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KDB Chairman Park Sang-jin delivers a New Year’s address at the 2026 business kick-off ceremony at the bank's headquarters in Seoul, on Jan. 2. (Photo: KDB)Park Sang-jin, chairman of Korea Development Bank (KDB), emphasized that 2026, the Year of the Horse, is the time for the bank to present a str…
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The Korea Exchange held the 2026 Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony at its Seoul office building on Jan. 2, 2026. Chairman Jeong Eun-bo delivers his opening message. (Photo: KRX)The Korea Exchange (KRX) held the 2026 Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony at its Seoul hea…
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Sung Dai-gou, CEO of Tongyang Life Insurance, poses for a photo with employees at the 2026 Leaders Vision Summit at the Human Resources Development Center on Dec. 18. (Photo: Tongyang Life Insurance)The Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) and six other financial associations held a pan-finance New Year…
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NongHyup Financial Group will invest 93 trillion won in productive finance and 15 trillion won in inclusive finance over the next five years. Chairman Lee Chan-woo poses for a photo with executives. (Photo: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Lee Chan-woo spoke about his goals…
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photo: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank President Kang Tae-young announced his 2026 management strategy goal — Becoming a bank that fuels the growth of Korea. “We have set our 2026 management strategy goal of becoming a bank that fuels the growth of…
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Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo delivers a congratulatory address in an event held in honor of the group’s 20th anniversary at the group headquarters on Dec. 1. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo stressed in his New Year’s address that an accelerat…
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Hwang Ki-yeon, president of Korea Eximbank, poses for a photo after donating money to the Community Chest of Korea on Dec. 12. (Photo: Korea Eximbank)On Jan. 1, Hwang Ki-yeon, president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank), delivered a New Year’s message. “This year marks a sig…
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced on Dec. 29, 2025 that it participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for Seoul Asan Cheongna Hospital, a key facility in the Cheongna Medical Town, in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon. The Cheongna Medical Town project invol…
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New President Jang Min-young of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK). (Photos: IBK)IBK announced on Jan. 5 the official launch of the “New IBK Nara Sarang Card” in conjunction with the launch of the third phase of the Nara Sarang Card Program.As the only company to have successfully implemented the …
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk presides over the Management Strategy Meeting for the First Half of 2026 at the bank’s main building in Seoul on Jan. 5. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank President and CEO Jung Sang-hyuk announced the bank’s strategic goals for 2026 in the bank’s official ki…
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Deputy Prime Minister-Minister Bae Kyung-hoon of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Vice Minister Lee Ho-hyun of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), Chmn. Choi Won-ho of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC), Chmn…
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President Lee Jae-myung poses with heads of state and organizations at a meeting of the annual Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in South Africa on Nov. 22. (Photos on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung returned home fro…
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President Lee Hag-jae of Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) poses with President Omar N. Al-Midani of Vision Invest after they struck a contract on the operational service of Tashkent Airport in Uzbekistan on Oct. 14. (Photos: IIAC)Incheon In…
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President Kim Dae-ja of the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), Chmn. Moon Dong-min of the Korean Standards Association and prize winners pose at the 51st National Quality Management Convention at COEX in Seoul on Nov. 19. (Photo: MOTIR…
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