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Shareholder value
Korea Inc. ups dividend payouts despite falling net income
South Korean companies listed on the main bourse Kospi raised their dividend payouts between 2021 and 2023 despite falling net income in the same pe...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales
The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped ne...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea asks savings banks to raise capital to avoid crisis
South Korea’s top financial regulator advised about 10 local savings banks in trouble to increase their capital by the end of this month to pr...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset's KODEX S&P500 TR ETF surpasses 1 tn won in net asset
Samsung Asset Management Co. announced on Tuesday that the net asset value of its KODEX US S&P500 TR exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks th...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Korea’s Shinsegae replaces building unit chief amid property downturn
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group on Tuesday replaced the head of its construction unit amid the sluggish property market, adding to ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Hanwha, 1st Korean insurer to earn dividends from overseas unit
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. is set to earn dividends from its Vietnamese subsidiary, reporting a cumulative profit after 15 years, becoming South Kore...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Electronics collects $4.3 bn in dividends from display unit
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is slated to receive about 5.64 trillion won ($4.3 billion) worth of dividends ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea eyes $1.5 bn injection in KDB to boost chip, battery sectors
South Korea may inject some 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into Korea Development Bank (KDB) by the end of this month to support the state-run bank's...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s corporate tax-to-GDP ratio hits record high
South Korean companies paid more corporate taxes than their rivals in developed countries in 2022, losing competitiveness, with the nation’s c...
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 ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea Inc.’s dividend repatriation soars on new tax breaks
Major companies in South Korea, such as affiliates of Samsung, LG and Hyundai Motor Group, are bringing larger amounts of capital back back home fro...
Nov 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SK Square pauses talks with Qoo10 over 11Street deal
SK Square Co., an investment arm of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, has suspended negotiations with Singapore-headquartered e-comme...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KB Financial beats profit forecast on higher interest rates
KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s top financial holding company by assets, on Tuesday reported better-than-expected net profit in the thi...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea's GS Caltex faces FTC probe into intra-group trading
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation process for alleged intra-group transactions between GS Caltex Corp., the country&r...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea’s Gopizza to open branch at Singapore Changi airport
South Korean food tech startup Gopizza, known for its single-serving pizza prepared by robots, on Tuesday said it will open a branch on Nov. 1 at Si...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time
South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China sets up battery JVs with S.Korea to bypass IRA
Chinese battery materials suppliers are rushing to expand their production bases in South Korea, mainly in partnership with domestic companies.Such ...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea logs current account surplus in May on brisk sales of goods
South Korea’s current account swung to the black in May from a deficit the prior month, thanks to a surplus in the goods account for the secon...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
India rises as LG's cash cow under revised S.Korean tax laws
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has received nearly 600 billion won ($470 million) in dividends from its overseas operations in the first qu...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to collect $5.9 bn in dividends from abroad for EV push
Hyundai Motor Group’s overseas subsidiaries will repatriate $5.9 billion in dividends in total to their parent in South Korea this year to hel...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS vows to raise alternative investment ratio, cut bond purchases
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund, plans to raise the ratio of its alternative...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's loan delinquency rates soar; outlook to worsen in H2
South Korean banks are seeing loan delinquency rates surge due to the increase in lending during the pandemic and a series of rate hikes. The rates ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Poshmark powers Naver earnings; HyperCLOVA X the next booster
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to strong sales of Poshmark Inc. in the US. It ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea’s big financial companies
Back in the early 2000s, Meritz was an obscure, lesser-known insurance-related company in South Korea’s financial arena.Part of Hanjin Group, ...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor to pay quarterly dividends with record Q1 profit
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday reported its largest-ever quarterly profit, which soared a whopping 86.3% from a year earlier, while unveiling a plan t...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea’s Woori Financial profit up on interest rate margins
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, logged growth in a quarterly net profit as larger interest rate...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners
South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Glass Lewis votes for Tcha Partners' proposal to change Namyang auditor
Global proxy advisory giant Glass, Lewis & Co. has voted for three out of the four proposals made by Seoul-based Tcha Partners Asset Management ...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G claims sweeping victory against activist funds
Activist funds such as Singapore-based Flashlight Capital Partners Pet. (FCP) on Tuesday failed to gain approval on almost all of their proposals ma...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)