Korean stock market
Korean stock market
Kospi posts record-high performances in 2021
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreigners sell net $4 bn of shares in March, second only to Aug. 2021
Foreign investors in March sold a net 4.84 trillion won ($3.97 billion) worth of shares on South Korea's main bourse Kospi, their highest-ever month...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mid-cap, small-cap outperform large-cap stocks in Q1 2022
South Korea’s mid-cap and small-cap shares outperformed large-cap stocks during the first quarter of 2022 as some glitzy initial public offeri...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor shares set to rebound after hitting trough
South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co.'s shares are poised for a rebound. On March 30, the stock rose by 2.55% to 181,000 won ($149.46), 11.73%...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bulk of Korean IPOs since March 2021 below day one price
Fourteen out of the 17 South Korean companies that made a stock market debut between March 2021 and February of this year are trading below their clo...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Innotek shares at new highs, tracking Apple's rise
Shares in LG Innotek Co., a major camera module supplier for Apple iPhones, climbed to a record high on Monday, in stark contrast to the flat wider m...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
ETFs entice Korean investors amid volatile market
South Korean retail investors bought more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) than stocks on the country’s main Kospi in the last six months as the ba...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shares of cement makers firm up despite higher coal prices
Shares in South Korean cement suppliers have performed well in a rangebound market, despite soaring prices of bituminous coal, their raw material.Con...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
China's lockdown: Double effect to Korean tech stocks
The COVID-19 lockdown of Shenzhen, the city known as Silicon Valley of China, is increasing concerns over supply disruptions to South Korea’s i...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea reopening stocks rally as govt. eases COVID-19 restrictions
South Korea’s reopening stocks jumped on Friday as the government eases COVID-19-curbing restrictions and as the number of the Omicron variant ...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean builders, tech stocks rally after election
The South Korean stock market rose across the board on Thursday, reacting positively to the election of former prosecutor generator Yoon Suk-yeol as ...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea seen to benefit from MSCI's Russia removal
MSCI Inc.'s decision to remove Russian stocks from its emerging markets indexes from later next week stirred up expectations that as much as $3.4 bil...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
PCB makers in record-setting rally on strong outlook
Shares in South Korea's small and medium-sized printed circuit board (PCB) makers extended their upward run to hit fresh highs this week, bucking the...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Gaming stocks tumble after disappointing Q4 results
Shares in South Korean gaming companies have been on a losing run since the start of the year, giving up about half of the gains they enjoyed late la...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
TIGER KEDI30 sells out initial net assets on first trading day
Korean individual investors injected 9.5 billion won ($7.9 million) in TIGER KEDI Innovator ESG30 ETF on Feb 8, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracki...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s reopening stocks shine despite surging Omicron cases
South Korea’s reopening stocks rallied even as the local COVID-19 cases hit record-highs with the spread of the Omicron variant. Investors rais...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Seoul launches investment promotion agency for FDI expansion
The city of Seoul launched Invest Seoul on Feb. 7, an investment promotion agency (IPA) to attract foreign investment and overseas companies. The cap...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro BM beats Kosdaq's top market cap Celltrion
EcoPro BM Co., a leading manufacturer of cathode material for secondary batteries, topped the market capitalization for Kosdaq-listed firms on Jan. ...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi in lethargic trade ahead of LG Energy debut
South Korea's benchmark stock index Kospi declined to its lowest closing level in one and a half months on Monday, moving in the opposite direction o...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Kosdaq: Will January effect occur in 2022?
South Korea’s tech-heavy Kosdaq index tends to rise every January as many Korean retail investors rush to dump their stocks just before the ex-...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Pension funds sell net $21 bn worth of shares in 2021
South Korea’s pension funds sold a net 24.5 trillion won ($20.6 billion) worth of Kospi and Kosdaq stocks this year, the largest annual net s...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Foreigners sell net $22 bn main Kospi shares in 2021
Foreigners sold a net 25.9 trillion won ($21.8 billion) worth of South Korean stocks on the main Kospi from Jan. 1 to Dec. 23 of this year, marking f...
Dec 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts re...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seoul commits $204 mn to attract foreign-invested firms by 2026
Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) to be set up in Seoul, South Korea from 2022 will receive increased incentives and reduction in office rent, acco...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Seoul may curb margin loans to rein in household debt
South Korea is considering curbing margin loans offered by brokerage companies to stock investors, as part of the government efforts to rein in soari...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korean millennials rush on Nasdaq and NYSE amid sluggish Kospi
South Korean millennials in their 20s and 30s are rushing to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) amid skyrocketing real estate prices in th...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Underage stock investors surge with decent gains in Korea
The number of investors under age 18 is rising in South Korea, posting even higher gains from their stock purchases than adults.According to 10 domes...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Electronics’ stock stages a rebound as outlook concerns ease
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have risen above the psychologically important level as foreign and institutional investors returned amid easing co...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Wealth
COVID-19 shakes up Korea’s list of richest stock owners
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the list of Korea’s richest people in terms of stocks held. Among the 20 richest share owners in Korea as o...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Perfection and speed
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is a famous quote attributed to the late management thinker Peter Drucker. Like most quotes from fam...
Jun 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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