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HMM’s shares undervalued despite $12.5 billion in cashable assets
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Stay in market despite rising interest rates: Howard Marks
NEW YORK – Investors should stay in the financial market as rising interest rates have put the values of assets such as stocks and bonds at app...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling piles up on Kospi’s top three stocks
South Korea’s three largest companies by market cap -- Samsung Electronics Co, LG Energy Solution Co. and SK Hynix Inc. -- were heavily short s...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets
South Korea is set to take measures to stabilize local stock and bond markets hit by global interest rate hikes amid growing risks of a worldwide eco...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kospi hits two-year low; regulators mull short-selling ban
South Korea's stock market tumbled to its lowest level in more than two years on Wednesday, as fears of a slowing global economy and rising inflation...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Gaonchips rally on market talk of Samsung's investment in ARM
Shares in South Korea’s semiconductor chip design house Gaonchips Co. extended their rally for a second day on Friday on growing market talk th...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea cuts US Treasury holding by $18.9 bn in Jan-July
South Korea had sold a net $18.9 billion of US Treasury bonds in the first seven months of this year, data showed, as foreign exchange authorities we...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea plans to adopt mandatory pre-disclosure of major insider trading
Executives and major shareholders of South Korea’s listed companies will be obligated to disclose their share transaction plans at least 30 day...
Sep 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign stock buying on weaker won: Bucking the trend?
When a country’s currency weakens, foreign investors flee the local markets as a softer foreign-exchange rate usually means fragile economic fu...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sell Korea intensifies as foreigners dump bonds for 1st time in 18 months
A selloff in risk assets in South Korea is intensifying as foreigners turned net sellers of Korean bonds for the first time in 18 months in June whil...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea’s DL E&C suffers from Russian war, chairman-related risk
DL E&C Co., a South Korean offshore plant and construction company, is suffering from its suspended projects in Russia, one of its key overseas m...
Jun 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea’s retail investors put record amount in overseas stocks
South Korea’s retail investors poured 22.9 trillion won ($18.8 billion) into purchasing overseas stocks last year, according to the country's c...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG Household to lower reliance on Chinese market as shares slump
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. was one of the most coveted shares on the Korean bouse in the past couple of years as the company basked in the g...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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HMM shares weighed by overhang concerns despite soaring profit
South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range over the past few months despite its spectacular earn...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy faces reality check as its stock turns a market laggard
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. was touted as a market darling even before its Kospi debut last month, reflecting the investor fre...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kospi melts as Fed, LG Energy spur foreign selling
South Korean stocks lost ground with the main index entering a bear market on Thursday as foreign investors intensified their selling after the US Fe...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Time to buy Korean entertainment stocks?
Hopes for a rebound in South Korea’s entertainment shares emerged as their earnings are expected to improve on new businesses and their valuati...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Time to buy Korean chipmakers; Samsung among 2022 top picks
The year of the tiger will see decent stock price gains in leading chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. on expected hyperscal...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreigners’ Korean stockholdings soar 180-fold in 30 years
Foreign investors ramped up their holdings of South Korean stocks 180 times in 30 years, increasing influence in the local financial markets and dome...
Dec 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Korea’s Ants dump single-day record $2.7 bn shares, turn eyes overseas
South Korea’s retail investors on Tuesday dumped 3.16 trillion won ($2.7 billion) worth of shares on the country’s two main stock markets...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end review
Kosdaq: Perennial bush league as blue chips favor Kospi
South Korea’s tech-heavy Kosdaq market has been underperforming the main Kospi market for a couple of decades, raising concerns that the junior...
Dec 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 core companies’ stocks underperform global peers
The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat competi...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreigners buy Kospi futures to raise bullish bets on Korea stocks
Foreigners bought Kospi 200 futures contracts on “quadruple witching day," the quarterly simultaneous expiration of South Korean options and fu...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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China’s CSI, KRX to launch co-developed stock indices
China Securities Index Co. (CSI) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) are set to unveil three stock indices jointly developed for the first time on Dec. 20, ...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Year-end inflow to Korean main bourse sign of foreigner comeback?
Foreign investors are poised to extend their buying spree in South Korea’s main stock market to a sixth straight session, spurring hopes for th...
Dec 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Will Samsung stocks repeat December glory?
Over the past decade, Samsung Electronics Co. ’s stocks have usually enjoyed a year-end rally every December on increasing dividends and hopes ...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Koreans log $5.7 bn loss in Q3 from overseas stock investments
South Korean investors suffered a $5.7 billion loss in the third quarter from overseas stock investments on weak foreign shares. Individual investors...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea to buy back treasury bonds to curb rising interest rates
South Korea plans to buy back 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) worth of government bonds in a move to stem a jump in market interest rates.The Ministry ...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chips, auto, display stocks rebound as supply shortage eases
Shares in South Korea’s chipmakers, automakers and display producers have begun to rebound on growing signs that the global supply shortage wil...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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