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BOK Upgrades This Year’s Growth Outlook to 0.9% from 0.8%

Written: 2025-08-28 10:47:28 / Updated: 2025-08-28 10:57:05

The Bank of Korea(BOK) has raised its growth outlook for this year slightly, to zero-point-nine percent. The central bank presented the revised ...

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BOK Freezes Key Rate at 2.5%

Written: 2025-08-28 09:58:40 / Updated: 2025-08-28 11:13:13

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Merger of HD Hyundai's 2 Shipbuilding Subsidiaries Approved for Launch in December

Written: 2025-08-27 19:03:08 / Updated: 2025-08-27 19:03:54

HD Hyundai's intermediate holding company, HD Korea Shipping and Offshore Engineering, merged two of its subsidiaries to enhance competitiveness ...

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APEC Energy Ministers Open Talks On Security And Innovation In AI Era

Written: 2025-08-27 19:01:35 / Updated: 2025-09-16 11:03:30

Energy ministers from across the Asia-Pacific convened in Busan on Wednesday for the 15th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting, launching two days of ...

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KOSPI Edges Up as Investors Await US Earnings, Fed Rate Decision

Written: 2025-08-27 17:04:28 / Updated: 2025-08-27 18:18:54

South Korean stocks closed slightly higher Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of key U.S. corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve’s ...

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KOSPI Gains 0.25% Wednesday

Written: 2025-08-27 15:55:37 / Updated: 2025-08-27 17:13:56

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained seven-point-80 points, or zero-point-25 percent, Wednesday to close at three-thousand-187-point-16. The ...

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​Hanwha to Invest $5 Billion in Philadelphia Shipyard

Written: 2025-08-27 14:50:07 / Updated: 2025-08-27 17:11:47

Hanwha Group has announced that it will invest an additional five billion U.S. dollars into its shipyard in Philadelphia in the wake of commitments ...

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Business Sentiment Hits 9-Month High in August

Written: 2025-08-27 09:30:47 / Updated: 2025-08-27 09:33:56

South Korea’s business sentiment improved for the first time in three months and hit a nine-month high in August.  According to the Bank of Korea ...

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KOSPI Falls Nearly 1% amid US Rate Uncertainty

Written: 2025-08-26 17:21:22 / Updated: 2025-08-26 19:17:49

South Korean stocks fell nearly one percent on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak as investors weighed uncertainty over a potential ...

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KOSPI Slides 0.95% Tuesday

Written: 2025-08-26 15:57:56 / Updated: 2025-08-26 17:57:51

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 30-point-50 points, or zero-point-95 percent, Tuesday to close at three-thousand-179-point-36. The ...