SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Foreign currency deposits dipped in August as exports settlements and overseas investments increased, central bank data showed Friday.
Residents' outstanding foreign ...
12:00 Sep. 22
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell 8.5 trillion won (US$6.34 billion) in state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday.
The country will issue 1 trillion won in T...
17:03 Sep. 21
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Financial authorities announced Thursday a set of enhanced measures to crack down on unfair stock trading following a series of stock manipulation scandals.
The meas...
14:53 Sep. 21
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Corporate direct financing in South Korea expanded 23.2 percent in August from the previous month largely due to an increase in financial bond issuances, data showed Thu...
06:00 Sep. 21
(ATTN: RECASTS throughout: ADDS Fed chair's remark in paras 7-8)
By Song Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark lending rate unchanged, bu...
04:25 Sep. 21
By Song Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve left its benchmark lending rate unchanged Wednesday, in an anticipated pause expected to give policymakers more time to ass...
03:47 Sep. 21
By Song Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve left its benchmark lending rate unchanged Wednesday, in an anticipated pause expected to give policymakers more time to ass...
03:10 Sep. 21
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's public account deficit hit an all-time high in 2022 largely due to an increase in COVID-19 handouts to small merchants and a rise in commodity prices, cent...
15:11 Sep. 20
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The delinquency ratio on loans extended by banks in South Korea increased in July from a month earlier due to a decrease in the volume of resolved loans, preliminary dat...
12:00 Sep. 19
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The outstanding value of derivatives-tied securities issued in South Korea dropped below the 100 trillion won (US$75.4 billion) mark in the first half of the year, on th...
06:00 Sep. 15
(ATTN: ADDS info on financial authorities' meeting on household debt level in bottom 2 paras)
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Household loans extended by banks in South Korea rose by the sharpest in ov...
13:51 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's money supply rose for the second consecutive month in July amid tightening policy, central bank data showed Wednesday.
The country's M2, a key gauge of ...
12:00 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Household loans extended by banks in South Korea rose by the sharpest in over two years in August on increased demand for home-backed loans amid high borrowing costs, da...
12:00 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's import prices spiked by the most in 17 months last month due to the higher price of crude oil, central bank data showed Wednesday.
The import price inde...
06:00 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator signed an initial agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to improve exchanges between the two regions' capital markets, o...
14:51 Sep. 12
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in August amid woes over a slowdown in the Chinese economy, central bank data showed Tuesday.
Offshore inv...
12:00 Sep. 12
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stock markets will be closed throughout the upcoming six-day fall holiday, the bourse operator said Monday.
The stock markets, including the main Korea ...
11:38 Sep. 11
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean banking group, said Friday it has picked one of its vice chairmen as the candidate for the group's next chief.
Its chairm...
17:16 Sep. 08
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea logged a current account surplus for the third straight month in July on the back of a widened trade surplus and dividend payments from overseas, central bank...
08:00 Sep. 08