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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
Pyeongtaek BIX to serve as hub of YESFEZ

On July 20, 47,000 square meters of land in the port city of Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 65 kilometers south of Seoul, began to be parceled out to companies with foreign ownership that have sought...

August 30, 2018
Industry
Woori Bank to become 1st Korean commercial bank to shorten workweek

Woori Bank will become South Korea’s first commercial bank to shorten its workweek to 52 hours, a step to be implemented within a yearlong grace period under a government statute designed to help emp...

August 30, 2018
Finance
Samsung Securities expands global network for esports market research

South Korean brokerage house Samsung Securities is expanding the global network for esports market research to local investors amid its growing presence in the sports industry. Esports refers to a f...

August 30, 2018
Finance
KB Securities Korea’s most penalized brokerage

South Korea’s brokerage house KB Securities was slapped the highest number of disciplinary actions among financial firms here since 2015, data showed Wednesday. (Herald DB) From 2015 to the end of ...

August 29, 2018
Finance
Mirae Asset secures foothold in overseas ETF business

Seoul-headquartered asset management firm Mirae Asset Global Investments has secured a foothold for its exchange traded fund-related business through acquisitions overseas. Mirae Asset Tower in Shan...

August 28, 2018
Finance
Holiday Inn Express Seoul Hongdae to open in Sept.

South Korean low-cost carrier Jeju Air announced Tuesday that Holiday Inn Express Seoul Hongdae will start operations Saturday in Hongdae, a neighborhood rife with street performances and works of ar...

August 28, 2018
Industry
Korea to create W237.5b global fund for startups with Singapore

South Korea and Singapore will set up a fund worth at least 237.5 billion won ($213.2 million) to invest in Korean startups that seek to enter the Singaporean market and vice versa. (Herald DB) The...

August 27, 2018
Finance
Brokerages’ income rises, stability declines

South Korea’s securities brokerage houses reported a combined 2.7 trillion won ($2.4 billion) in net profit in the first half of this year, up 40.7 percent on-year, preliminary data showed Monday. T...

August 27, 2018
Finance
Commercial banks’ overseas profit likely to hit record this year

The Korea Federation of Banks on Sunday expressed hopes for local commercial banks’ annual offshore net income from financial branch network operations and investments to mark a record this year. (Y...

August 26, 2018
Finance
Costco to end contract with Samsung Card, partner with Hyundai Card

Costco Wholesale Korea, the South Korean unit of the US wholesaler, has chosen Hyundai Card as its partner starting next year, according to the Korean card firm Friday. Following Costco’s single-net...

August 26, 2018
Finance

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