FX reserves
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Foreign exchange
South Korea’s forex reserves dip to nearly 5-year low in February
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves diminished to the lowest level in nearly five years last month, largely due to the expanded forex swap...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korea seeks tighter control over digital coins, mulls mandatory disclosures
South Korea plans to tighten its controls over cryptocurrency trade in the country by mandating information disclosures for listed virtual assets an...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Corstone, Q Capital in talks with foreign investors to sell K-chicken chain
Seoul-based private equity firms Corstone Asia and Q Capital Partners are in talks with foreign investors to sell a South Korean fried chicken chain...
Jan 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea’s forex reserves drop to 5-year low in 2024
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves shrank to a five-year low at the end of last year after the country’s foreign exchange authoriti...
Jan 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea expands foreign banks' access to forex market
An increasing number of foreign banks without a physical presence in South Korea are gearing up to offer dollar-won conversion services to non-Korea...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Catchtable to offer restaurant reservation service in Japan
Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, launched the beta service for off...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea to relax FX rules by December to boost dollar selling
South Korea will raise the limits on forward dollar purchases and expand the foreign exchange swap line between the National Pension Service (NPS) a...
Dec 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations, expand FX swap line
South Korea’s foreign authorities said on Friday they will ease foreign exchange regulations to allow more dollars into the domestic financial...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's foreign reserves amount to $415.4 bn in Nov
South Korea's official foreign reserves at the end of November amounted to $415.4 billion.According to the Bank Of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday, the nat...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean companies’ cash reserves swell to record high
Cash holdings at South Korean companies have soared to a record-high level, data showed on Monday. Companies are stepping up efforts to raise cash t...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea returns to US FX monitoring watchlist
The United States has reinstated South Korea on its foreign-exchange monitoring watchlist, a year after it removed Asia’s No. 4 economy from t...
Nov 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's retirement pension reserves rise by $2.9 bn in 2024
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth fund KIC shortlists three CEO candidates
South Korean sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has shortlisted three candidates as the next chief executive officer, who will...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea mulls tripling NPS' advance dollar funding limit
South Korea is considering tripling the maximum amount of dollars the National Pension Service (NPS) can buy from the domestic foreign exchange mark...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won hits 15-year low in Q2 amid FX, economic uncertainty
The South Korean currency fell to its lowest level against the US dollar in 15 years in the second quarter amid growing uncertainties surrounding gl...
Jul 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea FX authorities, NPS raise currency swap limit to $50 bn
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, said on Friday it has agreed with foreign exchange...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks broaden horizons to Mexico, Poland, Africa
South Korean banks are broadening their horizons beyond Asia into Mexico, Poland and Africa in step with Korean manufacturing companies’ globa...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Navigating choppy waters: Dollar-won FX forecasting
Late last year, when the Korean won traded at 1,288 per dollar, most market analysts and economists predicted that the Korean currency would regai...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets
Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean savings banks swing to loss after 9 years
South Korea’s savings banks turned to the red after nine years in 2023 as they put aside heavy reserves on future loan losses, with their loan...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
South Korea, odd one out in new global gold rush
South Korea has remained muted to a new gold rush fueled by various central banks across the world gobbling up the precious metal, raising concerns ...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
South Korean central bank not to increase gold reserves
South Korea’s central bank does not plan to buy more gold for its foreign exchange reserves, although the monetary authority has not purchased...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Toss Bank launches commission-free foreign exchange services
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank said on Thursday it has launched commission-free foreign exchange services for the first time as a do...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Supply chain
South Korea to support urea purchases outside China, boost reserves
The South Korean government plans to offer financial support to domestic companies when they import urea, a substance used in diesel vehicles and fe...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea’s forex reserves dwindle to lowest point in more than 3 years
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves dropped in October for the third straight month to their lowest point since June 2020, as local author...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to add two new branches in India 2024
South Korea's Woori Bank plans to open two new branches in India in the first half of next year. The bank announced on Tuesday it has obtained ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s fertility startups gain traction with advanced technologies
South Korea’s fertility startups are garnering attention from investors with innovative technologies such as self-testing of ovarian health, s...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31
Reservations for cruise ships visiting South Korea's Jeju Island are flooding in amid China's resumption of all group tours to its neighboring cou...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore opens online excavator store
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that it has opened the first "Develon Online Store," an excavator online mall in the co...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits
Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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