Korean stock market
Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade
Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&rs...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Korean flea market app sees overseas growth
Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, enjoyed growth in other countries with its Karrot app briefly ...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HD Hyundai Electric likely to join MSCI Korea: Samsung Securities
HD Hyundai Electric Co., Alteogen Inc. and Enchem Co. are expected to be invited to join Morgan Stanley Capital International’s Korea Index whe...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s 'Seven Tigers,' next hot stocks: Hyundai Motor Securities
Japan may have its Seven Samurai and the US its Magnificent Seven, but South Korea has "Seven Tiger" stocks thanks to the artificial intelligence chi...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign buying of Korean stocks hit record high in Q1
Foreign investors gobbled up a record 15.8 trillion won ($11.7 billion) worth of stocks listed in South Korea during the first three months of this y...
Mar 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
NPS to invest up to $8.2 bn in undervalued Korean stocks
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is expected to invest up to 11 trillion won ($8.2 b...
Mar 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea announces measures to upvalue local shares
The South Korean financial regulator announced basic guidelines under the so-called corporate value-up program on Monday, with measures to boost the ...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign investors net buyers of Korean stocks for 3rd straight month
Foreign investors bought more South Korean stocks and bonds in January, extending their buying spree to three months.The Financial Supervisory Servic...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Hyundai Department stocks down on cheap dividend policy
Hyundai Department Store Group, a South Korean major retail conglomerate, has unveiled the group companies’ dividend payout plans for the mid t...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean banks stop ELS sales after HSCEI debacle
South Korean banks are scurrying to suspend the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) after the country’s financial regulator said it may cons...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman
The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an antic...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Global X to liquidate China-exposed ETFs on poor returns
Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds, will liquidate 19 ETFs, including 11 China-exposed funds, next month to stop the...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS
South Korean investors have already suffered about 230 billion won ($171 million) losses from their investments in equity-linked securities (ELS) tie...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea launches official probe into HSCEI-tied ELS sale
South Korea’s financial authorities have opened an official probe into local banks and securities firms’ potential misselling of equity-l...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign net buying of Samsung Elec at record high in 2023
Foreign investors turned net buyers of Samsung Electronics Co. in 2023, reversing their selling spree of the stock over past three years, as the semi...
Jan 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for t...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix among foreigners’ top picks in Korea
South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., were among foreign investors’ top picks on the country&r...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains
Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as retai...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares
Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the w...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Thematic ETFs in Korea betting on India’s growth boom
South Korean asset managers stand hand in hand with their global peers in betting on India’s bright growth outlook by rolling out India-themed ...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Netmarble sells 6% stake in BTS label HYBE in block deal
South Korea’s leading game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it sold a 6% stake in HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BT...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease concer...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HSBC, BNP Paribas to be fined for naked short sales in S.Korea
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will fine the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and Bank BNP Paribas the larges...
Oct 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean language demand creates new overseas markets for startups
South Korean language startups are expanding their business in overseas markets with their local tongue through generative artificial intelligence, t...
Sep 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling
South Korea’s financial watchdog urged foreign brokerage firms to strengthen their internal control systems to ban illegal short selling on the...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean exodus from China funds amid deepening property crisis
South Korean investors’ retreat from Chinese equity funds of nearly 10 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in total principal is accelerating amid deep...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles
Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numbe...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
KCGI Asset Management appoints former KIS head as new CMO
South Korea’s KCGI Asset Management, formerly Meritz Asset Management, announced on Friday that it has hired Cho Won-bok, former division head ...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MSCI Korea Index adds EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, drops Emart
Four stocks, including EcoPro Co., have been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index, and two have been removed.MSCI, a ...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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