Economy

KOSPI Closes 0.06% Lower at 2,482.91

Written: 2017-10-18 15:43:29 / Updated: 2017-10-18 17:12:29

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Wednesday fell one-point-46 points, or point-06 percent, after two consecutive days ...

Economy

Prosecutors Raid McDonald's Korea over Food Poisoning Case

Written: 2017-10-18 15:25:44 / Updated: 2017-10-18 15:31:59

Prosecutors on Wednesday raided McDonald's Korea headquarters, widening its probe into allegations that the fast food restaurant's hamburger ...

Economy

Government Lays Out 5-Year Job Creation Plan

Written: 2017-10-18 15:23:50 / Updated: 2017-10-18 17:34:51

Anchor: The government’s job creation committee, under the direct supervision of President Moon Jae-in, announced a comprehensive five-year ...

Economy

Moody’s Maintains S. Korea’s Credit Rating at Aa2

Written: 2017-10-18 14:28:22 / Updated: 2017-10-18 15:30:39

Moody's Investors Service has maintained a high sovereign credit rating for South Korea despite tensions resulting from the North’s nuclear threats.   The ...

Economy

Moon Gov't's Job Policy Road Map to be Announced Wed.

Written: 2017-10-18 13:17:36 / Updated: 2017-10-19 10:17:19

The Moon Jae-in administration's five-year road map on job policies will be announced Wednesday afternoon following a meeting presided over by ...

Economy

S. Korea's Employment Rises, but Real Youth Unemployment Also Up

Written: 2017-10-18 08:56:07 / Updated: 2017-10-18 10:21:27

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Economy

KOSPI Renews Record High

Written: 2017-10-17 15:56:06 / Updated: 2017-10-17 17:10:04

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) again renewed its record high on Tuesday, closing the day at two-thousand-484-point-37.  The ...

Economy

S. Korea’s Export Growth Highest Among Top 10 Economies

Written: 2017-10-17 15:41:49 / Updated: 2017-10-17 17:01:11

South Korea's export growth posted the highest among the top ten countries during the first eight months of this year.   According to statistics ...

Economy

FSS Chief Apologizes Over Recruitment Scandal

Written: 2017-10-17 14:20:44 / Updated: 2017-10-17 17:05:27

Financial Supervisory Service(FSS) Governor Choe Heung-sik has apologized over suspicions that the regulator was involved in a recruitment ...

Economy

Mortgage Loan Rates to Rise Tuesday

Written: 2017-10-16 18:45:25 / Updated: 2017-10-16 19:45:36

The country’s mortgage rates are set to rise from Tuesday. The Korea Federation of Banks said on Monday that the COFIX, a benchmark lending rate ...