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Chairman Euh Yoon-dae of KB Financial Group.Chairman Euh Yoon-dae of KB Financial Group is getting a plan ready to take over a foreign bank or buy stakes when banks impacted by the European debt crisis this year are up for sale. The chairman, who is a former chancellor of Korea University, told…
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Chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group.Chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group said it is not a sure thing whether or not the group can sustain its pace of recent growth this year, even with the stellar results of last year."If our export industries falter due to a global slowdown…
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President Lee Soon-woo of Woori Bank.To advance the mid- to long-term vision to be among the global top 50 and the Asian top 10 players, Woori Financial Group (WFG) set its 2012 management target on building up business infra for the maximization of the Group's value. Key management strategies…
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President Cho Jun-hee of the Industrial Bank of Korea."We are ready to take about 400 billion won in losses by expanding our loans to SMEs this year," President Cho Jun-hee of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) said in his New Year media briefing on Jan. 2.Cho said the bank's net profit projection f…
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Chairman and President Kim Yong-hwan of the Export-Import Bank of Korea.The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) announced that it has successfully issued global bonds totaling $2.25 billion to investors worldwide on the dawn of Jan. 5. The offering is the largest single Korean global bond o…
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President Chang Young-chul of Korea Asset Management Corp.President Chang Young-chul of Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) said this is the 50th year for KAMCO, a company devoted to the stabilization of the financial market since its launching a half century ago."In order to be ready for the compa…
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Chairman Kang Man-soo of KDB Financial Group.Chairman Kang Man-soo of KDB Financial Group said recently that the financial group will sell 10 percent of the 100 percent stake owned by the government and the Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) through the stock market this year.KDB Financial's plan has alre…
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Minister of Knowledge Economy Hong Suk-woo attends a meeting with the nation's top 30 business group leaders at the Seoul Renaissance Hotel on Jan. 13.The nation's top 30 conglomerates have decided to set aside a combined 151.4 trillion won in investments and create 123,000 new jobs during this year…
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Joo Yong-tae (fourth from left), head of Seoul Water, poses for a photo with participants in the 2026 Seoul Waterworks Workshop. (Photos: Seoul Metropolitan Government)From May 18 to May 28, the Seoul Metropolitan Government invited water officials f…
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President Kwon Suk-yoon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcom…
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On May 20, the IFEZ Authority holds a meeting for the Songdo International Eco Center Project at Songdo G Tower. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced that it held a meeting of the Songdo International Eco Center Proj…
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Park Se-woong speaks about the ETRI’s future in his inaugural ceremony. (Photos: ETRI)Park Se-woong took office as the 11th President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). Park is an ICT expert who has led research, ed…
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