Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains

Korean banks go digital in Southeast Asia for non-interest gains

South Korea’s top four banks are strengthening their overseas operations, particularly in the digital banking business, to increase their non-...

Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz

Korean Hana ties up with Saudi EXIM Bank for Middle East biz

Hana Financial Group, South Korea’s third-largest financial holding company, joined hands with the Saudi Export-Import Bank to expand its mark...

HMM to open fastest shipping route from S.Korea to Indonesia

HMM to open fastest shipping route from S.Korea to Indonesia

South Korea's HMM Co. on Tuesday said it will open a direct route connecting Busan with the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Surabaya.The revamped I...

Net-zero by 2050 will hit S.Korea’s economic growth: BOK

Net-zero by 2050 will hit S.Korea’s economic growth: BOK

The net zero emission target by 2050 is forecast to lower South Korea’s economic growth rate by an average of 0.6 percentage point per year ...

Daewon Pharma to export $3 mn worth of Pelubi to Indonesia

Daewon Pharma to export $3 mn worth of Pelubi to Indonesia

South Korea's Daewon Pharmaceutical Co. will export its nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) Pelubi to the Indonesian market. It's South Kore...

KT provides digital document storage for Shinhan Bank

KT provides digital document storage for Shinhan Bank

South Korea's KT Corp announced on Friday the launch of a new digital document storage service at Shinhan Bank, linking with a public electronic doc...

S.Korea's Cosmax wins halal award in Indonesia

S.Korea's Cosmax wins halal award in Indonesia

Cosmax Inc., a South Korean original development manufacturer (ODM) of global cosmetics that also does research and development in the field, has wo...

Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD

Koreans’ US dollar selling spree continues in anticipation of weaker USD

US dollar investors in South Korea have not backed down from their shorting position of the currency despite the strengthening dollar against the Ko...

Celltrion builds clinical data bank for new biosimilars

Celltrion builds clinical data bank for new biosimilars

The use of data and computing is a new paradigm in the biopharmaceutical industry, reducing the new drug development time and cost, Celltrion Inc. C...

KT&G to build new factory in Indonesia

KT&G to build new factory in Indonesia

South Korea's KT&G Corp. has received a commitment of active investment support from the Indonesian government for building a local new factory....

S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to expanding the scope of business cooperation from high tech to food...

Doosan seeks to fuel Indonesia power plants with green ammonia

Doosan seeks to fuel Indonesia power plants with green ammonia

Doosan Enerbility Co., a South Korea construction equipment manufacturer, said on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indo...

Hyundai-LG battery JV in Indonesia to power IONIQ 5, other EVs: Chung

Hyundai-LG battery JV in Indonesia to power IONIQ 5, other EVs: Chung

Hyundai Motor Co.'s battery joint venture with LG Energy Solution Ltd. in Indonesia will become the South Korean carmaker’s battery manuf...

Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy

Kakao Mobility to collaborate with Indonesia on digital economy

South Korea's Kakao Mobility announced on Tuesday that it is discussing ways to collaborate on building the digital ecosystem with major platform co...

Hana Bank to enter digital asset custody sector with BitGo

Hana Bank to enter digital asset custody sector with BitGo

South Korea's Hana Bank on Tuesday said it signed a strategic business agreement with BitGo, a Palo Alto, California-based global digital asset cust...

Hyundai leads Indonesia’s EV push with locally produced IONIQ 5

Hyundai leads Indonesia’s EV push with locally produced IONIQ 5

Hyundai Motor Co. has emerged as Indonesia’s top electric vehicle seller, driven by its locally produced flagship model, the IONIQ 5, as the S...

HK inno.N releases K-Cab in Singapore

HK inno.N releases K-Cab in Singapore

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Monday that it has released the new drug K-CAB for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in ...

Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia

Shinhan Securities handles listing of private hospital in Indonesia

Shinhan Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that its local subsidiary in Indonesia has organized the listing of private hospital RSCH ...

Korean banks' earnings hit hard by unpaid debts, rate hikes

Korean banks' earnings hit hard by unpaid debts, rate hikes

South Korea’s major banks expect their earnings in the second half to fall on the soaring distressed debts of households and companies due to ...

DGB Fin to set up asset management firm in Singapore

DGB Fin to set up asset management firm in Singapore

South Korea’s DGB Financial Group is poised to set up an asset management unit in Singapore, its first overseas fund management arm, according...

BOK chief’s top mission: Soft landing for household debt

BOK chief’s top mission: Soft landing for household debt

South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...

Indonesia, Vietnam boost Korean banks’ overseas profits

Indonesia, Vietnam boost Korean banks’ overseas profits

South Korea’s top four banks posted sharp earnings growth in overseas operations in the first half of this year, buoyed by solid profits in In...

More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz

More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz

More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...

BOK head says Korea inflation to dip below mid-2% in H2 2024

BOK head says Korea inflation to dip below mid-2% in H2 2024

South Korea’s central bank chief expected consumer inflation to fall below the mid-2% level in the second half of 2024, adding to predictions ...

KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list

KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list

South Korea’s KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Woori Financial Group improved their rankings on the list of the global top 1,00...

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...

Baby Shark to be aired in Indonesia through RTV

Baby Shark to be aired in Indonesia through RTV

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with RTV, Ind...

Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year

Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year

Global banking giants’ South Korean units saw their first-half earnings led by non-interest income and business expenditures. Citibank Korea&r...

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk

Rebidding Notice of Share Sales in PT Bayan Resources Tbk I. Overview of sale 1. Sellers: Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd.(“KOSPO”), K...

Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor

Bank of Korea appoints new senior deputy governor

The Bank of Korea announced on Friday that it has appointed Ryoo Sang-dae, the current vice president of Korea Housing-Finance Corp., as its new s...

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