Korea Finance

A SOME MONTHS A few years ago, Kim Beom-su looked like the face of responsible capitalism in South Korea. In March, the billionaire founder of Kakao, which runs the country’s most popular messaging app and many other digital services, pledged to donate half his fortune to charity, the second Korean …

* The launch takes place a few days after the test of the “strategic” cruise missile * Japan condemns ‘scandalous’ test as threat to peace * The launch coincides with the meeting between Chinese and South Korean Formins * US calls destabilizing testing but no immediate threat (updates with comment …

Cobo customers can now access the benefits of Polygon with seamless access to the best DeFi and Dapps platforms [DUBAI] Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform that integrates millions into Web 3.0, today announces Cobo Custody, Asia’s leading custodian service provider, and Cobo Wallet, a centralized management platform of crypto and …

(Bloomberg) – Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp. fell, set to record the biggest declines in years, after South Korean lawmakers warned the country’s internet giants against abusing their dominant market position in search of profits. Kakao, which runs Korea’s largest messaging and social media service, plunged more than 11%, on …

Next step in IPOs for licensed P2P lending platforms – Korea Times Finance 2021-09-04 09:22 Next step in IPOs for licensed P2P lending platforms Bank of England Together Funding, 8% are looking to go public earlier than their rivalsBy Park Jae-hyukLicensed peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms have started implementing various survival …

World’s premier international forum on individual “data sovereignty” Opening speech by Governor Lee Jaemyung, keynote lecture by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web National and international industry – universities – government experts on MyData and data sovereignty to discuss the role of users in the age of …

South Korea has abolished its closure law. In this 2020 photo, a gamer from Seoul, South Korea plays on a then newly purchased PlayStation 5. After ten years, South Korea banned its “shutdown law” which prohibited children under the age of sixteen from playing video games for six hours after …

FaceTory, a skin care company known for its K-beauty subscriptions now offers a subscription to a product that targets the most common skin problem: acne FULLERTON, Calif., August 24, 2021 / PRNewswire / – In 2016, FaceTory has started providing subscription boxes that offer consumers new sheet masks and skin …

Former ANZ chief Mike Smith’s greatest legacy has been his aggressive push into Asia. Hired by HSBC in 2007, Smith wanted to expand ANZ’s global presence and commissioned Whelan to develop the institutional bank. Loading Whelan was sent to Singapore at the height of the global financial crisis, when large …

August 21, 2021 ETREND OF THE CONOMISTS be big fans of education, which is perhaps not surprising considering how much they consume and the quality of their textbooks. Alfred Marshall, writing in 1873, hoped that education would help to erase the “distinction between workers and gentlemen”. Gary Becker of the …