ISS backs Lee Jae-keun’s appointment as KB Financial chairman
KB Financial Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-keun, nominated as the group’s next chairman, speaks to…
Nasdaq climbs over 1% as AI-linked stocks recover ahead of key earnings
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City, Monday. Tech shares were on the upswing early October 19 as investors opened the week by taking advantage of last week’s pullback in the Nasdaq. Last weeks 4.5 percent drop was due to various…
ISS backs Lee Jae-keun’s appointment as KB Financial chairman
KB Financial Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-keun, nominated as the group’s next chairman, speaks to reporters in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Sept. 14. Yonhap Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders vote in favor of appointing Lee Jae-keun as chairman of KB Financial Group. In its voting recommendations report…
TraffiTech-GH rolls out today: MTTD begins digital speed enforcement
The MTTD has launched TraffiTech-GH today, using cameras to catch speeding drivers and sending e-notices with video evidence to vehicle owners’ phones.
3 key speed limits to obey as TraffiTech-GH comes into force
As TraffiTech-GH takes effect, drivers must obey 50km/h in towns, 90km/h on highways, and 100km/h on motorways or risk an electronic violation notice.
[PHOTOS] Halloween returns to Itaewon
Women in costumes pose at a crowd control fence in the middle of the street in central Seoul’s Itaewon, Oct. 31. Korea Times photo by Jon Dunbar How many years does it take a neighborhood to recover from tragedy? Four years ago, central Seoul’s multicultural Itaewon neighborhood suffered an unspeakable accident, when over 150 people…
Haruna Iddrisu swears in CIB Ghana Council, urges action on cybercrime
Conveying congratulations from President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Iddrisu urged the Council to use its mandate to promote professional excellence, strengthen ethical standards, and respond to emerging challenges in banking. The Act empowers the Institute to regulate professional banking practice, set standards, administer examinations, and promote continuing professional development (CPD).
Relatives from family separated by Korean War meet for 1st time in 3rd country
A member of a separated family leaves a message expressing longing for loved ones during a cultural event at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Sept. 27, 2023, marking the first Separated Families Day. Two relatives from a family separated by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in a third country in September, marking…
Israel’s war on homes: From Hebron to Gaza and southern Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict
UNRWA’s West Bank director, Roland Friedrich, said the scenes in Hebron carry “alarming echoes” of the mass displacement in the northern occupied West Bank in early 2025, when Israeli military operations emptied the Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps. More than 34,000 Palestinian refugees from the Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps remain displaced,…
Hanwha bags 1st US Navy shipbuilding order
Hanwha Philly Shipyard / Courtesy of Hanwha Group Hanwha Group has won its first contract to build a warship for the United States Navy after its acquisition of Philadelphia-based Philly Shipyard in December 2024, marking a tangible step forward in the Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation initiative known as Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA). Hanwha Group…
Overseas trips add to debate over Korea’s shifting political standards
President Lee Jae Myung bows beside first lady Kim Hea Kyung before boarding the presidential plane at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 21, to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York and to make a state visit to Mexico. It was Lee’s latest overseas trip. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung’s overseas…
Brazil’s Lula wins 4th term
Durable leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil — known as “Lula” — has won an unprecedented fourth term. He secured 51.8 percent in Sunday’s runoff election, compared with 48.2 percent for opponent Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s Workers’ Party secured a judicial extension of voting by two hours because of transportation problems affecting some…
