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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group announced via internet and mobile live broadcasts on April 24 that it posted 1,679.3 billion won in net profit with an ROE of 13.04 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Despite a decline in interest inc…
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Chairman Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group has recorded the company’s highest-ever first-quarter net profit. The growth of its interest income was driven by an increase in loans, despite a decline in the market interest rate and the…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group’s net profit swelled nearly 10 percent year on year during the first quarter of 2025. This is the best first quarter performance since the company merged with Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank.Han…
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Chairman Chairman Lim Jong-ryong of Woori Financial Group. (Photo: Woori Financial Group)Woori Financial Group announced its business results for the first quarter of 2025 at an investor relations (IR) conference on April 25. Woori Financial Group realized a net profit of 615.6 billion won.&nbs…
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Chairman Lee Chan-woo of NongHyup Financial Group. (Photo: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group announced on April 30 that its net profit amounted to 714 billion won in the first quarter of 2025. This was a 10.7 percent increase from 64.48 billion won in the first quarter of 2024 a…
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President Jung Sang-hyuk of Shinhan Bank. (Photos: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced on April 29 that it will hold a promotion to offer a preferential 100 percent exchange rate to foreign customers who remit their salaries in Korea to their home countries by Dec. 31 of 2025. This promotion is…
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President Lee Hwan-joo of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank claimed first place in terms of returns on non-principal-guaranteed products of defined contribution (DC) retirement pensions and individual retirement pensions (IRPs) among all banks that are retirement plan provide…
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced on May 2 that it has signed a business agreement with the Association of Vietnamese Residents in Korea, at the Vietnamese Embassy in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on April 29. The deal mean Hana Bank will provide financial education…
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Jung Jin-wan, president of Woori Bank, shakes hands with Ahn Jung-hwan, head of K-water’s Ukraine Reconstruction Group at Woori Bank’s Poland Branch on May 7. (Photo: Woori Bank)Woori Bank announced on May 8 that it held a meeting with Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) at Woori Bank’s P…
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank announced on April 30 that it signed an export financing business agreement with the Korea Defense Guarantee Cooperative to support Korean defense companies’ overseas expansion. The signing event took place at the …
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Seoul Tourism Organization announced Seoul’s tourism trends for the year 2026 “V·I·T·A·L·I·T·Y.” (Photos: STO)Seoul Tourism Organization (STO) announced Seoul’s tourism trends for the year 2026 - “V·I·T·A·L·I·T·Y.” With a goal of …
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A poster to promote the 2025 Seoul Winter Festival taking place from Nov. 12 until Jan. 4, 2026. (Photos: SMG) Seoul’s downtown areas were transformed into a fascinating winter city with Santa villages and K-content events to enjoy, including p…
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A whole view of High1 Ski Resort, owned by Kangwon Land. (Photos: Kangwon Land)High1 Ski Resort, owned by Kangwon Land, heralded the start of the 2025/2026 ski season by officially opening the Athena III-1 slope and snow sled site on Nov. 28. Hi…
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President Cho Won-yong of the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO). (Photos: GTO)The Gyeonggi-do provincial government and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO) will hold the Gyeonggi Sea Drone Show at the Wavepark area in Siheung Turtle Island from…
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