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Hotel Shilla President Lee Boo-jin’s Son Draws Attention After Near-Perfect Score on Korea’s 2026 College Entrance Exam
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.12.05
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Hotel Shilla President & CEO Lee Boo-jin’s son has drawn widespread attention after reportedly missing o ...

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FSS Chief to Review Whether Financial Firms Properly Explain Risks of Overseas Investments to Consumers
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.12.02
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] At his first press briefing since taking office on December 1, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor ...

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Seoul’s Apartment Contract Cancellation Rate Hits Highest Level Since 2020 Amid Rising Market Uncertainty
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.12.01
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Seoul’s apartment market experienced the highest contract cancellation rate since 2020, as rapid policy chan ...

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FSS Chief Declares “Full-Scale War” on Illegal Private Lending, Calling It an Anti-Humanitarian Crime
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.11.28
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Lee Chan-jin, Governor of South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), declared a full-scale crackdown ...

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South Korea Sees Record 20.1% Surge in Marriages in September; Births Hit Five-Year High
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.11.27
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] South Korea recorded the fastest growth in marriages since statistics were first compiled, along with the hi ...

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FSS Urges Securities Firms to Strengthen Investor Compensation and IT Risk Controls Amid Government Push for Investor Protection
Kim Jisun 2025.11.26
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has called on the securities industry to provide prompt compensatio ...

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Kakao to Restore Classic Friends Tab Layout on KakaoTalk Next Month
Kim Jisun 2025.11.24
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] Kakao plans to restore the original Friends tab layout on KakaoTalk next month, allowing users to revert to ...

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Low Load Factors on Busan–Guam Route Highlight Unintended Impact of Merger-Related Regulatory Conditions
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.11.21
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] Recent government aviation statistics show that several international routes from regional airports—includin ...

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KakaoTalk Introduces “Send Quietly” Feature for Silent Message Delivery
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.11.19
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, November 18 — KakaoTalk has added a new “Send Quietly” feature that allows users to deliver messages ...

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SoftBank Group Sells Entire NVIDIA Stake for $5.83 Billion, Shifts Focus Toward AI Investments
Kim Jisun 2025.11.12
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] TOKYO, November 11, 2025 — SoftBank Group Corp., led by Chairman Masayoshi Son, announced that it has sold ...

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Korean Won Falls to 1,460 per Dollar, Raising Capital Adequacy Concerns for Financial Institutions
Kim Jisun 2025.11.12
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] SEOUL, November 11, 2025 — The Korean won fell to the ₩1,460 level per U.S. dollar, heightening concerns ov ...

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‘Money Move’ Accelerates as ₩7.6 Trillion Flows from Banks to Stock Market in Just Four Days
Kim Jisun 2025.11.10
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] SEOUL, November 9, 2025 — A rapid shift of funds from bank deposits to the stock market is intensifying in ...

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Freight Train Derails at Seoul’s Yongsan Station; No Injuries Reported
Kim Jisun 2025.11.07
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] SEOUL, November 6 (local time) — A freight train derailed at Yongsan Station in central Seoul on Wednesday ...

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NextTrade Temporarily Suspends Trading of 20 Stocks Including Kakao, Mirae Asset Securities, and EcoPro
Kim Jisun 2025.11.04
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, South Korea — November 3, 2025 — NextTrade, a South Korean alternative trading platform, announced on ...

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South Korea to Resume Daytime Trading of U.S. Stocks Starting November 4
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.11.04
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, South Korea — November 3, 2025 — South Korean investors will once again be able to trade U.S. stocks ...

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Whistleblower Receives Nearly ₩100 Million Reward for Reporting Stock Manipulation Case
Kim Jisun 2025.11.03
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] Seoul, November 2, 2025 — A whistleblower who reported a stock manipulation scheme has been awarded a ₩93.7 ...

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KFTC Issues Review Report on Alleged Pork Product Price Collusion by Major Meat Processors
Kim Jisun 2025.10.31
[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] SEOUL, October 30, 2025 — The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has sent formal review reports—equivalent ...

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One-Third of Korean Banks Still Lack Controls Over Insider and Family Loans, National Assembly Finds
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.10.29
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, October 27, 2025 — Despite repeated cases of improper lending to bank employees’ relatives, a new rep ...

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NH NongHyup Life Under Investigation Over Alleged ₩9 Billion Rebate Scheme — FSS Chief Confirms Field Inspection
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.10.28
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, October 27, 2025 — South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a field investigati ...

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Crypto Flows Between Korean Exchanges and Cambodia Surge 1,400-Fold — Lawmakers Warn of Possible Money Laundering Links
Paul Lee 특파원 2025.10.28
[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] SEOUL, October 27, 2025 — The volume of cryptocurrency transfers between South Korea’s major exchanges and a ...