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Jang Min-young, president of IBK, delivers a speech in a ceremony held in honor of the bank’s 65th anniversary at IBK Headquarters in Seoul on July 31. (Photo: IBK)IBK held a ceremony in honor of its 65th anniversary at its headquarters in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, attended by approximately 300 empl…
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Chairman & CEO Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance. (Photos: Kyobo Life Insurance)Kyobo Life announced on Aug. 7 that a complex underwriting rider included in Kyobo K-Customized Health Insurance (non-participating, complex underwriting type) acquired exclusive usage rights for six months from…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group’s net profit for the first half of 2026 stood at 3.8846 trillion won, an increase of 13.1% compared to the same period of 2025. Its ROE was 14.09%. Despite increased financial market volatility caused b…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group racked up a net profit of 1.2 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026. Despite one-time expenses such as foreign exchange translation losses due to rising exchange rates and provisions related …
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Lee Ho-sung (fourth from left) cuts tapes at a ceremony held in honor of the opening of the Foreign Exchange Capital Transaction Center at Place1 in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu of Seoul on Aug. 11. (Photo: Hana Bank )Hana Bank announced on August 11 that it has opened the Foreign Exchange Capital Tran…
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Chairman Lee Chan-woo of NongHyup Financial Group. (Photos: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group released earnings for the second quarter of this year showing a slight slowdown in net profit growth. However, in the first half of 2026, the financial group achieved its highest half-y…
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Chairman Kim Chul-ju of the Korea Life Insurance Association (KLIA). (Photo: KLIA)From now on, customers will no longer need to personally obtain and submit a family relationship certificate during the processes of signing up for insurance policies, maintaining a contract, or receiving insurance mon…
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President Jang Young-jin of Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-SURE) (Photo: K-SURE)The Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-SURE) said on July 6 the corporation will offer an operation fund to each of the two local entities of two Korean K-culture leaders. The latest support takes on significance as K-S…
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Hwang Ki-yeon, president of Korea Eximbank, pose with Bill Gates, founder of next-generation nuclear power company TerraPower on Aug. 14. (Photo: Korea Eximbank)Hwang Ki-yeon, president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank), met with Bill Gates, founder of next-generation nuclear power…
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President Kim Kyung-hwan of Korea Housing-Finance Corporation (HF). (Photos: HF)Korea Housing-Finance Corporation (HF) announced on June 12 that it held a business guarantee briefing jointly with the Korea Housing Association at the Construction Hall in Gangnam-gu of Seoul. HF Finance Corporati…
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KR Chairman Lee Young-seok poses with participants at the 2026 Southeast Asia Committee (KRSAC) meeting in Singapore on July 30. (Photo: KR)Korean Register (KR) successfully hosted two key events in Singapore from July 29 to 30: the 2026 Technical Se…
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Busan Mayor Jun Jae-soo. (Photos: Busan Metropolitan City Government)Busan Mayor Jun Jae-soo revealed his roadmap to remake Busan into a “maritime capital of the nation” to spearhead an era of “New Arctic Shipping Routes”, a huge opportunity for …
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President Lee Jae-myung toasts with Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jay-yong, Hyundai Motor Group Chmn. Chung Eui-sun, SK Group Chmn. Chey Tae-won, Chmn. Lee Hae-jin of Naver’s Borad of Directors, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT …
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President of Song Sang-keun of the Busan Port Authority (BPA). (Photos: BPA)The Busan Port Authority (BPA) participated in 2026 IAPH-KMI Forum in Tokyo on July 27 and presented its strategies to make Busan Port a digitalized smart port. The foru…
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