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			|  | Sr. Vice Chairman Choi Hyun-man of Mirae Asset Securities who has been tapped as the next CEO of Mirae Asset Daewoo; President Cho Woong-ki who is named to be the sole CEO of Mirae Asset Securities; President Ma Deuk-rak to be promoted to president of Mirae Asset Daewoo.(Photos: Mirae Asset Manageme¡¦	
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			President Ahn Man-soo of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co.(SFMI)  introduced a new non-life insurance product called ¡°Healthy Life with Everything Gathered¡± five months ago, and the number of subscribers of the integrated insurance product has alread¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Yoon Woong-won of KB Kookmin Card.An ad introducing "KB Kookmin Alpha One Card,"  a fintech product,which was launched by the credit card company in September to give more benefits to its holders.(Photos:KB Kookmin Card)
KB Kookmin Card, the credit card unit of Kookmin Bank, said tha¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Lee Yoon-jong of Aju Capital gives a lecture at Kyunghee University in Seoul on the subject of ¡°Future financial industry leaders,¡± on Sept. 28.(Photo: Aju Capital)
President Lee Yoon-jong of Aju Capital Co. gave a lecture on the capital industry in Korea as part of a plan by the compan¡¦			 |  
		
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			A view of the shipyards on Koje Island of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co.(Photo: Daewoo Shipbuilding)T
he government's decision to salvage Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) by converting its multitrillion-won debt to equity is coming under, as critics say it¡¯s a ca¡¦			 |  
		
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			This photo shows how the ¡°020¡± or online to office service introduced by Shinhan Card works, one of the credit card firm¡¯s key growth engines.(Photo: Shinhan Card)
Shinhan Card is ready to focus on ¡°O2O,¡± or online to office service, as one of its growth engines.
The new credit card service i¡¦			 |  
		
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			Gov. Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank, L,  and Chairman Lee Dong-geol of the KDB Financial Group are all smiles holding a copy of the partnership agreement they signed recently for their respective financial institutions in managing the emerging Asia funds at the World Bank headquarters in Washin¡¦			 |  
		
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			Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities.(Photo: Mirae Asset Daewoo)
Mirae Asset Daewoo kicked off a new service to handle retirement fund savings accounts, considering that retirement funds also need to be managed like ¡°the fitness of a human body.¡±
Retirement funds have been lef¡¦			 |  
		
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			CEO Suh Joon-hee of BC Card, R, and President Rudi G. Sadikin of Bank Mandiri hold a copy of the agreement they signed to set up a joint venture firm on credit card operation in Indonesia on Sept. 23 at Bank Mandiri¡¯s head office in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Photo: BC Card)
In fluent Indonesian, Kim Cha¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Cho Yong-byung of Shihan Bank. (Photo: Shihan Bank)A mid low growth and low interest rates, the country's banking industry is suffering from poor profitability. Shinhan Financial Group, however, is finding business overseas based on the belief that globalization will enhance customer and s¡¦			 |  | 
		
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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¡¦			 |  |  |