Korean stock market
Korean stock market
Hyundai Department stocks down on cheap dividend policy
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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Korean stock market
Morgan Stanley subsidiary takes 5% stake in JYP Entertainment stock
A Morgan Stanley-affiliated asset manager has bought more JYP Entertainment shares, raising its stake to more than 5 percent.Asset management firm Mo...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Some 100 foreign housekeepers to enter S.Korea in 2023
About 100 Philippine housekeepers will come to work in South Korea this year under a pilot public project to raise the birth rate by reducing the hou...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
POSCO affiliates’ shares surge; market cap rises threefold in 5 years
Shares of POSCO Group affiliates are flying high with the steelmaker rapidly transforming into a battery materials manufacturer, riding the industryw...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates
EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global st...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's IPO market heats up with higher price cap for new stocks
South Korea’s initial public offering market is heating up with some 30 firms set for new share subscriptions in July and August, more than suc...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Speculative bets heat up on to-be-delisted preferred stocks
Preferred stocks of five South Korean companies, including Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and SK Networks Co., have been on a roller coaster ahead of t...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop
Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won (...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
GS E&C loses $230 mn market capitalization in one day
GS Engineering & Construction Co.'s stock price plummeted on Thursday in the aftermath of the underground parking lot collapse. Following the Min...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean ETFs’ net asset value doubles in 3.5 years
South Korea’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) surpassed 100 trillion won ($75.7 billion) in net asset value for the first time on Thursday, 21 yea...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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