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Shinhan Financial Investment, the control tower for Shinhan Financial Group’s investment banking sector, is in the middle of taking a stake in Nova Land Group, a real estate development company in Vietnam, jointly with Intarcia Therapeutics, a U.S. bio-technology company. The price tag is set at …
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Woori Bank is slated to issue the Webee Coin based on blockchain technology at the end of the year in a move to secure a dominant share of the digital currency market.
The bank’s plan has been drawing the keen attention of the financial industry, as it would be the first move by a bank to …
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A view of the Samsung Life Insurance building in Seoul.(Photo: Samsung Life)
Land and Housing Corp. (LH) is exporting a homegrown model of smart city technologies that it has developed. The exporting model integrates a wide array of advanced ICT, ranging from tap water to energy, transpiration and …
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The KDB Social Service Volunteer Team members who helped to deliver Chusok gift packages to the needy senior citizens in 350 homes in Seoul this year pose for a photo session in front of the Senior Citizens Welfare Home in Seoul.(Photo: KDB)
New President Lee Dong-gull of the Korea Developmen…
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President Kim Do-jin of the Industrial Bank of Korea. (Photos: IBK)
The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) announced on Sept. 7 that it will launch the Start-up Support Master Program as part of the Companion Fund in support of the government’s initiative to seek out reformative businesses and help le…
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Chairman Gwak Bum-gook of Korea Deposit Insurance Corp.(KDIC) chairs a meeting during the First Move 2017, an exercise for key financial institutions in Korea including the Financial Services Commission and the Bank of Korea to cope with the possible crisis for the financial institutions in the conn…
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President Yoon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO). (Photo: KAMCO)
Korea Asset Management Corp. (Kamco) Sales and Lease Back Program has completed 200 billion won worth of deals, Kamco said recently. The arrangement involves the company buying struggling business firms’ assets and l…
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Dignitaries, including Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) Chairman Hwang-Rok, participate in a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Credit Insurance System at the ICC Hotel in Daejeon on Sept. 6.(Photo: KODIT)
Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the …
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Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group.(Photo: HFG)
Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group has been stressing the importance of investment banking (IB), urging the heads of the group’s affiliates not to be afraid of risks in expanding the IB operation.
At a dinner in early August wi…
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Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NH Financial Group.(Photo:NH Financial)
Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of NongHyup Financial Group has decided to make visits to the group’s affiliates to discuss pressing matters facing them, in particular the changes in business environment in the wake of North Korea’s nuclear…
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GS Caltex CEO Hur Sae-hong. (Photos: GS Caltex)GS Caltex released its 2025 Sustainability Report, containing the company’s achievements in the ESG sector during 2025. The latest sustainability report is the 21st that GS Caltex has published sin…
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Dignitaries, including Minister Kim Sung-hwan of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), Mayor Min Hyung-bae of Gwangju-Jeonnam Integrated Special Metropolitan City, President Lee Young-jo Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO) pose at a gr…
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President Lee Jung-bok of Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) and other KOWEPO managers, such as department heads or higher, participate in “One Heart Workshop,” which took place at Benikia Hotel in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, from July 10 to 11. (Photo: K…
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President Kang Yong-seok of Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. (KOEM)Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. (KOEM) has converted a three-decade-plus old-plus ship into an eco-friendly, hybrid one designed to support safe port travel to redu…
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