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The KRX and KIBO sign a business agreement to support the listing of materials, parts and equipment companies at a ceremony to for giving support to 100 promising small and medium-sized companies on June 15. From right are Chung Ji-won, chairman of the Korea Exchange and Park Young-sun, minister of …
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Cho Yong-byoung, Chairman of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group decided to invest 85 trillion won and create 6,700 jobs by expanding the supply of loans and investments for innovation-powered growth by more than 20 trillion won over the past five years. …
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group. (Photo: KB Financial Group)Yoon Jong-kyoo, chairman of the KB Financial Group, stabilized KB Financial Group, which had reeled in the aftermath of the KB Financial scandal, while leading KB Financial Group to higher net profit and the acquisition of non…
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Hana Bank President Ji Sung-kyu.Hana Bank announced in late May that it has signed a business agreement with REMAX Korea and Dowoo GN on overseas real estate investment consulting services. By signing the agreement, Hana increased the number of its partners for overseas real estate investment consul…
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President Kwon Kwang-seok of Woori Bank.Public attention is being paid to financial products with higher interest rates amid a low-interest rate trend, which is related to the central bank’s lower benchmark rate in the wake of the spread of COVID-19. Banks are coming up with diverse financial produ…
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NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Kim Kwang-soo (third from left), NH Nonghyup Bank President Son Byung-hwan (second from left), and Kim Jong-hee (first from left), head of Nonghyup Finance Myanmar, pose for a commemorative photo shoot with Soe Thein (fourth from left), vice governor of the Central …
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On June 15, Kyobo Life Insurance launched non-participating Kyobo Mini Coverage Insurance which pays hospitalization fees from the first day and also pays for surgery when a consumer is hospitalized due to an illness or disaster. Non-participating Kyobo Mini Savings Insurance launched together along…
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Chairman Kim Yong-duk of the Social Contribution Committee of the General Insurance Association of Korea (GIAK).The Social Contribution Committee of the General Insurance Association of Korea (GIAK) held a performance-sharing session dubbed the “Startup Nest” project to support youth’s creation o…
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President Hur Yin of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Bank)KB Kookmin Bank will become the largest shareholder of Indonesia's Bukopin Bank this year. The bank plans to invest a total of 400 billion won from 2018 to 2020 to secure at least 51 percent of the bank's equitiy. Analysts say KB Kookmin Bank, w…
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Yoon Dae-hee, chairman of the KODIT. The Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) was selected as an organization to receive support via the 2020 Data Flagship Project in early July. It participated in the 2020 Data Flagship Project Contest by the Ministry of Science and ICT with the idea.The Data Flagsh…
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Hong Jin-bae, President of Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP). (Photos: IITP)The Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) said on March 23 that it…
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President Ryu Seok-hyun of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) delivers a speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding at KIMM head office in Daejeon on April 14.The Korea Institute of Machinery & Mat…
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President Oh Sang-Rok of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).Rhee Hyun-Ku, former Special Adviser to President for Science and Technology and former-President of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.Rhee, Hyun-Ku, former Spec…
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LG Uplus CEO Hong Bum-shik delivers a key-note speech at MWC 2026 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus presented a mid- and long-term vision in which the telecom service provider will become a global AI softwar…
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