EBay Inc. is exploring a potential sale of its online marketplace in South Korea, the latest step in a reorganization that has already hived off several units from the main U.S. e-commerce business.
Continued Support Predicted For South Korea Bourse
The South Korea stock market on Tuesday halted the two-day slide in which it had tumbled more than 135 points or 4.5 percent. The KOSPI now rests just above the 3,090-point plateau and it may extend …
In A Familiar-Sounding Story, Samsung Heir Lee Jae-Yong Was Sent To Prison For Bribing The Former President Of South Korea
Lee was first convicted back in 2017. He was given a sentence of five years in prison for his participation in the bribery case. Lee served time, but an appeals court suspended his sentence. South …
Doctors cast doubt on South Korea’s coronavirus herd immunity goal
Medical experts say the South Korea governent is not taking the steps necessary to achieve its goal of reaching herd immunity to the coronavirus through mass vaccinations by November.
Iran Central Banker Says Still No Sign of South Korea Funds: Q&A
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, answered questions put to him by Bloomberg in writing about billions of dollars Iran has trapped in South Korea because of U.S sanctions.
Iran Struggling to Pry Trapped Billions From South Korean Banks
South Korean banks wary of U.S. sanctions are holding tight to billions of dollars of Iranian funds, Iran says, apparently unwilling to budge before Joe Biden assumes the U.S. presidency.
EMERGING MARKETS-Asian currencies advance as dollar retreats; S. Korea shares rebound
Adding to the positive mood, South Korea’s vice finance minister also said additional measures will soon be unveiled to revitalise consumption. Taiwan’s stocks climbed 1.6% and the local dollar once …
Will more Japanese firms exit South Korea as tensions rise after ‘comfort women’ ruling?
About 45 Japanese firms left South Korea in the last financial year; Covid-19 and fears of economic retaliation by Seoul could hasten the outflow of others. Deteriorating Japan-South Korea ties will …
Coding Whiz Kid Behind PUBG Plans IPO That Could Be South Korea’s Biggest
Kim Chang-han, a former child computer prodigy who won national coding competitions in South Korea in the 1980s, had reached his lowest point. It was 2014, and he’d just laid off a third of the …
Watch: Samsung scion jailed for bribery in South Korea corruption scandal
Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong sent to prison after a South Korean court found him guilty in a 2016 corruption scandal. Lee to spend two and a half years in jail for bribing then-President Park Geun-hye …