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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group announced its Q3 2025 business results on Oct. 30. Despite declining interest rates, KB Financial Group¡¯s third-quarter net income reached 1.686 trillion won, driven by a diversified profit portfolio a¡¦
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group recorded a net profit of 1.1324 trillion won in the third quarter, a 2.1% decrease from the same period of 2024. Its cumulative net profit for the year to date was 3.4334 trillion won, a 6.5%, or 2¡¦
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NongHyup Financial Group holds the ¡°Love Kimchi Sharing¡± Event in Wangdaechu Village, Hongcheon-gun of Gangwon Province with the participation of NongHyup Chairman Lee Chan-woo, employees and villagers on Nov. 11. (Photo: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group posts 2.25 trillion won in¡¦
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President Jung Sang-hyuk of Shinhan Bank. (Photos: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced on Nov. 3 that it will pilot its AI Moli Bank Service. AI Moli Bank is a digital bank branch powered by the core technologies and operational know-how of Shinhan Bank¡¯s AI Branch. Shinhan Bank¡¯s signat¡¦
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President Lee Hwan-joo of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank has launched a corporate credit review unit focused on high-tech strategic industries. Furthermore, the lender is arranging approximately 1 trillion won in financing for the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster Power Ge¡¦
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced on Nov. 5 that it will launch a special loan program dubbed ¡°Overcoming Tariffs with Hana¡± to stabilize the operations of export-import companies facing direct and indirect losses from US reciprocal tariffs. This progr¡¦
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank announced on Oct. 30 that it purchased 8,245 tons of Agricultural Carbon Credits (Korean Offset Credits) from 22 farms in 2025 to curtail greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector and support the spread of low-¡¦
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KB Financial Group Chairman Yang Jong-hee and Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyeong pose for a photo at the Business Agreement Ceremony to Address Child Care Issues at New KB Kookmin Bank Building in Yeouido on Oct. 2. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group signed a memorandum of un¡¦
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At an agreement signing ceremony at the headquarters of the Korean Veterans Association on Oct. 2, Hana Bank CEO Lee Ho-sung poses with Korea Veterans Association Chairman Shin Sang-tae. (Photo: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Veterans Assoc¡¦
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KODIT Chairman Choi Won-mok and trainees from seven countries pose for a commemorative photo at the SME Innovation Finance Capabilities Development Program at Front1 in Mapo-gu, Seoul on Sept. 19. (Photo: KODIT)Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) announced the successful completion of a two-week tra¡¦
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President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to their summit talks at the Gyeongju National Museum on Nov. 1. (Photos on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)APEC 2025 Korea, which took place over a four-day run in ¡¦
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CEO Kang Yong-seok of Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. (KOEM) poses with attendees as they participated in the ¡°Ocean Climate Change Surveillance and Prediction Forum¡± at Kensington Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, on Oct. 22.Korea Marine Environm¡¦
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Geyongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do)The Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government has unveiled next year¡¯s 14,036.3 billion won budget plan, focusing on investments in five core areas by capitalizing on the successful hosting¡¦
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President Jung Ki-suck of the National Health Insurance Service poses for a group photo with other attendees as they participated in the ¡°NHIS UHC Global Academy 2025¡± at the Oak Valley Resort in Wonju, Gangwon-do, which took place from Nov. 3 unti¡¦
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