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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group.Hana Financial Group announced that it launched its inclusive finance roadmap, which includes the early execution of 3 trillion won worth of inclusive finance this year. The financial group plans to concentrate all of its capabilities on resolving …
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Chairman Lee Chan-woo of NongHyup Financial Group. (Photos: NongHyup Financial Group)To expand reserves to take responsibility for returns for customers and post-retirement asset management, NongHyup Financial Group is pursuing a transition to a returns-centric retirement pension financial group tha…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group logged an all-time high net profit of about 1.9 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, driven by improved outcomes in the non-banking sector. KB Financial Group announced on April 23 that its n…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group joined the trend of logging record-breaking first-quarter earnings, achieving its highest performance since its merger with Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) with a net profit exceeding 1.2 trillion won in the …
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KODIT CEO Kang Seung-jun (fifth from the left) poses for a photo with participants in the NEST AI-Lab Launch Ceremony on May 8. (Photo: KODIT)Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) announced on May 11 that it held a launch ceremony for NEST AI-Lab at NEST Gwangjin in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, on May 8, marki…
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Cha Sang-hwi (right), head of the Compliance Management Office at KAMCO poses for a photo with Kim Eun-sung, Chairwoman of the Korea Compliance Association at the 2026 Korea Compliance Awards on May 21. (Photo: KAMCO)The Korea Compliance Awards organized by the Korea Compliance Association (KCA) is …
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Korea Eximbank President Hwang Ki-yeon at the center of the left is discussing ways to sharpen the competitiveness of Korean companies with SBI Senior Vice President Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh at the center of the right in the Indian market during a meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on May 5. (Photo: …
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(From left) IBK President Jang Min-young and Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won pose for a photo with State Bank of Vietnam Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh at the Korea-Vietnam Financial Cooperation Forum held in Hanoi, Vietnam on April 23. (Photo: IBK)Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK)…
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Chairman Lee Chan-woo of NongHyup Financial Group. (Photos: NongHyup Financial Group)NongHyup Financial Group’s profitability significantly improved in the first quarter thanks to the expansion of fee income from its capital market affiliates, including its securities and asset management subsidiar…
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk poses for a photo with officials of FTP Corp. in Hanoi,Vietnam. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced on April 27 that it signed business agreements with major local financial and industrial institutions by participating in a Korean economic delegation to …
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Joo Yong-tae (fourth from left), head of Seoul Water, poses for a photo with participants in the 2026 Seoul Waterworks Workshop. (Photos: Seoul Metropolitan Government)From May 18 to May 28, the Seoul Metropolitan Government invited water officials f…
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President Kwon Suk-yoon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcom…
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On May 20, the IFEZ Authority holds a meeting for the Songdo International Eco Center Project at Songdo G Tower. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced that it held a meeting of the Songdo International Eco Center Proj…
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Park Se-woong speaks about the ETRI’s future in his inaugural ceremony. (Photos: ETRI)Park Se-woong took office as the 11th President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). Park is an ICT expert who has led research, ed…
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