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President Hwang Rok of Korea Credit Guarantee Fund(Kodit) poses with the heads of the five technology universities with all of them holding the copy of the agreements they signed on May 10 to help launch startups and also create jobs in Korea. (Photo: Kodit)Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (Kodit) will j…
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President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Bank.President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Bank, true to his reputation as a digital banking expert when he was with Shinhan Card, has put in motion a plan to expand the bank’s digitization, including boosting the adoption of Fintech.His reform plan involves letting …
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President Chung Young-chae of NH Investment and Securities Co.(NHIS). R, holds a copy of the license given to NH Securities Vietnam, a local subsidiary of the Korean securities firm in Vietnam, with Chairman Tran Van Dung of the Vietnamese State Securities Commission who brought the license to Seoul…
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President Won Jong-kyu of Korea Reinsurance Co.(Korean Re) Korean Reinsurance Co. (Korean Re) is about to set up a local subsidiary in Zurich, Switzerland, as a springboard for its operation in Europe, the second largest reinsurance market in the world after North America, Korean Re said on April l4…
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Chairman Eun Song-soo of the Export and Import Bank of Korea.The Export and Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on April 20 that it will provide more than 800 billion won this year to help the maritime shipping industry.At a meeting with the CEOs of major shipping firms at the Korea Federation…
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Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, 2nd R, and other executives are joined by key officials of Prevoir Life Insurance led by CEO Patricia Lacoste, R, of Prevoir Group, after taking over 50 % stake in the local life insurance firm, an affiliate of Prevoir Group at a gathering for the occasion in Hanoi, Vietnam,…
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President Lee Byung-chan of Shinhan Life Insurance Co. President Lee Byung-chan of Shinhan Life Insurance Co. said the company will beef up its capital from 200 billion won to 300 billion won in the second half of this year and follow it up with a similar move if needed. The company still has 200 bi…
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President Lee Dae-hoon of NH Bank.NH Bank has outlets including local subsidiaries, branches and rep offices in five foreign countries such as the U.S., China and India, and plans to further expand its overseas network with a segregated strategy that mixes farm and finance. Its strategies will be fo…
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Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co.(Photo: Kyobo Life)Kyobo Life Insurance Co. will send 50 of its executives to Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, in the middle of this month to visit a number of firms with digitalized facilities mixing such technologies as blockchain and AI, including A…
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President Choi Hi-nam of Korea Investment Corp.(KIC) answers questions at a media briefing held at KIC on May 17.(Photo: KIC)Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) may decide to pull out the $50 million it invested in Elliot Management, a U.S. hedge fund, on account of a conflict of interest related to the he…
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President Cho Wook-je of Yuhan Corp. speaks at a regular shareholders’ meeting at Yuhan headquarters in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, on March 29. (Photos: Yuhan Corp.)President Cho Wook-je of Yuhan Corp. said, “We’ve been progressing without interruption th…
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Yuhan Corp.’s 100th anniversary slogan “100 Years of Trust, 100 Years of Promise” and emblem. (Photos: Yuhan Corp.)Yuhan revealed its slogan and emblem celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding as the pharmaceutical company held a ceremony…
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Chairman Lee Jang-han of Chong Kun Dang Holdings Corp. (Photos: Chong Kun Dang)Chong Kun Dang Kochon Foundation held a ceremony to award scholarship certificates for 2026 at Chong Kun Dang headquarters in Chungjeong-ro, Seoul, on March 3. The fo…
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Chairman Lee Jang-han of Chong Kun Dang Holdings Corp. (Photos: Chong Kun Dang)Chong Kun Dang Group held a ceremony to kick off the 2026 business year at Chong Kun Dang headquarters in Chungjeongro, Seoul, on Jan. 5. In his New Year’s message, …
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