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December 13, 2018 Industry

Credit card companies may use mobile messengers for payment notices

Credit card companies will be able to send payment notices to customers via mobile messengers, a change that may save up to 3 billion won ($2.7 million) a year, officials said Thursday. The Credit F...

[Global Finance Awards] Woori Bank CEO all set for ‘financial holding group’ era

When Sohn Tae-seung took office as Woori Bank CEO in December last year, his leadership had seemed to face multiple hurdles ahead, ranging from prolonged recruitment irregularities that led to the re...

November 28, 2018
Finance
SMEs hire fewer foreign workers, cite heavier burdens: poll

South Korea’s small and medium-sized enterprises are finding it increasingly difficult to hire foreign workers amid rising minimum wages and a prolonged economic downturn, a survey by a local busines...

November 25, 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...

November 19, 2018
Economy
S. Korea’s corporate earnings steady despite slowing economy: Moody’s

South Korea’s economic growth will slow down in the upcoming years, weighed down by the global slowdown amid weak demand and ongoing trade conflicts, according to Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday...

November 13, 2018
Economy
‘New Southern Policy’ encourages financial companies to look to Southeast Asia

For South Korean financial companies looking out for new growth momentum, the “New Southern Policy” -- the key foreign economic policy of the Moon Jae-in administration -- came as a timely opportunit...

October 15, 2018
Finance
President Moon embarks on five-nation Europe tour

President Moon Jae-in on Saturday started his nine-day tour to five European states to attend a series of international meetings and bilateral summits with key countries, according to presidential of...

October 13, 2018
Politics
[Photo News] Post-Brexit partnership

POST-BREXIT PARTNERSHIP -- Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon (far left) on Friday meets with Liam Fox (center), UK secretary of state for international trade, and Simon Smith, ...

October 5, 2018
Economy
S. Korea ranks world 3rd in debt-to-GDP ratio growth: data

South Korea has seen one of the fastest expansion paces for its household debt against its gross domestic product this year, despite a series of policy actions focused on lending restrictions, data s...

October 3, 2018
Economy
[Newsmaker] Number of jobless highest since 1999

The number of jobless people last month reached its highest level since 1999, while the government’s unemployment allowance payments also hit a record high, government data showed Sunday. According ...

September 30, 2018
Economy
[Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’

THE SHAPE OF HIS HEART -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju, along with South Korean officials, pose for cameras with the so-called “finger heart” gesture against the backdrop of...

September 23, 2018
North Korea
Moon leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly

President Moon Jae-in on Sunday left for New York on a five-day trip to attend the 73rd United Nations General Assembly and to meet with US counterpart Donald Trump over peninsular developments, incl...

September 23, 2018
Politics
Record number of people give up on job seeking: data

A record-high number of job-seekers have given up on finding a job, amid a feeble employment market and slowing economic growth, government data showed Sunday. The monthly average number of “discour...

September 23, 2018
Economy
S. Korea’s economic uncertainty hits highest in 15 months: data

The uncertainty concerning South Korea’s economic growth and economic policies reached the highest level in 15 months, global data showed Sunday. According to the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, ...

September 23, 2018
Economy
[Newsmaker] Opposition lawmaker’s office raided for state budget information leak

A senior lawmaker of the main opposition party faced seizure over charges of accessing and leaking confidential government data on the state budget, prosecutorial officials said Friday. The Seoul Ce...

September 21, 2018
Finance

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