production of face masks and the development of vaccines, after the recent return of Middle East respiratory ...

September 10, 2018
Finance
Real estate trust companies set record with H1 income

South Korea’s 11 real estate trust companies logged a combined 285.3 billion won ($253.1 million) net profit in the first half of 2018, surpassing their performance in all previous half-years, prelim...

September 10, 2018
Finance
[Kosdaq Star] Prepaid card biz a catalyst for Kona I

This is the 61st in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. South Korea’s leading smart card part manufacturer Kona I is gaining market presence...

September 9, 2018
Finance
BOK hawkish signs abate as uncertainties arise

South Korea’s central bank on Friday held the key rate steady at 1.5 percent for a ninth consecutive month on sluggish employment and external unease in August, defending its “accommodative” stance i...

August 31, 2018
Finance

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