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Sohn Tae-seung, chairman of Woori Financial Group. (Photos: Woori Financial Group)Woori Financial Group recorded record-breaking quarterly earnings in the first quarter, thanks to the incorporation of subsidiaries and an improvement in its profit structure. The group produced an earnings surpri…
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Chairman Son Byung-hwan of NH NongHyup Financial Group. (Photo: NH NongHyup Financial Group)NH NongHyup Financial Group racked up 596.3 billion won in net profit in the first quarter of 2022, down 1.3 percent from the previous year.NH NongHyup Financial Group attributed the drop in net profit to add…
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President Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Bank. (Photos: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced on May 11 that Shinhan Bank Vietnam issued bonds worth VND2.8 trillion (153 billion won). The bonds issued were the first local currency bonds in the 29 years since Shinhan Bank entered the Vietnamese market by …
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KB Kookmin Bank announced on April 12 that it signed a business agreement on giving ESG support to SMEs with the KOSME. Shown above (from left) are Choi Hak-su, head of the Innovation Growth Division of the KOSME, Kim Hee-cheon, SME policy officer at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Jeong Moon-…
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Kim Jin-seok, manager of the Taipei Branch poses for a photo with other officials in a ceremony in honor of the opening of the branch on April 25. (Photo: Hana Bank)Hana Bank succeeded in making a foray into the Taiwanese market. The Hana Financial Group will play a key role in its leap forward…
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Woori Bank signs an MOU for artificial intelligence (AI) research and development with Yonsei University at Yonsei University on May 2. Cha Ho-jeong (left), Dean of AI Convergence College at Yonsei University, poses for a photo with Ok Il-jin, director of the Digital Strategy Group at Woori Bank. (P…
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President Kwon Joon-hak of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: Nonghyup Bank)As airliners began to expand their flights with COVID-19 pandemic measures easing, NongHyup Bank President Kwon Joon-hak is also putting a spur into the bank’s penetration of the Southeast Asian market. NongHyup Bank has been wor…
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Bang Moon-kyu, CEO of Korea Eximbank signs a business agreement to promote Korean e-government export and international cooperation projects in the field of customs administration with Lim Jae-hyeon, commissioner of the Korea Customs Service at the Yeouido Main Building of Korea Eximbank on April 18…
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President Lee Chang-kwon of KB Kookmin Card poses with participants as they attended a ceremony to deliver donations, to be used for improving athletic facilities and offering books in Cambodian primary and secondary students on May 12. (Photo: KB Kookmin Card)KB Kookmin Card announced on May 2 that…
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President Kwon Nam-joo of Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) poses with Seo Kyung-hwan, chief of the Seoul Bankruptcy Court, after they struck an MOU on the support of the successful recovery of individual debtors with on April 28. Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) signed an MOU on the sup…
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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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