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No. of small biz owners in default rose 7.5% from Q2 to Q4 last yearMarketsApr 6, 2020The number of small business owners who were unable to repay credit loans prolonged an upward trend last year and remains likely to expand further this year, due to the novel coronavirus spread, data... -
Seoul stocks open higher amid virus woesMarketsApr 6, 2020South Korean shares opened higher Monday amid hopes of a potential treatment for the new coronavirus that has infected more than 1.2 million people around the world. The benchmark Korea Composite St... -
Calls grow for BOK intervention amid COVID-19 crisisEconomyApr 5, 2020Increasingly pressed to play a more active role in the coronavirus-hit financial market, South Korea’s central bank is considering exceptional measures to provide liquidity, such as purchasing corpor... -
S. Korea to post negative GDP growth due to coronavirus: reportsMarketsApr 5, 2020South Korea is likely to post negative economic growth this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, data showed Sunday. The average estimate of the nation’s gross domestic product growth for thi... -
Korea’s listed firms’ earnings to shrink 17% in Q1 amid coronavirus pandemicMarketsApr 5, 2020South Korea’s listed companies are likely to post poor earnings results for the first quarter due to the escalating fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, a financial market tracker said Sunday... -
Online payments rise amid coronavirus spread: dataEconomyApr 5, 2020Under the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, major economies around the world have seen a visible decrease in cash transactions and an equivalent rise in online payments, data showed Sunday. ... -
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[News Focus] Will Korea return to apartment deregulation for stimulus?EconomyApr 5, 2020SEJONG -- Over the past one or two months, many online commenters have raised the possibility that COVID-19 would pull down apartment prices in Seoul, pointing out that the Moon Jae-in administration... -
Korean stocks close nearly flat, won sinksMarketsApr 3, 2020South Korean stocks closed nearly flat Friday as a recovery in global oil prices boosted investor sentiment against the new coronavirus pandemic. The local currency dropped against the US dollar. Af... -
Korea’s FX reserves sharply drop in MarchMoneyApr 3, 2020South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves last month posted the sharpest drop in over a decade due to the government’s intervention in the foreign exchange market and the strengthened US dollar value, ... -
S. Korea to dole out relief cash fund based on health insuranceEconomyApr 3, 2020Government to provide W1m to bottom 70 percent by income, prompts criticism by alienating foreigners in the benefits -
Hana Bank, Woowa Brothers to create rating model based on online food ordersMarketsApr 3, 2020More online food orders means more loan relief -
ADB trims S. Korea's growth outlook for 2020 amid virus pandemicEconomyApr 3, 2020The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday slashed its outlook for South Korea's economic growth for 2020 by 1 percentage point to 1.3 percent amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The ADB's latest dow... -
S. Korea speeds up supply of filters to boost mask productionEconomyApr 3, 2020South Korea said Friday it will supply around 10 tons of filters to mask producers to boost production of protective masks, which are in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic. The filters, wh... -
S&P puts Hyundai on negative watchlist amid virus pandemicMarketsApr 2, 2020S&P Global Ratings on Thursday placed Hyundai Motor Group on its watchlist of firms with a negative outlook, citing the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic on the global automobile industry. "The... -
Deal shows virus-hit airlines can sell debt but cost steepMoneyApr 2, 2020A bond deal by South Korea’s biggest airline showed that while carriers pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic can still sell debt, they will need to pay a steep price. The fee Korean Air Lines paid u...
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