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			|  | Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.(Photo: KFG)
KB Financial Group continued to make a record profit joining rival financial groups to have the best first half in recent years thanks for boosts in interest income and non-banking earnings like the fees to make the first half earnings one ¡¦	
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			Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group, 4th L, joins recently the officers and staff of KEB Hana Bank to make kimchi for the needy families in Seoul. President Ham Young-joo of KEB Hana Bank is seen 2nd R. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)
Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Holdings held tw¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Jung Ji-won of the Korea Exchange delivers his inaugural speech at a ceremony on Nov. 3 at the Korea Exchange in Busan. (Photo: Korea Exchange)
Jung Ji-won, chief executive officer of Korea Securities Finance Corp., was inaugurated on  Nov. 3 as the new chairman of the Korea Exchange,¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Kim Won-kyu gets a paper from a staff of NH Investment and Securities Co. acting as a customer for the company¡¯s Mobile Securities Tree, a securities product that the company launched as  tailor-made asset management services through Robo Advisors with various benefits for its custom¡¦			 |  
		
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			A number of different shots of the KB Kookmin ¡°Tantan Daero Easy Home Card¡± offering various benefits to its holders such as discounts at movies, theaters, shopping malls, among others.(Photos: Kookmin Card)
KB Kookmin Card¡¯s ¡°KB Tantan Daero Easy Home Card¡± is a special automatic payment cred¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Kim Yong-duk delivers his inaugural speech at a ceremony on Nov. 6 at the head office of Korea Non-Life Insurance Association in Seoul.
(Photo: KNLIA)Former Gov. Kim Yong-duk of  the Financial Supervisory Service has been named to head the Korea Non-Life Insurance Association as chair¡¦			 |  
		
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			A staff at Shinhan Bank holds an ad for the bank¡¯s Shinhan Alpha Plus, a foreign exchange trust fund, that the bank put up for sale recently to benefit from U.S. interest hike expected at the end of this year. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)
Shinhan Bank has put its Shinhan Alpha Plus, a foreign exchange tr¡¦			 |  
		
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			Key officials of KB Financial Group and Kookmin Bank push buttons to launch the KB Real Estate Liiv On on Oct. 24 led by Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group makes a speech at the ceremony to launch the KB Real Estate Liiv On, an one -stop real ¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group.Vice President Lee Dong-hwan of Shinhan Capital.(Photos: SFG)
Vice President Lee Dong-hwan, head of the GIB Sector of Shinhan Financial Group, said he also has been given the control of the investment banking sectors of the group¡¯s affiliates inc¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Lim Young-jin, 2nd R, of Shinhan Card cuts a cake in celebration of the credit card firm¡¯s 10th anniversary on Sept. 15, together with key officials of the union. Shinhan Card¡¯s ¡®Deep Dream¡¯ credit card introduced in the market on Sept. 21.(photos: Shinhan Card)
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				A view of LG Chem¡¯s Pavilion at K 2025, the world¡¯s premier trade fair for plastics and rubber, which took place from Oct. 8 to Oct. 15 in Düsseldorf, Germany. (Photo: LG Chem)LG Chem announced on Sept. 29 that it has completed the development¡¦			 |  
			
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				POSCO INTERNATIONAL CEO Lee Kye-In, Opole Province Governor Monika Jurek, and South Korean Ambassador to Poland Tae attend a ceremony to dedicate a drive motor core plant in Brzeg, Opole Province, Poland on Oct. 1. (Photo: POSCO INTERNATIONAL)POSCO I¡¦			 |  
			
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				Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae-yong shakes hands with Open AI CEO Sam Altman at Samsung Electronics Building in Seocho-dong, Seoul, after signing an LOI to build key infrastructure for global AI on Oct. 1. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Elect¡¦			 |  
			
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				Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group. (Photo: Hyundai Motor Group)No wonder Hyundai Motor Group has grown into a global top three in terms of global sales on the back of renewing best-ever sales and operating profit and rising brand v¡¦			 |  |  |