SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid high youth unemployment rates, a rapidly aging population, and low birth rates, what will become of South Korea’s funds for health and pension is rapidly emerging as one of the most pressing social issues facing the country. When a government report came out in March revealing that the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of national pension fund subscribers will begin falling in 2019 after peaking next year due to the declining economically active population, a report said Wednesday. The figure is expected to rise to 21.89 million this year and 21.93 million in 2018 from 21.83 million in 2016 before [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A new report has revealed that South Koreans on average receive pension benefits that are significantly lower than the average income in the country before retirement, making the lives of retirees harder for those who rely on pensions. According to an audit report on the national pension system released [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national pension fund has earned nearly 13 trillion won (US$11.5 billion) from stock investments this year thanks to the bullish stock market, data showed Friday. According to the data by market tracker FnGuide and industry sources, the value of 278 stocks, of which the National Pension Service [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Retirees over 50 years old are most glad that they no longer have to deal with stress from work, but many feel that tight finances are dampening their post-retirement life, a survey said Tuesday. In the survey by the National Pension Service, conducted between April and September last year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state pension fund is expected to receive over 1 trillion won (US$869 million) in stock dividends from the country’s top 30 conglomerates, sharply up 20 percent from last year’s tally, industry data showed Tuesday. Industry tracker CEO Score analyzed dividend payments planned by the conglomerates-affiliated 97 companies [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state pension fund plans to invest nearly 10 trillion won (US$8.8 billion) in top-cap Samsung Electronics and other domestic stocks this year, a senior official said Tuesday, sparking hopes it could help boost the local stock market. The planned investment would raise stock investments by the National [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Special prosecutors raided the state-run pension service Wednesday to investigate whether President Park Geun-hye and her confidant influenced its dubious support for the merger of Samsung Group’s two units last year. The team led by independent counsel Park Young-soo officially began its investigation into the influence-peddling scandal involving Park [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of female subscribers to South Korea’s state pension fund jumped remarkably in the past five years, data showed Thursday, indicating that more women are joining the workforce to guarantee they can financially support themselves in their later years. According to the data by the National Pension Service [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Pension Service (NPS) announced on July 12 that it may file a damages suit against Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), the country’s third-largest shipyard, due to its suspected accounting fraud. According to a prosecutorial investigation, DSME allegedly committed accounting fraud exceeding 5 trillion won ($4.36 billion) over [...]