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Big companies to see ranks shift

More than half of the large corporations in Korea are expected to see their ranking fluctuate in 2016 as they try to keep up...

Korean companies to break dividend payout record

Korean companies listed on the Kospi and Kosdaq are expected to break the record for dividends paid to shareholders in 2015, a local brokerage...

With success in Korea, webtoons look abroad

Backed by the craze for Internet-based comic strips, or webtoons, at home, platform operators are bringing their entertaining content to a wider base of...

Economic leaders vow reform, growth for 2016

The nation’s economic leaders kicked off the new year by expressing determination in creating structural reforms and securing growth potentials. Choi Kyung-hwan, the outgoing deputy...

Asian markets tumble in 2016

The Asian market, as well as Seoul’s main bourse, was heavily shaken on the first trading day of 2016, raising concerns that the global...

2015 was just fine for some industries, awful for others

The year 2015 was marked by the stellar performance of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics companies. While cosmetics companies took the crown as a star performer for...

Social networks alter the media landscape

As the impact of social networks on people’s daily lives grows thanks to a wide distribution of digital devices, the way we consume news...

Natural gas to play bigger role in future

The Korean government has decided to expand the use of natural gas to lower the nation’s dependence on crude imports and realize the carbon...

Samsung’s new processor aims at health market

Samsung Electronics has become the first semiconductor developer to produce a chip that integrates two separate functions - measuring biological signals and processing the...

At Instagram, it’s all about communication

Back in April 2012, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his decision to acquire Instagram for a cool $1 billion. The news stunned the global IT...