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Boosting military morale

Financial Services Commission Chairman Choi Jong-ku, fifth from left, poses with senior Air Force officers at the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance headquarters in Busan, Dec. 10. Courtesy of Financial Services Commission

Dec 10, 2018By Lee Kyung-min

Let musical begin

Children in traditional costumes form a heart shape with their fingers at an event celebrating the opening of a small musical theater inside an elementary school in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. KB Kookmin Bank and the nonprofit Korean Open Doctors Society helped build the theater for children interested in performing in musicals. Courtesy of KB Kookmin Bank

Dec 10, 2018

Winter FX festival

An official from KEB Hana Bank holds a sign promoting the Winter Foreign Exchange Festival in this photo provided by the lender, Sunday. Under the event, those who use a currency exchange wallet service at Hana Members' app for the first time will get an exchange rate up to 90 percent favorable. Courtesy of KEB Hana Bank

Dec 10, 2018By Lee Kyung-min

Shinhan with future startup talent

Shinhan Bank Executive Vice President Kim Sung-woo, left, holds a placard with Cho Hana, a winner of this year's Shinhan Digital Life School award, during a project completion ceremony at the Shinhan DoDream Space Center in Seoul, Friday. The Shinhan Digital Life School is the lender's incubator project to help talented young Koreans with their startups. / Courtesy of Shinhan Bank

Dec 7, 2018By Jhoo Dong-chan

Shinhan named best WM bank

Shinhan Bank Investment Product & Service head Bae Jin-soo, right, holds an award plaque during the Korea Country Award 2018 event at the bank's PWM Privilege Center in Seoul, Thursday. Shinhan Bank was named the nation's best wealth management bank by The Asian Banker for the fourth consecutive year. / Courtesy of Shinhan Bank

Dec 6, 2018By Jhoo Dong-chan

Hana opens branch for foreign workers

KEB Hana Bank CEO Ham Young-joo, center, cuts ribbons during a ceremony to mark the opening of its branch designed exclusively for foreign workers in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of KEB Hana Bank

Dec 5, 2018By Jhoo Dong-chan

Trust and Pension Product of the Year

KB Kookmin Bank Trust Group Senior Managing Director Kim Chang-won, left, holds an award with Boon Ping Foo, the managing director of Asian Banker, a Singapore-based financial services research consultancy firm, at the bank's headquarters on Yeouido in Seoul, Dec. 4. Courtesy of KB Kookmin Bank.

Dec 5, 2018By Lee Kyung-min

Marketplace for public procurement

Public Procurement Service head Park Chun-sup, sixth from right, and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency CEO Kwon Pyung-oh, fifth from right, hold hands with other guests during the Global Public Procurement Marketplace 2018 event at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Tuesday. / Courtesy of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency

Dec 5, 2018By Jhoo Dong-chan

Hana supports autistic artists

KEB Hana Bank CEO Ham Young-joo, fourth from left, holds a calendar featuring artwork drawn by autistic artists at the bank's head office in central Seoul, Monday. The artwork will also be displayed in the lobby of the bank's head office until Dec. 31. / Courtesy of KEB Hana Bank

Dec 3, 2018By Jhoo Dong-chan

Interest rate reversal

A banner shows that fixed mortgage rates are lower than variable interest rates at a commercial bank branch in central Seoul, Monday. The reversal came after the Bank of Korea's decision to raise its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent, Friday. / Yonhap