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US-China trade dispute could provide opportunity for Korean farmers: institute

The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China is adding uncertainties to the global agriculture market, but it could create a favorable business environment for South Korean farmers, ...

Nov 21, 2018
Economy
Structural reform key task amid slowing global economy: BIS official

As the global economy faces an inevitable slowdown next year, major economies should lay emphasis on structural reforms to respond to the decline in labor productivity and growth potential, according...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Seoul shares close lower, tracking Wall Street

South Korean stocks closed lower on Tuesday after rising to a four-week high in the previous session as overnight losses on Wall Street, where investors were concerned over trade tension between Wash...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Regulator asks prosecutors to probe accounting breaches at Samsung BioLogics

South Korea's financial regulator formally asked state prosecutors on Tuesday to launch a criminal probe into accounting breaches at Samsung BioLogics Co., a move that is expected to deal another blo...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Global economy will slow down further in 2019: think tank

KIEP forecasts 3.5 percent growth for world economy next year

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Sales of Korean firms up for 2nd year in 2017

Combined sales by South Korean companies rose for the second-straight year in 2017 on better performances in the manufacturing, telecommunication and retail sectors, government data showed Tuesday. ...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Vietnamese consumers positive about Korean goods: poll

The bulk of Vietnamese consumers are positive about the design and image of South Korean goods, but many feel burdened by their high prices, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey of 2,000 Vietnamese peo...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Korea's producer prices fall for first time in nearly a year in Oct.

South Korea's producer prices backtracked for the first time in nearly one year in October as farm production recovered in the fall season, central bank data showed Tuesday. The producer price index...

Nov 20, 2018
Economy
Korea needs to boost service exports

Korea needs to step up efforts to increase exports in the service sector to offset a possible decline in the outbound shipment of its major manufactured goods, experts here say. Exports have shored ...

Nov 19, 2018
Economy
Finance minister says it's time to help innovation-led growth bear fruit

South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Monday that more efforts should be placed on economic reform to help innovation-led growth policies bear fruit. In a meeting with businessmen, Finance M...

Nov 19, 2018
Economy
Retail investors own over W3t of suspended Samsung Biologics

Retail investors are estimated to hold more than 3 trillion won worth of Samsung BioLogics Co. shares, whose trading was suspended last week over window-dressing, a corporate researcher said Monday. ...

Nov 19, 2018
Economy
BOK chief calls for resilience against external risks

South Korea’s central bank chief on Monday urged Asia-Pacific economies to reinforce their resilience against potential external risk factors amid a fluctuating global financial environment. “We mus...

Nov 19, 2018
Economy
Seoul stocks end higher on eased trade woes

South Korean stocks ended higher for the second consecutive session on Friday as investor sentiment recovered on hopes of eased US-China trade friction. The South Korean currency rose against the US ...

Nov 16, 2018
Economy
Home ownership rate in Korea stands at 55.9% in 2017

The home ownership rate in South Korea came to 55.9 percent in 2017, 0.4 percentage point up from a year earlier, government data showed Friday. The data released by Statistics Korea said 11 million...

Nov 16, 2018
Economy
Oil funds lose big on plunging crude prices

South Korea's three oil commodity exchange traded funds have chalked up abysmal returns over the past month due to tumbling crude prices, a fund evaluator said Friday. The oil-focused funds, which a...

Nov 16, 2018
Economy

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