1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (416+ words) (ATTN: ADDS bond yields in bottom) SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks tumbled by more than 3 percent Monday as investors sold off tech-heavyweights on persisting geopolitical uncertainties and warnings from U.S. tech executives that the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development may…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (74+ words) Yonhap News Agency Lee Jae-keun, head of the group's global business division at KB Financial Group Inc., meets the press at the headquarters of the banking group in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2026, after the financial holding firm's nomination committee picked him…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (243+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tax agency said Monday it has launched probes into 41 businesses for allegedly engaging in unfair practices and contributing to consumer price instability, as the government seeks to curb inflation ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (167+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply lower, as uncertainties in the Middle East and artificial intelligence (AI)-related warnings dampened investor sentiment. After opening over 3 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 151.27 points, or…...

7+ hour, 56+ min ago   (280+ words) -- Integration Enhances Overnight U.S. Stock Data Access for Korean Traders-- Demand for multi-venue competition grows in South Korea to prevent 'blind trading' during U.S. overnight session The milestone comes as South Korean traders fight 'blind trading' and reassert their role as one…...

8+ hour, 39+ min ago   (74+ words) Yonhap News Agency A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2026, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index having fallen 3.45 percent from the previous session to an intraday low of 6,671.66 in early…...

8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (197+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's two major chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., have rejected a proposal from state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) to prepay five years' worth of electricity bills, industry sources said Monday. Debt-ridden KEPCO…...

9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (135+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Monday, bucking advances on Wall Street, as geopolitical uncertainties in the Middle East pushed up oil prices. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) opened down 217.3 points, or 3.14 percent, to 6,692.61. On…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (218+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il said Sunday the he is not considering a corporate tax cut, citing the restoration of the corporate tax rate that took effect this year. The nominee made the remarks in response to…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (242+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean bonds in August for the first time in about 3 1/2 years, industry data showed Sunday, as the yield advantage from currency-hedged investments declined. Foreign investors sold a net 839.7 billion won…...