SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Offshore investors remained net sellers of South Korean stocks last month, marking the third consecutive month of net selling, amid the Korean currency's weakness against...
09:29 Nov. 11
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean investors are shifting their money into stocks out of safer bonds as risk appetite perks up on eased concerns over the U.S.-China trade spat, data showed Mon...
09:18 Nov. 11
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Yields on South Korean state bonds jumped in October from the previous month despite a cut in the country's benchmark interest rate, data showed Friday.
The yield on th...
14:58 Nov. 08
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exchange traded funds (ETFs) for U.S. dollar futures have logged negative returns over the past three months on a weak greenback, a market tracker said Frida...
09:27 Nov. 08
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol will head to Switzerland this week to attend a Bank for International Settlement (BIS) meeting, the South Korean central bank said Thursday....
12:00 Nov. 07
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Standard & Poor's (S&P Global Ratings) on Wednesday affirmed its AA sovereign credit rating for South Korea, despite earlier slashing its growth outlook for Asia's fourth-...
19:25 Nov. 06
SEJONG, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's credit default risk fell to the lowest level in more than 12 years, the finance ministry said Wednesday, underscoring foreign investors' confidence in Asia'...
13:40 Nov. 06
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Most members of the Bank of Korea (BOK)'s monetary policy board agreed on the need for a further boost to the local economy, including those who had voted ...
17:18 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Despite a weak economy, the South Korean currency has soared against the greenback over the past month due mainly to optimism about U.S.-China trade talks, data showed Tue...
11:00 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The number of private funds in South Korea has fallen sharply over the past three months in the wake of alleged trading irregularities and a liquidity crisis at a major pl...
09:11 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose to a new high last month, but largely due to the weakening of the U.S. dollar, which pushed up the dollar value of its assets ...
06:00 Nov. 05
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SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's central bank on Friday highlighted the importance ...
13:43 Nov. 01
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m.
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11:02 Nov. 01
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's central bank on Friday highlighted the importance of productivity amid the country's slowing growth, calling it a challenge facing the global eco...
09:38 Nov. 01
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Fraudulent insurance claims rose 3.4 percent in terms of payments in the first six months of this year to exceed 410 billion won (US$353 million), the financial watchdog ...
13:41 Oct. 31
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve has again slashed its policy rate, boosting the chances of another rate cut in South Korea to bolster its slowing economy, analys...
11:13 Oct. 31
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m.
Term Today (%)...
11:03 Oct. 31
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday welcomed the latest U.S. rate cut, saying it may help remove some uncertainties facing Asia's fourth-largest economy.
"We believ...
09:08 Oct. 31