SEJONG, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — In the six months after the new coronavirus was first reported in South Korea, the virus outbreak has battered the nation’s exports and depressed local consumption, with health experts warning that the highly contagious disease may not disappear in the coming months. The pandemic has brought the global economy [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Payments made with cards here began to drop shortly after the country confirmed the new coronavirus outbreak in late January, central bank data showed Tuesday, in what could be another data backing reduced spending amid the pandemic. Between February and May, the overall amount of payments made with cards [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors in gold have posted sky-high returns this year amid strong safe-haven demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Gold changed hands at 261,423 won (US$217) per 3.75 grams on the Korea Exchange as of Friday, up a whopping 23.3 percent from the start of [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Engineering & Construction Co. said Thursday that it has reached a deal with authorities in Laos to compensate victims of a deadly hydroelectric dam collapse in the Southeast Asian country. The Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co., a joint venture involving the South Korean builder, inked the deal with the [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debt grew at an increased speed in June, while the rise in corporate loans slowed sharply from a month earlier following the government’s stimulus measures aimed at supporting the pandemic-hit economy, central bank data showed Thursday. Fresh bank loans extended to local households came to 8.1 [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of the pharmaceutical group Celltrion saw the value of his stock holdings rise the most among the heads of South Korea’s major business groups in the first half, data showed Thursday. Seo Jung-jin held 5.85 trillion won (US$4.9 billion) worth of listed shares in group flagship Celltrion [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of Japan’s exports to South Korea sank to a near 11-year low in May due to the coronavirus pandemic and Tokyo’s export controls, data showed Wednesday. Japan shipped 329.3 billion yen (US$3 billion) worth of goods to its neighboring country in May, down 18 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Pay, a mobile payment platform operated by South Korean IT behemoth Kakao Corp., will be introducing a more customer-friendly policy in the event of identity theft, which is on the rise as consumer payment patterns shift online. According to sources knowledgeable with the company, Kakao Pay will offer [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s gold turnover reached an all-time high in the first half of 2020 as investors flocked to safer assets amid the coronavirus pandemic around the globe, data showed Sunday. The combined turnover on the gold bourse stood at 710 billion won (US$591 million) over the January-June period, exceeding [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fake South Korean banknotes found here continued to decline in the first half, and the combined face value of the counterfeits also dropped sharply, central bank data showed Sunday. In the January-June period, the number of counterfeit banknotes found here came to 129, down 19.4 percent [...]