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			|  | A model is with a ¡°Digital Window¡± of Shinhan Bank which has been installed at the bank¡¯s branches across the country saving paperworks for its customers and boosting productivity convenience and customers at the same time.(Photo: Shinhan Bank)
"Please sign the documents on the areas that are hi¡¦	
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			President Ahn Min-soo of the Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Corp., L, shakes hands with his counterpart Do Nam Hai of PJICO, after signing an agreement to take over a 20 percent stake in the Vietnamese non-life insurer in Hanoi for $23.4 million, on May 5.(Photo: Samsung Fire)
Samsung Fire &¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Ryu Sang-ho of Korea Investment and Securities Co.
Korea Investment and Securities Co. netted 130 billion won in profit in the first quarter, topping the industry, which the company attributed to expanded replacement investments and diversified operational areas.
The company said net pro¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp(KAMCO), 4th R, and heads of the shipping firms hold an agreement on KAMCO purchasing 20 of their vessels they signed on May 15 to ease their financial pinches.
Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) will buy 20 ships from firms in financial dist¡¦			 |  
		
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			Dir. Gen. Kim Yoon-kyung of the International Financial Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF). (Photo: MOSF)
Deputy Prime Minister Yoo will deliver a speech at an opening session of the Board of Governors in which he is expected to announce a plan to expand Korea¡¯s cont¡¦			 |  
		
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			Gov. Lee Ju-yeol of the Bank of Korea.
Gov. Lee Ju-yeol of the Bank of Korea cautioned that increases in exports due to optimistic economic views across the country cannot be sustainable due the protectionist sentiments in some major importer countries.
The central bank governor issued the warning¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Lee Dong-geol of Korea Development Bank Group.(Photo: KDB)
Korea Development Bank (KDB) has been at the forefront of ushering in the 4th Industrial Revolution by helping build a new ¡°growth intelligence system¡± and strengthen financial loan capacity. 
The state-owned bank has been ¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Choi Jong-ku of the Export and Import Bank of Korea(Eximbank), right, shakes hands with Minister Ian Acosta Montalvan of the Finance Ministry of Nicaragua after signing an agreement to provide $70.59 million, an EDCF loan, to finance the Manama Circulatory Road Construction Project in Nicar¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp.(KAMCO).
Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) bought the assets of ¡°C¡± Company, a maker of shipbuilding materials, for 19.3 billion won and leased them back to the company to help keep it operating. The move will help it pay off its financi¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Gwak Bum-gook of Korea Deposit Insurance Corp.
Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) paid 504 million won to compensate an informer to locate hidden assets of a savings bank, which is the largest ever amount paid by the company since its establishment some 20 years ago.
The KDIC has been ¡¦			 |  | 
		
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				K-water President Yun Seog-dae poses with ambassadors from the five countries of the Mekong River during their meeting designed to discuss ways of promoting cooperation in sustainable water management at Samcheonggak, Seoul, on Sept. 26. (Photo: K-wa¡¦			 |  
			
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				Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary at NPS headquarters in Jeonju City on Sept. 18.The National Pension Service (NPS) held a ceremony to mark its 3¡¦			 |  
			
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				Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare poses with major participants of the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy (HLMHE) that took place from Sept. 15 to 16 at The Shilla ¡¦			 |  
			
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				President Hong Jin-bae of the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation and Rashid Bashir, Dean of Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States participate¡¦			 |  |  |