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Hana Financial under renewed probe upon FSS chief resignation

The Financial Supervisory Service on Tuesday launched a special investigation into misconduct at Hana Financial Group and its subsidiary KEB Hana Bank in hiring entry-level employees. The move came ...

March 13, 2018
Finance
FSS chief steps down in recruitment scandal

The chief of the Financial Supervisory Service, Choe Heung-sik tendered his resignation Monday, amid allegations of him arranging recruitment favors during his stint at Hana Financial Group, accordin...

March 12, 2018
Finance
Stock rallies selective in inter-Korean thaw

In the wake of signs of US-North Korea and inter-Korean thaws, spearheading the latest rally of South Korean markets were stocks that previously had business ties with North Korea effectively severed...

March 11, 2018
Finance
Korea unveils ledger-free blockchain

South Korea‘s research team unveiled Thursday it has developed a ledger-free blockchain system that runs on inter-device communication system featuring enhanced security, designed to tackle consumer ...

March 8, 2018
Finance
KB Financial aims to stretch lead with shareholder-friendly approach

KB Financial Group has solidified its position as South Korea‘s top banking group in terms of earnings and market cap, on the back of higher-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter of 2017 that ...

March 8, 2018
Finance
Stocks dip despite easing inter-Korea tension

South Korean stock markets had a roller coaster day on Wednesday on foreign sell-offs, despite signs of inter-Korean rapprochement in the wake of South Korean envoys‘ meeting with North Korean leader...

March 7, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Tera Funding sets out to hedge risks of P2P project finance

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 11th installment. - Ed. Since last year, South Korea’s financial watchdo...

March 6, 2018
Finance
SK decides to hand over controlling shares of SK Securities to J&W Partners

SK Holdings decided in a board meeting Monday to hand over the controlling stakes of its brokerage arm worth 51.5 billion won ($47.9 million), or 10 percent of the firm, to Seoul-based private equity...

March 6, 2018
Finance
Prosecutors drop case against KEB Hana Bank on allegedly favoring Chung Yoo-ra: report

Prosecutors in South Korea have decided not to indict commercial bank KEB Hana Bank for offering preferential loans to Chung Yoo-ra, according to a news report Monday. Chung, 22, is a daughter of Ch...

March 5, 2018
Finance
[Kosdaq Star] Netflix behind Studio Dragon’s upbeat Q1 forecast

This is the 51st in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. An upbeat forecast for the first quarter of this year appears to have catalyzed the ...

March 4, 2018
Finance
[Newsmaker] Moon Jae-in retains central bank head

President Moon Jae-in retained on Friday Lee Ju-yeol, the incumbent Bank of Korea Gov. and the head of Monetary Policy Committee, to serve another four-years for the nation‘s central bank, sending th...

March 2, 2018
Finance
Kospi tumbles on renewed US protectionism threats

South Korea‘s top-tier stock market Kospi retreated 1 percent on Friday, while the local currency strengthened, in part on fears over heightening tariff threats by US President Donald Trump triggerin...

March 2, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Despite urgency, quest to unearth active faults face hurdles

For centuries, Korea has been a quake-free zone, but recent events have caused that to change. Of the 10 earthquakes in South Korea that registered 5.0 or higher on the Richter scale in its four dec...

March 2, 2018
Social affairs
Korea counters US' ‘discriminatory’ drug pricing claim

South Korea has submitted a document hitting back at a claim by a US trade group representing its pharmaceutical industry that Korea’s drug pricing policies favor its domestic industry, ministries sa...

February 28, 2018
Industry
Hyosung chairman extends outreach to Asia on back of tech prowess

Hyosung Chairman Cho Hyun-joon’s recent series of visits to Asian countries appears to be laying the ground for more business opportunities there. Cho has held talks with leading figures of Asian co...

February 27, 2018
Industry

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