Kim Yong Bok

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is planning to exclude the bonds and equities issued by high carbon emitters from its foreign reserves portfolio in stages, ...

Shareholders of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. on Thursday approved the company's plan to separate its battery business into a new entity.Und...

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party has called on the Bank of Korea (BOK) to take a more active role to aid pandemic-hit small business operators ...

The Bank of Korea has ended its ultra-easy monetary stance by bumping up the base interest rate by 25 basis points from a record-low 0.5% on Thursda...

In September 2020, Krafton Inc.’s blockbuster game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) hit a major roadblock. India prohibited Chinese ...

South Korea’s household debt was estimated to have exceeded $1.5 trillion to reach a record high last month, and tighter monetary policies at ...

Michael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of Korea’s largest private equity firm MBK Partners, will donate 30 billion won ($26 million) to the...

South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...

Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...

South Korean game company Nexon’s founder Kim Jung-ju has resigned from the chief executive position at NXC Corp., the holding company of Nexo...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named Suyi Kim, its Asia head, as the global chief of its private equity business, effective Se...

South Korea’s central bank chief sent a strong indication of tightening later this year after the Bank of Korea (BOK) left its monetary policy...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol will meet during a Group of 20 (G20) gathering of finance ministe...

The Bank of Korea needs to drop its accommodative monetary stance of the past two years and to begin raising interest rates from this year, the cent...

The recent asset price rises in South Korea, in particular in the equities and real estate markets, have been too rapid, even considering an expecte...

South Korea’s central bank governor on Friday flagged a tighter monetary policy for the second time in less than a month, fueling expectations...

South Korea’s central bank governor on Thursday flagged a possible policy rate hike before the end of the year as the domestic economy recover...

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) does not carry out negative screening to exclude companies and sectors that do not comply with envi...

South Korea’s central bank will exclude companies with low ESG ratings from its portfolio of foreign currency assets. The Bank of Korea has de...

South Korea’s central bank will launch a new economic index based on analysis of online business news articles. The Bank of Korea said on Apr....

The Bank of Korea has asked the country’s financial institutions to reduce exposure in economic sectors that generate high levels of carbon em...

The Bank of Korea paid the second-highest amount of tax revenue in the country last year, trailing only Samsung Electronics Co., after the South Kor...

Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn is returning to management seven years after he was banned from business activities following his conviction for ...

Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices appears abnormal because they have no intrinsic value, addin...

LG Electronics Inc. has mandated South Korea’s largest law firm Kim & Chang as the legal advisor for its smartphone division sale, accor...

South Korea’s central bank governor has warned of an abrupt stock market correction, asking investors to refrain from excessive borrowing amid...

The Bank of Korea has raised its growth forecast for this year and next, citing advances in vaccine development and a rebound in exports, after keep...

Lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties in South Korea have joined forces to propose employment stability be added to the Bank of Korea&rsqu...

South Korea’s current account surplus rose in September to its highest level in two years on the back of rebounding exports of chips and automob...

The Bank of Korea has left its policy rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5% as was widely expected, citing a slow economic recovery amid the ongoing ...