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Gov’t to Offer Financial Support for Hanjin Shipping’s Contractors

Gov’t to Offer Financial Support for Hanjin Shipping’s Contractors

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it will extend financial support for the contractors of Hanjin Shipping, the nation’s largest container shipping line under court receivership.  The government plans to use funds from the newly-allocated supplementary budgets to help those firms, especially small and medium-sized ones with relatively good financial health [...]

222 Indicted over Unlawful Legal Service to Personal Bailout Applicants

222 Indicted over Unlawful Legal Service to Personal Bailout Applicants

SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors on Wednesday said some hundreds of people, including scores of brokers and lawyers, have been indicted on charges of providing unlawful legal service to people applying for personal bailout programs.  The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said it arrested 225 suspects — including 181 brokers and 41 lawyers [...]

South Korea to Join Paris Club

South Korea to Join Paris Club

SEJONG, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will join the so-called Paris Club as the 21st member country this week, the finance ministry here said Thursday, a step that acknowledges the country’s transition into a creditor country.  The membership will be endorsed at the Club’s meeting to celebrate its 60th anniversary on Friday in Paris, [...]

Household Debt Growing at Concerning Rate, Posing Possible Threats

Household Debt Growing at Concerning Rate, Posing Possible Threats

SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean households are taking out loans at a faster clip than the increase in their income or ability to pay back, suggesting that household debt may cause serious problems down the road, the central bank said Thursday.  In a report to the National Assembly, the Bank of Korea [...]

Korea’s Top Shipbuilders Owe 100 Trillion Won

Korea’s Top Shipbuilders Owe 100 Trillion Won

SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The accumulated debt for Korea’s top 9 shipbuilding companies – companies with more than 1 trillion won in revenue – has exceeded 100 trillion won. According to chaebul.com Sunday, the top 9 companies’ debt exceeded 102.6 trillion won in 2015. The figure tallies up all debt from the 9 [...]

S. Korean Shipbuilders’ Overseas Businesses Suffer from Massive Debts

S. Korean Shipbuilders’ Overseas Businesses Suffer from Massive Debts

SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Overseas operations of South Korea’s cash-strapped shipyards struggled with massive debts last year amid a protracted slump in the global shipbuilding industry, industry data showed Sunday. The combined debts of 34 overseas subsidiaries of the three major shipyards — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. [...]

Household Loan Policies Produce Undesirable Consequences

Household Loan Policies Produce Undesirable Consequences

SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – More than one hundred days have passed since the Korean government established new guidelines for credit checks, leading to more rigorous income evaluations for loan applicants. The policy is part of efforts to ease the national economic debt burden, which now stands at over 1.2 quadrillion won in household [...]