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Chairman Chung Ji-won of the Korea Exchange.
The Korea Exchange, operator of the stock markets Kospi and Kosdaq, announced immediately after markets closed Tuesday a list of firms included on the new composite benchmark index, KRX 300, ahead of its launch on Feb. 5.
On the list were 305 firms. Of …
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President Ryu Sang-ho of Korea Investment Securities Co.
President Ryu Sang-ho of Korea Investment and Securities Co. has been retained to serve another one-year term with the company’s board approving the sole recommendation of President Ryu as the next CEO by the Executives Recommendation …
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A view of the head office building of SK Securities in Seoul. (Photo: SK Securities)
J&W Partners will take over SK Securities with SK Co. announcing its decision as the PEF firm won the bidding for the securities firm last July, and will take a 10-percent stake in the securities firm.
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President Lim Young-jin of Shinhan Card.
Shinhan Card’s Deep Dream Card, which was introduced on Sept. 22, 2017, on the occasion of the card’s 10-year anniversary, has already exceeded 1 million cards issued in five months, the company said on Feb. 26.
The Deep Dream Card is the first credit car…
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President Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp.,(Kamco).
President Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp. (Kamco) said if Kamco is to help people in financial distress, it has to help them get back on their own two feet by earning a living, paying off debts and finding a job.
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(from left) President Suh Hyun-ju of Jeju Bank. / President Lee Byung-chan of Shinhan Life Insurance Co. / President Min Jung-ki of Shinhan Parisbas Asset Management Co. / President Seol Young-oh of Shinhan Capital Co. / President Kim Young-pyo of Shinhan Savings Bank. / President Lee Shin…
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Kookmin Bank's ad for its KBot Sam, an AI Robot advisor banking service, launched on Jan 29.
Kookmin Bank launched on March 7 its Star Banking Service run by human expert and Robo algorism to take care of the asset management.
The Robo Sam Portfolio is a solution developed by tailor-made portfolio…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: SFG)
Shinhan Financial Group netted 2.917 trillion won in net profit last year, the second biggest since 2011 when the financial group logged 3.100 trillion won in net profit, the group said Feb. 7. The 2017 net profit, up 5.2 percent YoY…
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Chairman Yun Jong-kyu of KB Financial Group
KB Financial Group logged the best results in its history last year to take over the top position among rival financial groups in the country with its net profit coming to around 3 trillion won, the first financial group to do so in history, the group sai…
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Chairman Choi Jong-ku of Financial Services Commission(FSC)(Photo: FSC)
Starting Jan. 30, Korea will only allow authenticated bank accounts to be involved in virtual currency trading
Those with virtual currency accounts created by banks after their real name has been verified will be allowed…
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Hong Jin-bae, President of Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP). (Photos: IITP)The Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) said on March 23 that it…
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President Ryu Seok-hyun of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) delivers a speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding at KIMM head office in Daejeon on April 14.The Korea Institute of Machinery & Mat…
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President Oh Sang-Rok of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).Rhee Hyun-Ku, former Special Adviser to President for Science and Technology and former-President of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.Rhee, Hyun-Ku, former Spec…
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LG Uplus CEO Hong Bum-shik delivers a key-note speech at MWC 2026 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus presented a mid- and long-term vision in which the telecom service provider will become a global AI softwar…
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