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April 08, 2024
[Hello India] 'The Indian elephant has begun its stampede': Balancehero CEO

The next phase for True Balance may involve micro-insurance, reflecting user demand from True Balance users. Looking ahead, Lee envisions entering the deposit business, leveraging credit data from its ACS system. "Right now, with our monthly new loans reaching 50 billion won, we have borrowed 340 ...
April 04, 2024
Koglo.com CEO talks on entrepreneurship in uncertain times

Meanwhile, New Zealand's Ambassador to Korea Dawn Bennet also joined Wednesday's forum and shared her vision for the two countries’ future business cooperation and new opportunities for innovation. “We concluded the Korea-New Zealand free trade agreement in 2015, and since then, our relationship...
April 03, 2024
S. Korea's beauty exports hit all-time high of $2.3b in Q1

South Korea’s exports of cosmetics jumped around 22 percent on-year to hit an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, amid the growing international popularity of Korean culture, government data showed Tuesday. According to the Korea Customs Service, the country’s exports of cosmetic pr...
April 03, 2024
Foreign reserves rebound, riding out strong US dollar

South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rebounded in March after a two-month decline, backed by deposits and investment gains offsetting the strong US dollar, the central bank said Wednesday. The country's foreign reserves had come to $419.25 billion as of late March, up $3.51 billion from the pre...
April 02, 2024
FSC ramps up benefits to bolster corporate value-up drive

Financial regulators are ramping up efforts to encourage local companies to participate in the government's initiative to bolster South Korea's market valuation. The Financial Services Commission announced a series of new incentives on Tuesday for companies improving their governance structures, i...
April 01, 2024
Most Chinese e-commerce platform users in S. Korea dissatisfied with service: poll

Most South Korean users of recently burgeoning Chinese e-commerce platforms were dissatisfied with various aspects of their services despite their competitive pricing, a poll showed Monday. In the poll conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently on 800 consumers with experienc...
April 01, 2024
[Hello India] Korean investment firms push into India amid China decline

Despite such a rosy outlook, Korean investment firms face challenges in expanding their business in India. One significant hurdle is the stringent requirements for foreign retail investors to enter the market. "From opening an account to obtaining local taxpayer status and securing approval from ...
March 29, 2024
More S. Koreans voice dissatisfaction with overseas e-commerce platforms in 2023

More South Korean consumers expressed dissatisfaction with their experiences shopping directly via online platform services based overseas last year, partly attributed to Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress tapping deeper into the Korean market as well as greater demand for overseas travel among...
March 29, 2024
Korea M&A Exchange secures investment from Japan

In the domestic market, attention is being directed towards the growth potential of M&A activities for small and medium-sized enterprises, also with initiatives planned to support the completion of M&A transactions by targeting companies with business succession plans. Regarding the international ...
March 29, 2024
Complaints against AliExpress triple in S. Korea last year

Complaints filed against AliExpress, the e-commerce retail platform of China's Alibaba Group, in South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 from a year earlier, a state-run consumer organization said Friday. The number of complaints submitted to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) against AliExpress jumped to...
March 27, 2024
[Hello India] Korean institutional investors up appetite for Indian market

Korean institutional investors are pumping money into the Indian market to avail opportunities from the fastest-growing major economy’s robust domestic demand and infrastructure projects. With estimates suggesting the economy could expand by 7 to 8 percent this year and the Indian government's po...
March 27, 2024
[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India

In January, Hyundai announced a substantial increase in its investment in India, with an additional 1 trillion won invested in Talegaon. Together with its initial investment in Tamil Nadu, the total investment adds up to 4 trillion won. The new investment aims to transform the GM auto plant that H...
March 26, 2024
[Herald Interview] Indonesia, Korea can bridge global AI divide, says vice-minister

“With the strength of Indonesia's potential technology resources, and with the advancement of South Korea's capability in developing this AI, we can collaborate to make the most robust cooperation in this technology,” he said. “By working together and incorporating these Asian values, Indonesia...
March 25, 2024
New parents to get greater chance at buying home

Housing supply measures, encompassing both the public and private sectors, revised to favor households with newborns came into effect Monday, with the intention to lower the burden of high housing costs as one of the factors pulling down the country’s fertility rate to the world's lowest level. S...
March 25, 2024
Antitrust watchdog to launch large-scale survey on e-commerce platforms

With the rapid influx of global e-commerce into the domestic market, the Fair Trade Commission is set to launch an extensive market survey starting Tuesday, to examine the evolving landscape and structure of the e-commerce market in Korea. The survey marks the first step in gathering data to produ...

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