Jin-Seong Kim

2 weeks ago | kedglobal.com | Jin-Seong Kim |Sookyung Seo

Chiefs of South Korea’s major financial groups – Shinhan, Woori and iM – are ramping up global investor outreach with new shareholder value enhancement measures, aligning with a government-led corporate value-up program. According to sources in the investment banking industry on Tuesday, Jin Ok-dong, chairman and chief executive of Shinhan Financial Group Co., began meeting institutional investors in Europe on Sunday.

Aug 1, 2023 | kedglobal.com | Jin-Seong Kim |Han-shin Park

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear power plant export to Poland to an international arbitration body after their talks for an out-of-court settlement faltered, according to nuclear and legal industry sources.

Jun 30, 2023 | kedglobal.com | Jin-Seong Kim

South Korea will raise the minimum requirements for the country’s investment immigration visa program amid the growing controversy over foreigners’ abuse of their residency status to access to the country’s social benefits, especially its universal health insurance program.

Jun 13, 2023 | kedglobal.com | Jin-Seong Kim

Samsung Electronics Co. is making every effort to cement its leadership in the semiconductor market, and so are its competitors to topple the company’s decades-long dominance. The latest case of alleged Samsung technology outflows by a former Samsung executive highlights the growing threat South Korea’s largest company faces amid the intensifying technology war.