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President Ahn Min-soo of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
South Korean non-life insurance companies are expected to report better earnings in the July-September period thanks to an improvement in the auto insurance segment despite a prolonged low-interest-rate environment.
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Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Group.(Photo: Mirae Asset Group)
Mirae Asset Daewoo will introduce Vietnam CB Fund in Korea scaled at 67 billion won, which is projected to earn more than 30 percent in Vietnam.
Mirae Asset Group said on Oct. 19 it is slated to introduce the No. 1 Linos Vietna…
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A Kookmin Card’s credit card with the credit card firm to introduce Blockchain for personal verification to verify the online financial transactions for the first time in Korea.(Photos: Kookmin Card).
KB Kookmin Card may become the first credit card operator in Korea to introduce the Blockchain te…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group leads the officers and staff of the financial group at a rally to continue to go all-out to make the group to hold on to its leading position in earnings in the financial industry(Photo: KFG)
KB Financial Group’s Net Interest Income (NII) for Q3 reache…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
The South Korean lender announced Oct. 26 that it received final approval from the Philippine’s financial authority to take over a 51 percent stake in Wealth Development Bank for 30 billion won ($26 million). With the stake purchase, Woori Bank will become th…
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President Ryu Sang-ho of Korea Investment and Securities Co.
Korea Investment and Securities bought some 1.5 trillion won worth of real estate abroad so far this year, the most among Korean securities firms, boosting investments in overseas real estate to diversify its assets due to a worsening fin…
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President Lee Kwang-goo of Woori Bank.
As many as 16 financial institutions and private equity funds from home and abroad have entered the preliminary bid for Woori Bank, whose government stake of 30 percent has been offered in splinters of 4 percent to 8 percent after four previous lump-sum privat…
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Chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group is with Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, right, who presented him with the Gold Tower Medal given by the Korea Productivity Center for his contribution to the reform of production activities in Korea this year. (Photo: Korea Productivity Center)
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group continues to do well as its third quarter profit is projected to hit 500 billion won, building upon its solid first half 1.125 trillion won profit, up 19.1 percent year-on-year.
The group’s overall performance so far this year has …
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A number of dignitaries and officials of the International Private Banking Center of the Hana Bank in Gangnam, Seoul, cut the tape in an opening ceremony led by Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group.(Photo: Hana Bank)
Hana Financial Group has been boosting the number of its multi-purpose br…
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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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