Foreign currency deposits increased for the third straight month in August as companies increased U.S. dollar-denominated deposits after export settlement, central bank data showed Thursday.
Residents’ outstanding foreign currency-denominated
Hwang Dae-il, a senior reporter for Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire, was nominated Thursday as the company’s new CEO and president.
Hwang was chosen from three candidates
Senior financial officials of South Korea and Vietnam held a meeting and discussed bilateral cooperation, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Thursday.
Lee Hyung-ju, standing commissioner of the FSC,
South Korea’s nuclear safety regulator said Thursday the radiation exposure of two workers at Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip plant was caused by mismanagement of safety equipment.
In late May,
People aged 65 and older took up nearly 20 percent of South Korea’s population this year amid rapid aging and the ultra-low birthrate, data showed Thursday.
The number of
South Korea will create a new visa program to attract foreign workers specializing in high-tech industries, the government said Thursday, as the country prepares for a society with a
A total of 387 individuals have been apprehended this year for deepfake sex crimes, with 80 percent of them teenagers, police said Thursday.
From January to last Wednesday, a
Seoul shares ended nearly 3 percent higher Thursday as tech stocks advanced, with hopes for additional rate cuts by the Federal Reserve lifting investor sentiment. The Korean won rose
