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Jeong Eun-bo, chairman of the Korea Exchange. (KRX) (Photo: KRX)The Korea Exchange (KRX) announced the monthly corporate value enhancement status as of Jan. 26 for listed companies as part of efforts to spread a culture of respect for shareholder value.Driven by improved earnings of major corporatio¡¦
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KDB Chairman Park Sang-jin delivers a New Year¡¯s address at the 2026 business kick-off ceremony at the bank's headquarters in Seoul, on Jan. 2. (Photos: KDB)Park Sang-jin, chairman of Korea Development Bank (KDB), emphasized that 2026, the Year of the Horse, is the time for the bank to present a st¡¦
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The Korea Exchange held the 2026 Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony at its Seoul office building on Jan. 2, 2026. Chairman Jeong Eun-bo delivers his opening message. (Photo: KRX)The Korea Exchange (KRX) held the 2026 Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony at its Seoul hea¡¦
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Sung Dai-gou, CEO of Tongyang Life Insurance, poses for a photo with employees at the 2026 Leaders Vision Summit at the Human Resources Development Center on Dec. 18. (Photo: Tongyang Life Insurance)The Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) and six other financial associations held a pan-finance New Year¡¦
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NongHyup Financial Group will invest 93 trillion won in productive finance and 15 trillion won in inclusive finance over the next five years. Chairman Lee Chan-woo poses for a photo with executives. (Photo: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Lee Chan-woo spoke about his goals¡¦
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photo: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank President Kang Tae-young announced his 2026 management strategy goal — Becoming a bank that fuels the growth of Korea. ¡°We have set our 2026 management strategy goal of becoming a bank that fuels the growth of¡¦
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Hwang Ki-yeon, president of Korea Eximbank, poses for a photo after donating money to the Community Chest of Korea on Dec. 12. (Photo: Korea Eximbank)On Jan. 1, Hwang Ki-yeon, president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank), delivered a New Year¡¯s message. ¡°This year marks a sig¡¦
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced on Dec. 29, 2025 that it participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for Seoul Asan Cheongna Hospital, a key facility in the Cheongna Medical Town, in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon. The Cheongna Medical Town project invol¡¦
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New President Jang Min-young of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK). (Photos: IBK)IBK announced on Jan. 5 the official launch of the ¡°New IBK Nara Sarang Card¡± in conjunction with the launch of the third phase of the Nara Sarang Card Program.As the only company to have successfully implemented the ¡¦
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk presides over the Management Strategy Meeting for the First Half of 2026 at the bank¡¯s main building in Seoul on Jan. 5. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank President and CEO Jung Sang-hyuk announced the bank¡¯s strategic goals for 2026 in the bank¡¯s official ki¡¦
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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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Korean and Vietnamese notables, including Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People¡¯s Committee Trung Viet Dung, Daewoo E&C Chmn. Jung Won-ju, Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Association¡¦
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Dignitaries, including Minister of Climate, Energy, and Environment Kim Sung-hwan and Samsung C&T CEO Oh Se-chul, attend a ceremony to dedicate Korea¡¯s first off-grid green hydrogen production facility in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on March 25.¡¦
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Minister Kim Yun-duk of the Minstery of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) meets with Daewoo E&C Chmn. Jung Won-ju to discuss matters related to the site preparation work of the Gadeok Island new airport construction project at Seoul Nati¡¦
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