President Park¡¯s favorability recently firmed up at 51.8% positive.
During his Aug 14-to-18 visit to Korea, Pope Francis ¡®awed and moved¡¯ SKoreans.
The Sewol, sunken ferry, still holds Korean society wrecked.
Korea expects 15 mil Chinese tourists by 2020.
A Korean film ¡®Roaring Currents¡¯ exceeded the 16 mil-viewer mark as at Aug 24.
Korean lady golfers dominated LPGA.
President Park offered a package of peace proposals to NK, who immediately denounced.
NK decided to dispatch of 273 athletes to upcoming Asian Games in Incheon, Korea.
BOK lowered the base interest rate by 0.25% to 2.25%, the first cut since May 2013.
Korea¡¯s economy is to expand 4% this year on recently unveiled stimulus package.
SKorea posted a trade surplus for 31 months in a row reaching $3.41 bil in Aug.
Government consider to levy10% tax on cash reserves of conglomerates from 2015.
Samsung and Apple decided to drop patent disputes pending in courts outside USA.
China¡¯s budget maker ¡®Xiaom¡¯ overtook SEC in local mobile phone market in Q2.
LG Chem is to supply lithium-ion batteries to Audi for its next-generation electric cars.
KEPCO acquired 40% of the Philippines¡¯ Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu.
Overall output by Korea¡¯s 5 automakers jumped 22.4% on-year to 409,283 cars in July.
Kia outstripped HMC with shipment of 772,559 cars in the first 7 months of this year.
KOSPI has kept stable on economic stimulus package by Government.
KWon returned to the KW1,010 level after BOK lowed the key interest to 2.25% in Aug.
Chinese yuan-denominated deposits at banks in SKorea hit a record high.
Global NB orders totaled 74 mil dwt from Jan-to-July, down 27% on year.
The ¡®Maritime Financing Center (MFC)¡¯ plans to launch operations in Busan in Sept.
Korea needs to establish a plan to keep common commercial ships in Korea.
KOGAS unveiled an NB tender for 6 Korean-flagged LNG carriers.
Golar is reportedly in talks with yards over the resetting the delivery dates of LNG ships.
SHI and Samsung Engineering resolved to go for a merger.
Major shipping companies swung to the black with a sizable profit in Q2.
