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rue to his reputation as a leading proponent of overseas advancement by Korean financial institutions, Chairman Lee Pal-seung of the Woori Financial Group has led the group in its take over of a partial stake in the Saudara Bank in Indonesia to become the second largest shareholder.The group could h¡¦
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Shinhan Financial Group plans to hold finance and economy classes for people in various sectors of society as part of its social services, the group announced on June 25.The group said it will provide the financial education free of charge to various classes of people in the country in answer to cal¡¦
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The staff at the Small & Medium Enterprises Department of the Korea Finance Corporation (KoFC) have their hands full with the work to flesh out on-landing loans, a new and advanced financial scheme introduced by KoFC to provide capital to the nation¡¯s SME sector, which has technological prowess¡¦
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Chairman & CEO Chang Young-chul of Korea Asset Management Corp. said the applications for replacement loans have been piling up sky high and KAMCO has been busy setting up an Internet Window for accepting the loan applications starting in July.KAMCO, which has already celebrated its half century¡¦
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'Roses Given to Koh So-young When Confessing Love'rofessor Ahn Jong-bae's professional book on contents marketing , ¡°Contents Marketing¡± is a story-telling marketing, showing the features of examples of the contents industry and contents marketing in 13 genres such as tourism, movies, and ga¡¦
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Chairman Jun Kwang-woo of the National Pension Service (NPS) said NPS might invest in Korean-type hedge funds to invigorate the hedge fund market in Korea at an international forum on Korea-type hedge funds and new challenge and opportunities held at the Westin-Chosun Hotel on June 14.The NPS CEO sa¡¦
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The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) and KOTRA signed an MOU on May 16 at the JW Marriot Hotel in downtown Seoul to speed up the globalization of Korean financial investment firms as well as cross-border M&As for Korean SMEs abroad, the two business associations said recently.The t¡¦
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Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group made clear that the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) will be a member of Hana Financial Group and, therefore, the group will meddle in its management as a holding company would with any affiliate of the group.Chairman Kim¡¯s statement is designed to clear up a ¡¦
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Woori Financial Group¡¯s total financial assets amounted to 403 trillion won at the end of the first quarter this year, exceeding the 400 trillion won level for the first time among all financial groups in Korea, solidifying its position as the nation¡¯s largest, the group said recently.The group sa¡¦
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KDB Financial Group has launched a study to export the Korea Development Bank¡¯s growing experience as a state-run development financing bank that supported the rapid development of Korean industry to African nations, the group said recently.The key purpose is to help with the economic development o¡¦
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POSCO E&C President Song Chi-young. (Photos: POSCO E&C)POSCO E&C signed a supply contract for carbon reduction equipment to be installed at POSCO¡¯s Pohang Steelworks with ThyssenKrupp Uhde, a German engineering firm specializing in plant¡¦
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CAK Chmn. Han Seung-goo of the Construction Association of Korea, President Lee Han-woo of Hyundai E&C, President Lee Ki-jung of Hanyang University and President Lee Chung-jae of the Korea Construction Economy Institute of Korea pose with Hanyang¡¦
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Chairman Han Man-hee of the International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK).Amid growing expectations that the construction industry will win Middle East reconstruction projects following the US-Iran agreement, the Overseas Construction Associa¡¦
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Samsung C&T President and CEO Oh Se-chul and Hitachi Energy CEO Andreas Schierenbeck pose with executives following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to expand power grid collaboration in Europe. (Photo: Samsung C&T)Samsung C&T¡¦
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