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Lendit to allow secondary market tradingMarketsOct 4, 2018South Korea’s peer-to-peer financing startup Lendit said Thursday that it plans to allow investors and borrowers to trade notes that are not mature by establishing an online secondary market. P2P fi... -
Vestiges of melting pot in fallen city AyutthayaTravelOct 4, 2018PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA, Thailand -- Before a brutal Burmese invasion in the late 18th century, the city of Ayutthaya, the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom for four centuries, was a grand Buddh... -
Seoul, Gyeonggi homeowners to be virtually ineligible for additional mortgage loansMarketsOct 3, 2018South Korea’s financial authorities are reinforcing regulations to dissuade homeowners in Seoul from taking out loans to purchase additional residences, part of ongoing efforts to bring housing price... -
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[Herald Interview] True Short envisions ‘one-stop shop’ for short selling-related dataMarketsOct 2, 2018The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 22nd installment. -- Ed. Foreign short selling activities on South Korea... -
Financial audits drag on lackluster IPO marketMarketsOct 1, 2018Longer-than-expected financial audits are posing hurdles to privately-held companies seeking initial public offerings on South Korea’s stock markets, amid a sharp fall in the volume of total investme... -
Private investment, international partnership feed budding Thai science schoolTechnologySept 30, 2018RAYONG PROVINCE, Thailand -- Along a green lake in Wangchan Valley, students clad in purple-and-green uniforms stroll around a school campus surrounded by woods that stretch across the northern Rayon... -
Top regulator hints at launch of 3rd internet-only bankMarketsSept 26, 2018Anticipation is growing for the nation’s third internet-only bank as the authorities move to clear away hurdles affecting nonbanking institutions, including limits on ownership, following positive re... -
FSS chief touts Korea as ‘financial hub,’ riding on inter-Korean thawMarketsSept 19, 2018The 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 impactMarketsSept 18, 2018South 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 ... -
Embattled Toptec CEO denies spilling tech secretsMarketsSept 17, 2018Toptec, 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 ... -
LIG Nex1 partners with KBR to upgrade military systemsIndustrySept 17, 2018LIG 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... -
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[Herald Design Forum 2018] ‘Space composer’ highlights context in spatial designArts&DesignSept 14, 2018With 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... -
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[Herald Design Forum 2018] Simplicity is ‘interpretation’ of complexity: Red Dot FounderArts&DesignSept 14, 2018The 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... -
Prime Minister urges BOK rate hikeMarketsSept 13, 2018South 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... -
NH Investment & Securities picked as most preferred bidder for Seoul Square salesMarketsSept 12, 2018NH 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...
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