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Woori Bank secures Korea's largest offshore branch network on takeover in Cambodia

Woori Bank has acquired Cambodia’s microfinance institution VisionFund Cambodia, becoming a South Korean financial company with the largest offshore retail branch network. Through the acquisition, t...

June 24, 2018
Finance
[Kosdaq Star] Genie Music garners investor attention on anticipated M&A

This is the 57th in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. Genie Music Corporation, South Korea‘s second-largest music streaming and downloadin...

June 24, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Master calls for Korea to bring geomancy into open

Like other East Asian countries, South Korea has long practiced geomancy, or “pungsu jiri” in the local language. While doubt may prevail toward the pseudoscience, some Korean entrepreneurs and poli...

June 22, 2018
Culture
Court grants arrests of ex-Samsung Securities employees for selling bogus shares

Three former Samsung Securities employees were arrested on Thursday for selling unauthorized shares mistakenly given to them as dividends in April. The Seoul Nambu District Court approved the arrest...

June 21, 2018
Finance
Bithumb freezes accounts after W35b of cryptocurrencies stolen

Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in trade volume, said Wednesday it would suspend transactions in user accounts after some 35 billion won ($31.6 million) worth of assets ...

June 20, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Diversifying channels for foreign worker remittances

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 17th installment. -- Ed. Foreign workers in South Korea from Southeast A...

June 19, 2018
Finance
[Photo News] Korean soccer fans react to loss against Sweden

Korean soccer fans reacted strongly as their national soccer team got beaten by Sweden 0-1 in World Cup Russia 2018 Group F match held in Nizhny Novgorod in Russia on Monday. Before the kickoff, tho...

June 18, 2018
Soccer
Won breaches 7-month low against dollar

South Korea’s local currency fell for four consecutive trading days and breached a seven-month low against the US dollar, amid investor risk aversion and the strengthening dollar following growing fe...

June 18, 2018
Finance
Woori Bank to seek approval for holding company structure

South Korea’s Woori Bank is set to apply for regulatory approval Tuesday to adopt a financial holding company structure. Following a regular board of directors’ meeting Tuesday, the bank will submit...

June 18, 2018
Finance
Household debt crisis shows little sign of abating: data

The increasing pace of household credit in South Korea showed little sign of abating, data showed Sunday, and the lingering debt crisis is likely to affect Korean households‘ finance amid central ban...

June 17, 2018
Finance
Prosecution indicts 38 bank officials for hiring misconduct

The prosecution has indicted 38 officials from South Korean commercial and provincial banks, including former and incumbent chiefs, on charges of exerting inappropriate influence on entry-level emplo...

June 17, 2018
Finance
Credit bureau at center of IP infringement allegation

A financial technology startup and major credit bureau are locked in a fight, with the former claiming the Korea Credit Bureau violated intellectual property rights on the startup’s technology to all...

June 10, 2018
Technology
Kakao Bank to launch chatbot to upgrade unmanned customer service

Kakao Bank, South Korea’s largest internet-only bank, on Friday showcased a beta version of a customer service chatbot it expects to play a crucial role in enhancing its unmanned operation. The serv...

June 8, 2018
Finance
[Weekender] Corporate action key to fighting plastic binge

South Korea is facing increasing pressure to reduce or recycle its own plastic waste, particularly since China’s plastic import ban that took effect in January this year. While some countries like t...

June 8, 2018
Industry
NK thaw signals end to export-driven economy: Herald forum

A tectonic shift is unraveling in and around the Korean Peninsula, especially in the wake of rapprochement mood and signs of denuclearization in North Korea, as well as trade war threats in East Asia...

June 7, 2018
Economy

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