SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The total amount of investment in startups reached a record high last year amid hopes of lucrative returns and policy backup, government data showed Thursday. A total of 3.43 trillion won (US$3.04 billion) was invested in startups last year, up 43.9 percent from the previous record high of 2.38 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s stock market operator said Thursday it will push to introduce a rule that allows it to cancel mistakenly made share trading orders as part of efforts to better guarantee market stability and protect investors. Lee Eun-tae, chief of the KOSPI market division under the Korea Exchange (KRX), [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bank of Korea (BOK) again cut its growth forecast for the 2019 economy to 2.6 percent Thursday, following a 0.1 percentage point slash in October, in a clear sign of gloomy growth prospects going forward. The number is 0.3 percentage point lower than the central bank’s original forecast [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Beginning in May, those with pets will be able to make an insurance claim with an animal insurance company immediately after receiving animal care. Sung Dae-kyu, the head of the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), said at a press conference Wednesday that the ‘Pet Insurance Claims Online Processing System’ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — KB Kookmin Bank, a major lender in South Korea, said Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with labor union workers on their wage system and other labor issues. The bank said the management and the union decided to accept an arbitration proposal prepared by the National Labor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans think this year’s minimum wage hike will have a negative effect on the economy, a survey showed Friday. The poll of 1,002 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea found 52 percent of people predict negative economic effects from the latest minimum wage increase. Only [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — IGIS Asset Management Co. shared a report on Tuesday which analyzes the backdrop and prospects of office sharing in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. According to the report, office sharing accounts for 90 percent of service-oriented office leases in Seoul. Commercial office space is typically divided into general office and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Both the volume and face value of damaged banknotes and coins found in South Korea rose to record highs last year, data from the central bank showed Wednesday. A record 627 million damaged bills and coins were discarded by the Bank of Korea (BOK) in 2018, up 4.1 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent strike by employees of KB Kookmin Bank has raised controversy over idle manpower in the banking sector. Usually, when there is a strike, all operations should stop for a while, creating inconvenience to customers. However, most KB Kookmin Bank branches ran smoothly on the day of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp. and Kakao Corp. are set to begin work to raise their stakes in their own Internet-only banks — K-Bank and Kakao Bank — as a law that eases the ownership rule for web-only banks will go into effect later this week, but their plans to raise stakes [...]