punishments

Commodities Korea to punish copper scrap traders for illegal exports

BUSAN -- South Korea is set to punish copper scrap traders, mostly Chinese-operated, for illegal exports as nonferrous metal sector companies on the...

Regulations Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field

South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...

Regulations South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

Corporate governance Samsung suspends business with select software partner companies

Samsung Electronics Co. has recently “suspended transactions” with select software partner companies through regular auditing, with arou...

Economy Shipyards, TV plants to shut down as typhoon lands on Korea

The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., decided to shut down t...