IBK to extend loans for smaller firms from July

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The state-invested Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) said it plans to support smaller firms by extending more loans from late July as they are facing greater pressure under the slowing economic growth, Yonhap news agency reported. "Ami ...

Russian food aid arrives in DPRK

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Russia's promised food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been shipped to a border city in the DPRK, the official KCNA news agency reported Wednesday. The aid, whose quantity was unspecified in the report, a ...

Major economies leaders meeting starts in Hokkaido

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Leaders from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea and the Group of Eight (G8) nations held a major economies leaders meeting on Wednesday to discuss climate change and energy. The meeting ...

Inter-Korean trade surges in H1 despite political chill

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Inter-Korean trade went up sharply in the first half of 2008 year-on-year despite the frozen relationship between the two Koreas after President Lee Myung-bak took office in late February thanks to the increase of commercial trade, the Sout ...

S Korean cabinet reshuffled

Monday, July 7th, 2008

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Monday reshuffled the Cabinet, replacing three ministers, a presidential spokesman said. The president replaced the agriculture minister, the education minister and the minister for health and we ...

S Korean banks lending rates rise in May

Friday, June 27th, 2008

South Korean banks' lending rates rose for the second consecutive month in May as market interest rates advanced, the South Korea central bank said Thursday. The average lending rates for households and companies reached 6.96 percen ...

S Korea ships anti-malaria supplies to DPRK

Friday, June 27th, 2008

South Korea has shipped 1.22 million U.S. dollars worth of anti-malaria supplies to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to help prevent the spread of the disease over the summer months, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and ...

S Korea vows stricter customs clearance for U.S. beef

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

South Korea's customs authorities announced a set of measures Thursday to ensure the safety of U.S. beef. Earlier in the day, the government published a legal notice of a recent Korea-U.S. beef deal on its newsletter, the final admi ...