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BOK calls for Korea’s 'fundamental' shift in exports to China

South Korea’s exports to China maintained on-year growth, overcoming the downtrend until 2016, while new research by the central bank hinted at the need for Korea to shift away from its focus on expo...

August 13, 2018
Finance
Weaker Q2 earnings weigh on market

Preliminary earnings of South Korean listed companies are vindicating analysts’ downward revisions of their Q2 projections, due to a lingering US-China trade war impact, data showed Sunday. (Yonhap)...

August 12, 2018
Finance
[Eye Plus] Theme park in abandoned gold mine

Light of various colors from gold to different shades of blue fills a 7.8-kilometer man-made cave located some 12 kilometers southwest of Seoul. The dazzling beams from light-emitting diodes, couple...

August 9, 2018
Culture
Moin resumes cross-border wire transfer with China

South Korean financial technology startup Moin resumed its cross-border money transfer service without currency conversion fees double-charged to residents in China, starting Aug. 1, according to Moi...

August 8, 2018
Finance
[Herald Interview] Balancehero urges govt. to support firms targeting India entry

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on promising startups in the financial technology industry. This is the 20th installment. -- Ed. Since taking office in 2014, Indian Prime Minis...

August 7, 2018
Finance
Remittance startup Sentbe steps up operation in Vietnam

South Korean remittance startup Sentbe said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietcombank Remittance. The move will allow recipients to pick up wired money in an hour on avera...

August 7, 2018
Finance
Kyobo Life’s insurance for education cost celebrates 60 years

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance has launched a variable life insurance product that covers an individual’s education expenses for college in line with the company’s original philosophy, the firm s...

August 6, 2018
Finance
Duped investors vent anger, with losses, remorse of ‘treasure ship scam’

Before it backtracked, the claim of a South Korean company that it had discovered a “treasure battleship” in South Korean territorial waters was a ray of hope for digital asset investors in search of...

August 2, 2018
Finance
Bank of Korea moves to allow payment with QR codes

South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday unveiled plans to create an equivalent to China’s Alipay or WeChat Pay by the first half of 2019, in a move to cut “social costs” of consumers and merchants caus...

July 31, 2018
Finance
P2P lenders’ repayment on Tera Funding tops W200b

Peer-to-peer borrowers on South Korean lending platform Tera Funding had repaid 202.4 billion won ($180.6 million) in loans without becoming overdue, as of end-June, according to the startup on Monda...

July 30, 2018
Finance
[Kosdaq Star] Asia Pacific Satellite to ride 5G momentum

This is the 59th in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. -- Ed. Asia Pacific Satellite, a communications satellite hardware manufacturer based in Se...

July 30, 2018
Finance
Korea Post stresses role of postal network in global e-commerce

Kang Seong-ju, chief executive of the state-run Korea Post, stressed the role of the postal network in an era of global e-commerce during an annual meeting with Kahala Posts Group members, officials ...

July 29, 2018
Industry
Samsung Securities fined W144m, imposed suspension over dividend fiasco

Samsung Securities on Thursday was fined 144 million won ($128,500) and imposed a six-month suspension for parts of its business by the financial authorities over a failure to prevent a dividend fias...

July 26, 2018
Finance
Samsung Securities steps up efforts for NK investment opportunities

South Korean brokerage house Samsung Securities is stepping up its support of foreign investors seeking investment opportunities in North Korea. The efforts are being spearheaded by the securities f...

July 26, 2018
Finance
SC Bank Korea’s Miles card targets young customers

To the young generation increasingly placing work-life balance over career progression or income, an airline miles credit card could be attractive to those who make more overseas trips, Standard Char...

July 25, 2018
Finance

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