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President Moon Sung-yu of Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) and trade union head Kim Seung-tae participate in an event to join forces in overcoming a crisis, caused by the spread of COVID-19 on March 9. (Photos: KAMCO)Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) has played the part of economic safety net…
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President Wi Seong-bak of Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) and IBK President Yoon Jong-won pose after they signed an MOU at IBK headquarters in Seoul on Feb. 28. (Photo: KDIC)The relentless spread of the novel coronavirus is expected to put increasing pressure on debtors who are carrying o…
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KODIT Chairman Yoon Dae-hee listens to the voices of the management and employees at Kiseung Industrial Co., a car parts manufacturer in Daegu on April 9. (Photo: KODIT)The Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) announced on April 13 that it was actively expanding guarantee-based support for small and …
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The Export-Import Bank of Korea holds a meeting presided over by Bang Moon-kyu (before the monitor at the center), chairman-president of the state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea in order to help Korean companies suffering from the spread of the COVID-19 virus with emergency financial support throug…
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An view of KDB headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. (Photo: KDB)The Korea Development Bank (KDB) will buy 1.9 trillion won worth of corporate bonds in order to keep the Korean financial market stable in April. Corporate bonds of grade A or higher worth up to 200 billion won per company will be purchased …
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President Yoon Jong-won of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) talks with the head of a small business struggling to cope with the damages, caused by the spread of COVID-19 on March 17. President Yoon Jong-won of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) said, “The collapse of SMEs will have a greater impa…
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Shinhan Bank President Jin Ok-dong. (Photos: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank President Jin Ok-dong stressed the importance of bold decision-making to challenge old methods that have been verified, saying established business plans need to be continuously reviewed and reevaluated. President Jin made the re…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group will acquire Prudential Life Insurance’s Korean unit. The financial group held a board of directors’ meeting on April 10 and approved its acquisition. KB Financial Group struck a sales and purchase agreeme…
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Hana Financial Group Chairman Kim Jung-tai, Hana President Ji Sung-kyu and Hana Card President Jang Kyung-hoon attend an emergency meeting of CEOs of the group’s subsidiaries on March 2 to discuss ways of providing financial support to small businesses, buffeted by the spread of COVID-19. (Photos: …
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Woori Financial Group Chairman Sohn Tae-seung, Woori Bank President Kwon Kwang-seok tours the bank’s South Gate branch in Seoul and listens to voices of merchants grappling to cope with hardships, caused by the spread of COVID-19. (Photo: Woori Financial Group)Chairman Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Finan…
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CEO Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex talks with GS Caltex staff members at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo: GS Caltex)GS Holdings said in an electronic notice released on May 13 that the holding company of GS Group posted 6,842.4 billion won in revenu…
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Chairman Chang Sae-joo of Dongkuk Steel Group. (Photos: Dongkuk Steel Group)Dongkuk Steel announced on April 24 that it posted sales of 857.2 billion won, an operating profit of 21.4 billion won, and a net profit of 6.2 billion won in the first quart…
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CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi of S-OIL. (Photos: S-OIL)S-OIL chalked up more than 1.2 trillion won in operating profit on the back of inventory profit, caused by crude oil price hikes for the first quarter of this year, in results that surprised analysts.Pr…
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Chairman Park Gee-won of Doosan Enerbility. (Photos: Doosan Enerbility)Doosan Enerbility said on April 23 that major Doosan Enerbility executives, including Chmn. Park Gee-won, embarked on efforts to promote cooperation to participate in a new power …
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