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South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing output, stoking concerns about Asia’s fourth-largest economy despite a recovery in private consumption, which helped the economy grow at the fastest rate in over

South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asian currencies, by attracting up to $58 billion to the local debt market.Last month, FTSE Russell, the g

Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regain ground against the US dollar to the 1,200 level in the second quarter of this year from the low 1,300

South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the financial watchdog has detected an increase in the illegal practice by institutional investors over th

HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index when the global stock index provider conducts regular index rebalancing next month, according to Samsung