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Chairman Choi Jong-ku of the Export and Import Bank of Korea. (Photo: Eximbank)
President Choi Jong-ku of Seoul Guarantee Inc. has been selected to succeed Lee Duk-hoon as the chairman and president of Export and Import Bank, who is set to retire on May 5 as his term expires.
The former Assistant ¡¦
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President Kim Do-jin of the Industrial Bank of Korea. (Photo:IBK)
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) said it will provide a total of 100 billion won ($87 million) in special loans for those small and medium-sized enterprises whose businesses have been hurt by China¡¯s latest restrictions on travel ¡¦
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President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co.
President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co. has been retained to serve another year by the board of directors at its meeting held on March 8 at the company¡¯s head office in Yeouido, Seoul. Kim¡¯s term has been extended to Marc¡¦
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Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co. posted 840.9 billion won in net profit for 2016, an increase of 7.4 percent year-on-year, and for the first time the company¡¯s annual net profit surpassed 800 billion won, the company said on March 15. In announcing its 2016 performance results, the non-life ¡¦
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President Kim Chang-soo of Samsung Life Insurance Co. named to serve another term recently. (Photo: Samsung Life)
President Kim Chang-soo of Samsung Life Insurance Co. has won the Board of Directors recommendation to serve another term, pending the shareholders¡¯ approval when they meet later this ¡¦
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Korea Development Bank Head of Project Finance Lim Maeng-ho holds a copy of an MOU on business cooperation signed with the Palaszczuk Gov¡¯t of Queensland, Australia, with Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Jackie Trad at a signing ceremony held at KDB head office in Seoul Ma¡¦
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President Lim Young-jin of Shinhan Card. (Photos: SFG)Vice President Kim Hyun-jin of Shinhan FG.
Wi Sung-ho and Lim Young-jin began their duties as the new chief executives of Shinhan Bank and Shinhan Card, respectively, upon confirmation by shareholders on the same day. Lim, vice president at Shin¡¦
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Chairman Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp.(Photo: Kamco)
The ship financing unit of South Korean finance house Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) has introduced a new $85.7 million ship financing scheme.
KAMCO Ship Investment Management Corporation, in collaboration wit¡¦
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Chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group.
Shinhan Financial Group's net profit surpassed 2 trillion won for the second year in a row, the company said recently. The group posted 2.37 trillion won ($1.91 billion) in net profit last year, up 14 percent from 2.08 trillion won the year before. ¡¦
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group¡¯s saw its share price outstrip its rival Shinhan Financial Group in January for the first time in four years. KB Financial¡¯s shares jumped 2.66 percent as of the close on Jan. 25 to 46,300 won per share, an astounding rise of 56.2 ¡¦
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Night view of High1 Resort Grand Hotel. (Photo: Kangwon Land)Kangwon Land has been implementing the Korea-High1-Integrated Tourism (K-HIT) Project to make a global multi-purpose resort. Such efforts have begun to pay off on the back of exploring¡¦
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Acting President Nam Han-gyu of Kangwon Land. (Photos: Kangwon Land)Kangwon Land¡¯s efforts to attract inbound tourists by making the most of the so-called K-culture have paid off. Kangwon Land said on April 1 that High1 Resort saw foreign visit¡¦
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New Acting President Nam Han-gyu (left) of Kangwon Land poses with former acting president Choi Cheol-gyu as the former took office at Kangwon Land Hotel on March 4 on March 3.Nam Han-gyu, head of the Management Support Division at Kangwon ¡¦
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BTS performs a comeback concert to celebrate the release of ¡°BTS Comeback Live: Arirang¡± at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Mar. 21. (Photo: Big Hit Music and Netflix)BTS made a long-awaited comeback by holding a concert in Seoul, Korea on Mar. 22.&¡¦
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