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The Korea Exchange selected Mirae Asset Securities as the best investment bank in the stock market in 2021 and awarded it at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on March 8. From the left, Sohn Byung-doo, chairman of the Korea Exchange, Choi Hyun-man, chairman of Mirae Asset Securities, and Lim Jae-jo…
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Kyobo Life Insurance Chairman Shin Chang-jae asks employees to speed up digital transformation and achieve technological and marketing innovation at the 2022 Management Strategy Meeting held at Kyobo Life Insurance headquarters in Gwanghwamun, Seoul on Jan. 7. (Photo: Kyobo Life Insurance)Chairman S…
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On Feb. 11, Yoon Jong-won, president of the Industrial Bank of Korea, presides over a non-face-to-face meeting with branch managers across the country at the IBK headquarters in Euljiro, Seoul, stressing that the IBK should ease financial burdens on small and medium-sized enterprises and small busin…
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교보생명은 보육원, 저소득층 가정 새내기 대학생 22명을 포함, 대학생 80여 명에게 ‘교보생명 희망다솜장학금’을 전달했다고 4일 밝혔다. 교보생명은 교보교육재단과 함께 소외계층 청소년들이 배움의 뜻을 실현할 수 있도록 돕고, 이들에게 서로 의지할 수 있는 큰 의미의 가족을 만들어주기 위해 지난 2003년부터…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byoung of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group enjoyed its best-ever business performances in 2021, posting a net profit of 4,019.3 billion won. The results were attributable to asset growth, increased interest income from interest r…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyu of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group joined the very small group of companies which have recorded 4 trillion won in net profit in 2021 by setting a new profit record. The financial group will also implement shareholder-friendly policies ba…
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Chairman Kim Jong-ho of Korea Technology Finance Corp. (KOTEC).In his New Year’s message, Chairman Kim Jong-ho of Korea Technology Finance Corp. (KOTEC) said that, “Last year was a year in which KOTEC proved its values to outside by easing difficulties related to a liquidity crisis, caused by the …
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Lee Dong-gull, chairman of KDB speaks at an online press conference for the New Year with regard to the European Commission’s disapproval of a merger between KSOE and DSME on Jan. 27. (Photo: KDB)“We are very sorry for the decision which the European Commission made based on national selfishness,…
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Chairman Kim Jung-tai of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)In 2021, Hana Financial Group’s annual net profit surpassed 3 trillion won for the first time in the company’s history, as increased loans and interest rate hikes significantly drove the growth of interest income. Ha…
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Sohn Tae-seung, chairman of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: Woori Financial Group)For Woori Financial Group, 2021 was the best ever year in its history. It succeeded in its complete privatization and logged its highest business performance ever, with its annual net profit nearly doubling from 2020.O…
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K-water President Yun Seog-dae poses with ambassadors from the five countries of the Mekong River during their meeting designed to discuss ways of promoting cooperation in sustainable water management at Samcheonggak, Seoul, on Sept. 26. (Photo: K-wa…
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Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary at NPS headquarters in Jeonju City on Sept. 18.The National Pension Service (NPS) held a ceremony to mark its 3…
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Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare poses with major participants of the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy (HLMHE) that took place from Sept. 15 to 16 at The Shilla …
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Dignitaries, including Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo and Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young, attend a ceremony to open “APEC 2025 Korea Member Countries and Gyeongsangbuk-do Investment Forum” that took place at Gyeongju Hilton Hotel from Oct. 16 to…
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