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Business & Politics Woori Financial CEO Yim Jong-yong should stay for governance: FSS chief

Woori Financial Group Chief Executive and Chairman Yim Jong-yong should keep his post through to the end of his term and lead the banking group&rsqu...

Central bank August inflation puts BOK under fire for delayed pivot

South Korea’s inflation moderated to the government’s target of 2.0% in August, its slowest increase in three years and five months, put...

Asset management Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW

Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...

Markets S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion

Hyundai Motor Securities downgraded its investment opinion on GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) from "Buy" to "Market Perform" on...

Banking & Finance KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...

Markets Zero-carbon, self-driving still in distant future for top Kospi stocks

Shares in Samsung Engineering Co., a leading South Korean plant builder, have skyrocketed about 90% year to date, far outstripping the average rise ...

K-pop Blackpink label YG delivers Q1 earnings surprise; 90% above market consensus

YG Entertainment Inc. has delivered earnings surprise in the first quarter of this year, thanks to its K-pop girl group Blackpink's powerful fandom ...

IPOs Kakao Pay values itself at above-consensus $14 bn

Kakao Pay Corp., aiming to list on South Korea's main stock exchange this year, has valued itself at as much as 16 trillion won ($14.4 billion), or ...

Earnings Samsung, LG Elec deliver above-consensus Q1 earnings

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world's two largest TV makers, surprised the market on Wednesday with forecast-beating quarterl...

Earnings Celltrion’s Q3 earnings beat market consensus to hit record high

South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc's operating profit topped market expectations by more than 20% in the third quarter, hitting a record high...