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Chairman Jin Ok-dong delivers greetings at the 24th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at Shinhan Financial Group’s headquarters in Seoul, on March 26. (Photos: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Jin Ok-dong said on March 26 that he will make 2025 a year of “value-up” an…
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On March 27, Hana Chairman Ham Young-joo visits a small restaurant to donate a high-efficiency air conditioner as part of his first act after starting his second term. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group announced in late March that its Chairman Ham Young-joo visited local small and m…
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Lee Chan-woo, chairman of NongHyup Financial Group. (Photos: NongHyup Financial Group)“Unless we innovate now, there is no bright future for NongHyup Financial Group,” said Lee Chan-woo, chairman, in a meeting with NongHyup subsidiary employees on March 27. On March 27, NongHyup Financial Gro…
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Seo Seung-hyun, head of the Global Business Group of Shinhan Bank, poses for a photo with Han Sung-yong, head of the Global Business Division of K-water during the signing ceremony of an MOU on cooperation in overseas business at Shinhan Bank’s headquarters in Seoul on April 4. (Photo: Shinhan Bank…
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President Lee Hwan-joo of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank announced that it achieved the No. 1 position in default option funds of retirement pension plans. The default option is a service that automatically manages accumulated funds in a pre-selected product if a reti…
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced that it has launched the Robo-Advisor Service for the Management of Individual Retirement Plans (IRPs), marking a first for the financial sector.The Robo-Advisor Service for the Management of IRPs was newly designated as an i…
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Jeong Hyun-sook, head of Woori Bank Europe, poses for a photo with Piotr Ostashevsky, a former Polish ambassador to Korea, Ryu Hyung-jin, head of Global Group at Woori Bank, and Lee Jung-woo, head of Woori Bank Poland in the opening ceremony for Woori Bank’s Polish branch on March 31. (Photo: Woori…
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank announced on March 24 that it will introduce an AI-based credit supervision system to detect potential insolvencies in advance, and will respond to crises proactively in rapidly changing financial environments. The …
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Chairman & CEO Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance. (Photo: Kyobo Life Insurance)Kyobo Life announced on March 21 that it has been designated as a trustee of the Financial Services Commission (FSC)’s Innovative Financial Services Project, "Aircraft Engine-Based Trust Income Securities Tradin…
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CEO Kim Jae-kwan of KB Kookmin Card. (Photos: KB Kookmin Card)KB Kookmin Card announced on April 3 that it has launched KB WE:SH All+ Credit Card with greater benefits for everyone.KB WE:SH All+ Card is a benefit-enhanced version of KB Kookmin Card’s flagship product, the WE:SH series. It is known …
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LG Chem Vice Chairman & CEO Shin Hak-cheol. (Photos: LG Chem)LG Chem announced on May 8 that it had hosted the Zemi-CONNECT Global symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, gathering over 120 endocrinologists from Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. …
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(From left) Toyota Tsusho President & CEO Toshimitsu Imai, Circular Economy Division COO Masaharu Katayama, LG Energy Solution CSO Kang Chang-beom and LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong-myung pose for a photo at a JV signing ceremony on June 19. (Ph…
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Models introduce Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S25 Edge, a category-defining slim smartphone joining the Galaxy S series, which went on sale in Korea from May 23. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Electronics on May 13 revealed the full specificatio…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group. (Photo: Korean Air)Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group, concurrently CEO of Korean Air, said, “Korea’s next government should prioritize ways of protecting the Korean aviation industry from t…
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