Five firms in the fray to acquire Prudential Life Korea
Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holdings is the sole foreign bidder while the remaining four are local financial firms...
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Card payments in Vietnam to reach 522.5 mn by 2023
Card payments increase from 56 mn in 2015 to 271 mn in 2019...
Number of flights on South Korea UAE sector not to be increased
UAE had asked South Korea to double the number of flight services on the Incheon- UAE route...
Kuwait’s PIC, South Korean firm to set up $1.2 bn JV
PIC will hold a 49% stake worth $476.2 mn in the new company whereas South Korea’s SKC will hold 51%...
Japan’s new rules to regulate smartphone material exports to South Korea
The move follows a growing dispute over South Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms during WW2...
New South Korean digital banks: applications by two consortia rejected
External evaluators found the applications led by fintech Viva Republica and brokerage Kiwoom inadequate...
Saudi Aramco boosts presence in Asian refining with Hyundai Oilbank stake
The Saudi oil giant will take a 17% stake for $1.25 billion in the South Korean refining company...
Entegris to present at investor conferences in September 2018
The company is ISO 9001 certified and has facilities in the United States, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan...
South Korea powers its gas and renewables with $9bn investment
This investment should also create 90,000 new jobs, stated Korea Gas (KOGAS), the country’s dominant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) buyer...
South Korea’s job creation in July marks low on the record
In July, South Korea had created 5,000 new jobs, according to official data—which comes as a 'shock' to the finance minister...