Korea Times Finance Reporter
Hello, I am Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at The Korea Times. I primarily cover financial authorities and write articles on a wide range of topics related to finance and capital markets. If you have any information to share, feel free to email me at jjh@koreatimes.co.kr, and I will review it carefully. I am committed to always doing my best to communicate with readers through high-quality articles.
Financial Services Commission Vice Chairman Kim So-young vowed, Monday, to make every effort to communicate with foreign investors and provide accurate explanations before resuming stock short selling.
Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Gov. Lee Bok-hyun will visit Vietnam, Hong Kong and Indonesia this week to meet with top financial officials there and share insights on supervisory practices and cooperation.
While most publicly listed companies have reported their third-quarter earnings, one in three posted an earnings shock, with their operating profits falling more than 10 percent below market expectations, a report showed Sunday.
The returns on retirement savings products sold by insurance companies appear to be lower than the interest rates on bank savings or deposit accounts.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) suspended Korea Zinc’s issuance of new shares aimed at a large-scale capital increase, Wednesday.
Korea plans to lower the barriers for foreign investment in Saemangeum, the 409-square-kilometer reclaimed land next to the West Sea, in a bid to spur investment.
The average vacancy rate for offices in Seoul reached 2.9 percent in the third quarter, showing an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous quarter's 2.6 percent, according to data released Monday by commercial property broker Rsquare. This marks the third consecutive quarter of rising vacancy rates.
Financial authorities are accelerating the process for the country's fourth internet-only bank license, planning to announce the specific conditions for the new bank later this month and hold an information session for prospective applicants within the year, according to officials, Monday.
Theborn Korea, a food and beverage franchise founded by celebrity chef Paik Jong-won and set to go public on the KOSPI on Wednesday, faced a significant shortfall in employee stock ownership subscriptions.