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April 22, 2018 Industry

[IP in Korea] Korea’s patent court aspires for pivotal role in IP litigations

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on experts in the intellectual property sector. This is the twelfth installment. -- Ed. Having kicked off 20 years ago as Asia’s first court spe...

‘Water rage’ scandal escalates into customs probe

The “water rage” scandal of Cho Hyun-min, youngest daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, is escalating into an extensive customs evasion investigation involving the entire family, following ...

April 20, 2018
Industry
Korean Air faces complaints over its corporate title and identity

Following the reports on the so-called “water rage” of Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min and other tyrannical behavior involving the owner family members, calls have been mounting here to deprive the n...

April 18, 2018
Industry
Feud-ridden FSS chief offers to resign

The Financial Supervisory Service Gov. Kim Ki-sik on Monday offered to resign, shortly after the election watchdog concluded that his past behavior as a lawmaker violated laws. "I have offered my re...

April 16, 2018
Finance
[Photo News] Ways to show regret

(Samsung Securities) Samsung Securities CEO Koo Sung-hoon (front row, second from left), along with the company’s executive members and senior employees, write a letter of apology during an emergenc...

April 15, 2018
Finance
[IP in Korea] ‘Policymakers should work to expand public domain in IP’

Contrary to the widespread belief that they safeguard creators and promote innovation, intellectual property rights often act as legal partitions that intensify market monopoly and deter the prolifer...

April 15, 2018
Industry
Finance minister tells US Seoul irrelevant to currency manipulation

South Korea’s chief economic policymaker on Thursday underlined to his US counterpart that the country does not fall under the currency manipulator list, while vowing to keep control over its own for...

April 12, 2018
Economy
Unemployment rate hits 17-year high

South Korea’s unemployment rate in March hit is highest level in 17 years, amid a persisting slump in the construction industry and slowdown in population, data showed Wednesday. The number of emplo...

April 11, 2018
Economy
[Newsmaker] Key pension funds pull plug on Samsung Securities

The National Pension Service ceased trading with Samsung Securities in the wake of the latest dividend error that revealed a blind spot in the brokerage system, officials said Tuesday. “Due to the s...

April 10, 2018
Finance
[Newsmaker] FSS chief’s integrity dispute burdens Blue House

Mounting criticisms against the integrity of the newly appointed financial market watchdog chief is adding extra burden on the Moon Jae-in administration, which has vowed to eradicate “accumulated ev...

April 9, 2018
Economy
[IP in Korea] ‘Granting weak protection to AI-created contents will protect humans from monopoly’

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews on experts in the intellectual property sector. This is the tenth installment. -- Ed. Google’s artificial intelligence art program Vincent trans...

April 8, 2018
Industry
Korea to inject 3.9 trillion won in job creation, restructuring-hit areas

The government has submitted a supplementary budget worth 3.9 trillion won ($3.7 billion) in an emergency gesture to alleviate the nation’s unemployment crisis and revitalize regional economies in di...

April 5, 2018
Economy
[News Focus] Tightened financial rules to weigh on Samsung’s insurance units

South Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung Group is facing increased pressure to break away from its circular shareholding corporate governance, as its insurance units may have to sell off most of th...

April 4, 2018
Finance
Financial groups face tighter rules on internal transactions

South Korea’s top five financial conglomerates and two other financial heavyweights will be required to ease their intra-group transactions, especially their cross-shareholding structures, according ...

April 3, 2018
Finance
IP office to offer online English training session

The Korean Intellectual Property Office said Tuesday that it will operate an online IP education curriculum in English, using a platform it jointly developed with the World Intellectual Property Orga...

April 3, 2018
Industry

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