Woori Financial CEO Yim Jong-yong should stay for governance: FSS chief
Woori Financial Group Chief Executive and Chairman Yim Jong-yong should keep his post through to the end of his term and lead the banking group&rsqu...
August inflation puts BOK under fire for delayed pivot
South Korea’s inflation moderated to the government’s target of 2.0% in August, its slowest increase in three years and five months, put...
Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW
Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...
S.Korean securities downgrades GS E&C’s investment opinion
Hyundai Motor Securities downgraded its investment opinion on GS Engineering & Construction Corp. (GS E&C) from "Buy" to "Market Perform" on...
KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...
Zero-carbon, self-driving still in distant future for top Kospi stocks
Shares in Samsung Engineering Co., a leading South Korean plant builder, have skyrocketed about 90% year to date, far outstripping the average rise ...
Blackpink label YG delivers Q1 earnings surprise; 90% above market consensus
YG Entertainment Inc. has delivered earnings surprise in the first quarter of this year, thanks to its K-pop girl group Blackpink's powerful fandom ...
Kakao Pay values itself at above-consensus $14 bn
Kakao Pay Corp., aiming to list on South Korea's main stock exchange this year, has valued itself at as much as 16 trillion won ($14.4 billion), or ...
Samsung, LG Elec deliver above-consensus Q1 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world's two largest TV makers, surprised the market on Wednesday with forecast-beating quarterl...
Celltrion’s Q3 earnings beat market consensus to hit record high
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc's operating profit topped market expectations by more than 20% in the third quarter, hitting a record high...
