Economy
Finance
Kbank Expands Services to Reduce Telecom Bills and Offer AI Auctions… Strengthening “Everyday Finance”
#Kbank is enhancing its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to provide real estate auction information. It is also launching lifestyle-oriented services ranging from comparisons of budget mobile…
Insurance
SamsungFire&MarineInsurance Hosts 'Car Meet' Automotive Culture Festival… Featuring Classic Cars, Tuned Cars, and More
SamsungFire&MarineInsurance announced on the 6th that it will host “Night Car Meet,” a nighttime car culture festival, in front of the Mobility Museum exhibition hall in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, fro…
Financing
Investment-Grade Default Rate Surpasses Speculative-Grade… Investor Sentiment Toward Subprime Bonds Has Frozen Even Further
Analysts say that the “default rate reversal”—a phenomenon in which defaults on investment-grade corporate bonds have outpaced those on speculative-grade bonds since the start of this year—is further …
M&A·IB
[Exclusive] Professor Im Hyeok-baek, 'Lee Jae-myung's Mentor,' Emerges as Leading Candidate for Next Chairman of the Private School Teachers' Pension Fund
As the selection process for the next chairman of the Private School Teachers’ Pension Fund—which manages a 36 trillion won fund—enters its final stages, the profile of a leading candidate has emerged…
M&A·IB
Successive Investments by the National Pension Service and the Teachers' Mutual Aid Association… VC Market Gets a 'Breath of Fresh Air' in the Second Half [Market In]
Since the start of the second half of the year, the Korea Post and the Korea Teachers’ Credit Union have successively announced plans to invest in venture capital funds. For the venture capital (VC) i…
Macroeconomics
"It Looks Like Only Tenants Will Be Evicted": A 'Wealth Tax' Disguised as Fair Taxation
Fiscal experts have leveled harsh criticism at the government’s “2026 Tax Reform Plan.” While the government shifted the focus of the real estate tax system from property ownership to actual residency…
Business·Industry
FINE TECHNIX CO., LTD Wins Contract for Energy Efficiency Project at NEXENTIRE’s Changnyeong Plant… “Securing a Future Growth Engine”
FINE TECHNIX CO., LTD ( FINE TECHNIX CO., LTD(106240)), a company specializing in light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, is accelerating its push into the high-value-added eco-friendly market by securin…
Business·Industry
'Korea Build,' 'Bank Art Fair,' 'Design Summit'… This Week's Must-See Events
Edaily, a comprehensive daily economic newspaper, delivers a wide range of information and news from the domestic and international MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions) industry. …
M&A·IB
[Market In] Gudai Global to Go Public Next Year… Complex Calculations Surrounding the “Prohibition on Dual Listings”
K-Beauty company Gudai Global, aiming for a valuation of 10 trillion won, is pushing for a KOSPI listing next year. Gudai Global has expanded its business through aggressive mergers and acquisitions (…
Business·Industry
Seo Jeong-jin, Chairman of Celltrion Group, Forgoes Vacation to Drive Global On-Site Management
Seo Jeong-jin, Chairman of Celltrion Group (Photo: Celltrion)
Seo Jeong-jin, Chairman of Celltrion Group, is forgoing his summer vacation to step up his global on-site management efforts aimed at …