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Taking a look at your markets. U.S. stocks finished mixed on Thursday as investors continued to grapple with weeks of volatility. Pulling up the figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose zero-point-three percent, or 70 points, to 24,597. The S&P 500 ended virtually unchanged at 2,650. The Nasdaq fell ...
2018-12-14 05:17:59 KST -
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S. Korea's auto exports go up but domestic car sales drop
A mixed bag for South Korea's auto industry last month as production and exports increased but sales fell at home. The latest figures from the trade ministry show car production jumped two-point-two percent on-year in November to more than 390-thousand units. For the year, though, through November, the figure...
2018-12-14 04:54:58 KST -
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Korean companies' profitability increased y/y in Q3: BOK
Korean companies saw their profitability increase in the 3rd quarter compared to last year on the back of strong exports in the machinery and electronics sectors. This is according to the Bank of Korea's quarterly report released on Thursday, which is based on a sample survey of more than 3-thousand compani...
2018-12-14 04:54:58 KST -
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Percentage of men taking paternity leave surges 11 fold since 2008
In recent years, the number of men taking leaves of absence from work to take care of their children has risen sharply. Statistics Korea said Thursday that in 2008 the proportion of male workers taking paternity leave was just 1-point-2 percent, but by last year the figure had surged to 13-point-4 percent. The age...
2018-12-13 18:34:36 KST -
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S. Korea's export and import prices fall sharply m/m in Nov.
According to the Bank of Korea on Thursday, the country's import prices fell for the first time since August, mainly due to a drop in international crude oil prices. Import prices decreased by four-point-six percent on-month the steepest drop since January 2015. Dubai crude, Korea's benchmark, slumped more than ...
2018-12-13 18:33:36 KST -
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Half of S. Korean listed firms' sales fell in January-September: KERI
Nearly half of all South Korean firms listed on the country's main stock market saw a fall in sales during the first nine months of this year. The Korea Economic Research Institute says of the 578 companies listed on the benchmark KOSPI, 46-point-four percent saw their sales drop higher than the previous year's figure...
2018-12-13 12:27:39 KST -
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S. Korea must 'improve economic vitality and fundamentals': Finance minister
The key is to raise economic vitality and economic fundamentals. At the first economy-related minister's meeting since he took office, the new finance minister Hong Nam-ki said he will continue carrying out President Moon Jae-in's three key policies of income-led growth, innovative growth and building...
2018-12-13 10:20:17 KST -
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S. Korea's export and import prices fall sharply m/m in November: BOK
In one of the clearest indications yet of how the turbulent global trade conditions are affecting South Korea, new figures show the country's export AND import prices dropped sharply last month. According to the Bank of Korea on Thursday, South Korea's export prices fell by more than two-percent in November compared...
2018-12-13 08:37:52 KST -
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Market wrap up
Taking a look at your markets. U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday as a slew of reports pointed to a softening of trade tensions. Pulling up the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 157 points, or around two-thirds of a percent, to 24,527. The S&P 500 rose more than half-a-percent to 2,651. The Nas...
2018-12-13 04:47:28 KST -
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No. of newly employed in S. Korea jumped by 165,000 y/y in Nov.
The number of newly employed people in South Korea soared by 165-thousand last month compared to the same period last year recovering to above the 100-thousand mark for the first time in five months. This puts the total number of people in South Korea's workforce at just under 27-point-2-million. Statistics Kor...
2018-12-12 18:12:13 KST -
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Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation holds 3rd meeting in Seoul
Members of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation met on Wednesday in Seoul to discuss ways to increase cooperation with countries like Russia and Mongolia as part of President Moon's 'New Northern Policy'. (KOREAN- ) "The new northern policy began because the north...
2018-12-12 18:11:13 KST -
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S. Korea must 'improve economic vitality and fundamentals': Finance minister
The new finance minister also presided over his first meeting with other economy-related ministers Wednesday afternoon to discuss the economic policy direction for the country. Hong said his economic team will continue carrying out President Moon Jae-in's three key policies: income-led growth, innovative growth and b...
2018-12-12 15:11:42 KST
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