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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew by less than 1 percent for the fourth straight month in January...
08:31 Feb. 02
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew by less than 1 percent for the fourth straight month in January, data showed Tuesday, indicating that the country's inflationary pressur...
08:00 Feb. 02
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Suhyup Bank, the credit and banking division of South Korea's fisheries cooperative, said Monday its earnings tumbled more than 18 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the ...
15:21 Feb. 01
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) has been discussing measures to provide a new round of a COVID-19 relief fund as stringent social distancing rules continue to weigh on s...
12:04 Jan. 29
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SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Major South Korean credit card issuer Samsung Card Co. said Friday its net profit jumped nearly 16 percent in 2020 from a year earlie...
10:06 Jan. 29
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output, consumption and investment increased on-month in December, d...
09:54 Jan. 29
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output, consumption and investment increased on-month in December, data ...
08:38 Jan. 29
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output, consumption and investment increased on-month in December, data showed Friday, in the latest sign that the country's economy is on a reco...
08:12 Jan. 29
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell 13.9 trillion won (US$12.4 billion) in state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday.
The ministry will issue 700 billion won in...
17:00 Jan. 28
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- The daily foreign exchange (FX) trading by banks in South Korea fell 5.3 percent on-year in 2020 as the local currency rose against the U.S. dollar, central bank data sho...
13:54 Jan. 28
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday it will end a special loan scheme for local banks, brokerages and insurers next month as financial markets have stabilized from the ...
13:53 Jan. 28
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended Thursday that South Korea further carry out...
11:38 Jan. 28
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended Thursday that South Korea further carry out accommodative fiscal and monetary policies in a bid to accelerate its econom...
09:00 Jan. 28
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog said Thursday it has decided to advise local banks to reduce dividends this year to help them better cope with the impact of the coronavi...
08:41 Jan. 28
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that it would be desirable for South Korea to selectively provide assistance to sectors and people hit hard by the pa...
16:31 Jan. 27
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national pension fund earned nearly 58 trillion won (US$52.6 billion) from stock investments in 2020 thanks to the bullish stock market, data showed Wednesd...
09:02 Jan. 27
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised up its growth outlook for South Korea this year as Asia's fourth-largest economy is faring relatively well amid t...
22:00 Jan. 26
By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry has increasingly found itself in hot water over growing calls to dig deeper into state coffers in response to the pandemic-...
16:30 Jan. 22