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China imports zero crude oil from U.S. due to continued trade tensions: WSJ
U.S. oil exports to China plunged to zero in August, amid the continued trade war between the world's two largest economies. The Wall Street Journal reports Washington exported 30-thousand barrels of oil to Beijing in September, a significant drop from the monthly average of over 350-thousand barrels in ...
2018-10-16 09:51:16 KST -
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Korea's export and import prices go up in September
Korea's export and import prices both rose in September. According to the Bank of Korea Tuesday, export prices went up zero-point-three percent on-month. While the local currency remained steady at around 1-thousand-121 Korean won against the greenback rising coal and petroleum goods prices led the gain in industr...
2018-10-16 07:03:21 KST -
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Market wrap up
Taking a look at your financial markets. U.S. stocks fell on Monday after a choppy day of trading. Pulling up the numbers for you. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped zero-point-three-five percent, or 89 points, to 25,250. The S&P 500 declined zero-point-six percent to 2,750. The Nasdaq shed zero-point-nin...
2018-10-16 06:00:35 KST -
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Korea, France strengthen economic cooperation during Moon's state visit
France is Korea's 29th trading partner and demand for Korean goods is on the rise helping Korea's trade deficit to France lower to around 2-point-8-billion U.S. dollars in 2017. A report by the Korea International Trade Association shows automobiles took the top spot among Korean export goods to France. Sales fro...
2018-10-15 18:02:56 KST -
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development holds conference in Seoul about transforming SOEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development held a conference in Seoul today to share its knowledge on transforming state-owned enterprises. Officials from the institution talked about the importance of helping SOEs to reform and prepare for privatization so that these transformations benefit the public. ...
2018-10-15 18:01:08 KST -
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S. Korea leads in IT and manufacturing, struggles in national competitiveness
South Korea is still a leader in IT and manufacturing, but the latest figures show it needs to improve its competitiveness and be more innovative. According to a report by the Korea International Trade Association, South Korea ranked 1st last year in semiconductor revenue and in shipbuilding. It also scored highly i...
2018-10-15 12:22:38 KST -
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Number of female executives in South Korea has doubled over past 5 years: Report
The number of female executives working for South Korea's top 100 companies surpassed 2-hundred for the first time this year. Local market research firm Korea CXO Institute says the number has doubled in five years since it topped one-hundred in 2013. The proportion of female executives came to three-point-two perc...
2018-10-15 09:44:59 KST -
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Korea's unemployment in Q3 reached 19-year high
The number of unemployed people in Korea has risen to its highest level since the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1999. Data from Statistics Korea show that in the third quarter this year the figure rose by an average of 102-thousand a month compared to the same period last year to a combined one-million...
2018-10-15 04:23:41 KST -
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S. Korea asks IMF, World Bank to help with N. Korea's development
The South Korean government has asked the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for their involvement in North Korea's future economic development. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Kim Dong-yeon, met on Saturday with the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, during the G20 meeting in Bali and emphasized th...
2018-10-14 09:40:53 KST -
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U.S. markets close higher Friday after worst week since March
In other news, U.S. stocks rebounded slightly on Friday after a rough week on Wall Street, but action was still volatile. After tumbling more than a thousand points over the previous 2 sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 287 points, or slightly over 1-point-1 percent, to close the week at 25-thousand-33...
2018-10-13 12:24:00 KST -
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KOSPI rebounds after its largest daily drop in 7 years on Thursday
In Friday's session, Korea's main index closed at over 21-hundred-60 recovering some of what was lost on Thursday when it plunged more than 4 percent. The KOSPI added 1-point-5-1 percent to close at just under 21-62 for the first gain in nine sessions. Analysts attribute the recent string of losse...
2018-10-12 17:59:50 KST -
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Gov't shows concern over local economy in Oct. greenbook
The Ministry of Economy and Finance took out the word "recovery" from its monthly greenbook report. It said domestically, the Korean economy is backed by solid exports and consumption, but investment and job growth remain sluggish and external uncertainty is growing because of the escalating U.S.-Chin...
2018-10-12 17:59:50 KST
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Pres. Moon shares vision for peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia and beyond
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Minesweeping at JSA complete; more measures to be done to achieve demilitarization of JSA
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