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October 15, 2018 Finance

‘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...

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
[Eye Plus] Mangwon, a peek into Seoulites’ daily lives

Once considered an underdeveloped area on the outskirts of the crowded, boisterous main area of Hongdae, Mangwon is enjoying its day in the sun as a fashionable area of northwestern Seoul, with trend...

September 20, 2018
Social affairs
Banks ready for inter-Korean economic cooperation

Fired up by the thawing peninsular mood built on the latest inter-Korean summit, banks here have buckled down on establishing business in the North in the near future, their initial focus fixed on th...

September 20, 2018
Finance
Opposition, energy minister nominee battle over nuclear phaseout plan

The confirmation hearing held Wednesday for Sung Yun-mo, the nominee for minister of trade, industry and energy, pivoted mostly on the government’s plan to phase out nuclear energy and the potential ...

September 19, 2018
Economy
Expressway rest stops to provide drive-through, mobile preorder services

Starting next year, expressway rest stops will have drive-through stores, as well as mobile preorder and pickup services, as part of the government’s plan to support small businesses and revitalize r...

September 18, 2018
Economy
Government, central bank lock horns over rate hike timing

The tension concerning the country’s key interest rate hike is expected to peak this week, in the wake of the government‘s latest set of additional measures to curb real estate speculation. While th...

September 16, 2018
Economy

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