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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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