SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits rebounded in August as the world grappled with a resurgence of the novel coronavirus, data showed Wednesday. In the first 20 days of August, exports of virus test kits stood at US$106 million, compared with $123 million in July. Exports of virus [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Lottery sales in South Korea hit a 15-year high in the first half of the year amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday. Sales of lottery tickets were tallied at 2.6 trillion won (US$2.2 billion) in the January-June period, up 11.1 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The value of daily money transfers via mobile payment apps in South Korea rose 20.3 percent in the first half from six months earlier as online financial transactions increased amid the new coronavirus outbreak, central bank data showed Monday. The value of daily money transfers via smartphone apps, such [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean investors have poured a huge amount of money into initial public offerings (IPO) this year amid ample liquidity, industry sources said Monday. Investor deposits for IPO subscription in Asia’s fourth-largest economy came to 150.9 trillion won (US$134 billion) between January and last week, about 1.5 times the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in August as they locked in profits following a bull run in the local stock market amid economic recovery hopes, the central bank said Friday. Foreigners sold a net US$890 million worth of local stocks last month, a turnaround from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s jet fuel consumption tumbled nearly 40 percent in the first half of the year as the coronavirus pandemic caused air travel demand to hit the skids, data showed Friday. Consumption of jet fuel in Asia’s fourth-largest economy came to 11.6 million barrels in the January-June period, down [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean banks’ household loans increased by the largest amount on record in August amid rising home prices and a rally in the stock market, central bank data showed Wednesday. Outstanding bank loans to local households came to 948.2 trillion won (US$796.9 billion) as of end-August, up 11.7 trillion [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea lost about 274,000 jobs in August, marking a decline in the number of the employed for the sixth consecutive month, as the coronavirus pandemic hammered job markets, data showed Wednesday. The country’s jobless rate rose by 0.1 percentage point on-year to 3.1 percent in August, with the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric vehicle leader Tesla Motors Inc. has been South Korean investors’ most-bought issue among foreign shares since July amid an overseas stock buying craze here, data showed Wednesday. Domestic investors bought a net US$1.56 trillion won worth of Tesla shares between July 1 and Tuesday, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food delivery applications saw their sales hit a fresh high in August as more people refrained from dining out and stayed home amid the stricter social distancing scheme, data showed Tuesday. The combined transactions made through the country’s four major food delivery applications came to 1.2 trillion [...]