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Short selling
Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban
South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HSBC faces criminal charges for naked shorting in Korea
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against HSBC and three of its traders, accusing them of illegal short selling worth 15.8...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
CJ Onstyle boosts live commerce unit
South Korea's CJ OnStyle announced on Wednesday that it broadened its mobile live commerce division by introducing programming, marketing, and new...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean brokerages expand bond issues to repay short-term debts
South Korea’s mid-sized brokerage firms are increasingly embracing bond sales as several large firms sold their bonds in January amid investor...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market
Shortt, a South Korean short form content company, announced on Wednesday that it has got a total of 400 million views of its campaigns for South Ko...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korean stock market volatility up since short-selling ban
The South Korean stock market has seen increased volatility and few rallies over the past three months, in sharp contrast to government hopes that i...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic financial comp...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to raise $494 mn through syndicated loan
LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, will raise 650 billion won ($494 million) by t...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea’s top regulator detects more foreigners’ naked shorting
South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inve...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Chipmakers Samsung, SK Hynix among foreigners’ top picks in Korea
South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., were among foreign investors’ top picks on the country&...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
HSBC, BNP Paribas reported to Korean prosecutors for naked shorting
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and BNP Paribas CIB have been reported to South Korean public prosecutors in violation of ...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains
Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Black Friday sales offer short-lived relief to Korean retailers
South Korean retailers and fashion outlets are seeing record-breaking sales during their big discount events this month, but industry watchers said ...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs baffled as Korea-Indonesia aviation talks stall
South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) may have to shelve plans to launch service to Indonesia after the two countries failed to reach an agre...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won strengthens past 1,300 mark vs dollar on short-sale ban
The South Korean won continued its bull run on Monday, strengthening past the psychologically important barrier of 1,300 level against the dollar fo...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea bans short selling; battery stocks lead market rally
South Korea has temporarily suspended short selling partly to prevent illegal, naked short selling, a decision buoying stocks heavily targeted by sh...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease conce...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea Inc.’s record short-term borrowing raises specter of debt overhang
South Korea’s short-term corporate loan growth is picking up at a fast pace, stirring concern among some analysts who see parallels to the 200...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HSBC, BNP Paribas to be fined for naked short sales in S.Korea
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will fine the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) and Bank BNP Paribas the large...
Oct 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling
South Korea’s financial watchdog urged foreign brokerage firms to strengthen their internal control systems to ban illegal short selling on th...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to launch short-form service on portal’s front page
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. said on Wednesday it is strengthening its short-form content service on surging demand for video c...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro to log record-high foreign net purchases in July
South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Co., the stock price of which has soared more than nine times on the junior bourse Kosdaq since Januar...
Jul 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Retail investors test EcoPro’s upside as Korea’s GameStop
Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to launch in-flight wi-fi service for int'l routes
Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Tuesday that it will begin in-flight wi-fi service on selected international routes starting from June 1.Korean Ai...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korean activist fund mired in controversy over SM stock deals
A South Korean private equity firm leading shareholder activism against SM Entertainment Co. is mired in controversy as it has surfaced that it sold...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s public spending on maternity, child care falls short of OECD average
South Korea’s government budget for tackling the nation's low birth rate has risen to 2.25% of GDP, but housing support accounts for a major p...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Koreans’ love for EcoPro stock may jeopardize short-sellers
South Korean individual investors have been chasing shares in EcoPro group, the country’s major electric vehicle battery materials manufacture...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Domestic duty-free sales surpass 1 trillion won in February
Domestic duty-free sales in South Korea increased by 36.7% in February compared to the previous month, due to the resumption of short-term visas for...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new Exynos chipset enables short-range wireless connectivity
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled a new chipset under its Exynos line that enables much shorter-range wireless con...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)