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			|  | Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association(KOFIA).(Photo: Kofia)
Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association (Kofia) said the association has requested to the National Assembly that it should take actions to expand the lending limits placed on ¡¦	
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			Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group.(Photo:SFG)
Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group called for reforms over and beyond those performed in the financial industry to achieve its target of being a leading financial group in Asia in 2020 and also its position as the top ¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group reelected for another term. (Photo: KB Financial Group)
Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group is certain to serve another term with the Expanded Managerial Structure Committee of the group ready to recommend him as the next chairman on Sept. 26.¡¦			 |  
		
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			(from left) KEB Hana Bank President Ham Young-joo, Hana Financial Group Chairman Kim Jung-tai, President Min Ung-jun of Finnq Co., and SK Telecom President Park Jung-ho participate in a ceremony to release the financial application Finnq at the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Myeongdong, downtown Seou¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Eun Seong-soo of the Export and Import Bank of Korea. (Photos: Eximbank)
President Eun Seong-soo of the Korea Export and Import Bank (Eximbank) said he will try to find export-type new industries in the 4th Industrial Revolution and engage in market-friendly restructuring on the existing ¡¦			 |  
		
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			A view of the Eximbank building in Seoul.(Photo: Eximbank)
The Export and Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said Aug. 25 that it signed a facility agreement (FA) with the central bank of Iran to facilitate the provision of 8 billion Euro (10.6 trillion won) in loans to Korean firms operating in Iran.¡¦			 |  
		
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Shinhan Financial Investment, the control tower for Shinhan Financial Group¡¯s investment banking sector, is in the middle of taking a stake in Nova Land Group, a real estate development company in Vietnam, jointly with Intarcia Therapeutics, a U.S. bio-technology company. The price tag is set at ¡¦			 |  
		
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Woori Bank is slated to issue the Webee Coin based on blockchain technology at the end of the year in a move to secure a dominant share of the digital currency market. 
The bank¡¯s plan has been drawing the keen attention of the financial industry, as it would be the first move by a bank to ¡¦			 |  
		
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			A view of the Samsung Life Insurance building in Seoul.(Photo: Samsung Life)
Land and Housing Corp. (LH) is exporting a homegrown model of smart city technologies that it has developed. The exporting model integrates a wide array of advanced ICT, ranging from tap water to energy, transpiration and ¡¦			 |  
		
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			The KDB Social Service Volunteer Team members who helped  to deliver Chusok gift packages to the needy senior citizens in 350 homes in Seoul this year pose for a photo session in front of the Senior Citizens Welfare Home in Seoul.(Photo: KDB)
New President Lee Dong-gull of the Korea Developmen¡¦			 |  | 
		
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				A view of a renewed Benachio Pro Liquid, launched by Dong-A Pharmaceutical. Dong-A Pharmaceutical announced the launch of a renewed Benachio Pro Liquid with enhanced digestive function on Sept. 30.Benachio Pro Liquid combines traditional herbal ¡¦			 |  
			
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				Panelists and other participants pose at the 2025 Long-Term Care Policy Forum at the aT Center in Seoul on July 15. (Photo: NHIS)Prof. Nam Hyun-joo, dean of Gachon University¡¯s Graduate School of Social Policy, said, ¡°The expanding of services tail¡¦			 |  
			
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				ChongKunDang Chmn. Lee Jang-han gives his commemorative speech at a ceremony to ChongKunDang ¡®s newly changed CI and celebrate the 84th anniversary at its headquarters in Chungjeong-ro, Seoul, on May 7. (Photo: ChongKunDang)ChongKunDang has introduc¡¦			 |  
			
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				AbTis, a subsidiary of Dong-A ST, has been awarded with the Korean ¡°ARPA-H Project.¡± A researcher with AbTis is engaged in research. (Photo: Dong-A ST)AbTis, a core subsidiary of Dong-A ST, is setting its sights on space. Industry sources said¡¦			 |  |  |