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481 noticiasEl tiburón de Busan, Bukkangi, cruza la red y regresa al canal; la operación de rescate se detiene
El tiburón apodado Bukkangi, que se cree es un tiburón oscuro de unos 3 m de largo, cruzó una red grande y regresó al canal artificial del Parque Bukhang Chinsu de Busan alrededor del mediodía del 3 de octubre, un día después de que se detu…
Un tribunal surcoreano suspende las decisiones de exclusión por capitalización bursátil; la bolsa detiene otras dos salidas
El Juzgado Civil n.º 51 del Tribunal del Distrito Sur de Seúl concedió el 2 de octubre medidas cautelares que suspenden las decisiones de exclusión de la Bolsa de Corea (Korea Exchange) contra Joo Yeon Tech, cotizada en el KOSPI, y KM Pharm…
KCTU votará el 7 de octubre sobre el retorno al diálogo social; el consejo está dispuesto a hablar
La Confederación Coreana de Sindicatos (민주노총) celebrará su 85.ª conferencia extraordinaria de delegados a la 1 p.m. del 7 de octubre en KINTEX, en Goyang, para votar sobre su incorporación al Consejo Económico, Social y Laboral (경사노위), lo q…
Asian Games exemption row: Ahn Cheol-soo urges review, defense ministry regrets remarks
People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo said on 7 October that the military service exemption for Asian Games gold medalists should be reviewed for abolition starting with this tournament, noting the rule is a presidential decree that Pre…
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…
Badminton's An Se-young, professor Kim Do-hyung win Pony Chung Young Leader Award
The Pony Chung Foundation said on Oct. 7 it has selected badminton national team player An Se-young and Kim Do-hyung, a professor of chemistry and biomolecular engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, as winners of the 7th Pony Chung …
Goldman Sachs warns Samsung volatility may spike on Oct. 8 events
Goldman Sachs said Samsung Electronics shares could swing sharply on October 8, when preliminary third-quarter results fall on the same day as semiconductor ETF rebalancing, options expiry and the end of a share buyback. The bank cut its th…
SME Minister Lee So-young unveils startup venture regulatory innovation committee at audit
South Korea's SMEs and startups minister, Lee So-young, said on October 7 that her ministry will create a "Startup Venture Regulatory Innovation Committee" to find regulatory improvements, and set out plans to expand the small-business soci…
Las acciones de Hong Kong abren al alza; el Hang Seng sube un 1% y Alibaba gana alrededor de un 2,9%
Las acciones de Hong Kong abrieron al alza el 6 de octubre, con el Hang Seng Index subiendo un 1% y el Hang Seng Tech Index un 1,02%, según CLS, Yicai y 36Kr. Alibaba subió alrededor de un 2,9% en la apertura, mientras que Baidu y Meituan g…
Korea's FSS tells 21 securities firms to shift to preventive internal audits
The Financial Supervisory Service met auditors from 21 securities firms in Seoul on Oct 7 and told them to move from audits that catch problems after the fact to preventive checks that protect investors first. The regulator cited repeated v…
Seoul singles' asset gap widens with age, welfare foundation says
The Seoul Metropolitan Welfare Foundation said an analysis of 921,328 single-person households in Seoul found asset levels differ sharply depending on whether the person owns a home, and that the gap widens with age — from about 2.5 times a…
Korea's top individual tax delinquent Kwon Hyuk to pay 393.8 billion won
The National Tax Service said on Oct 7 that Kwon Hyuk, chairman of Sido Group and the country's largest individual tax delinquent, has submitted a plan to pay 393.8 billion won in back taxes in full, 15 years after the tax was assessed. He …
UAE sets phased caps on salt, sugar and fat in packaged foods, fines up to Dh500,000
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has begun implementing a resolution that caps sodium, sugar and fat in selected packaged foods, with phased limits running until the end of 2030. The rules apply to locally made and imported produ…
China's central bank raises gold reserves for 23rd straight month
China's gold reserves stood at 77.47 million ounces, or about 2,409.59 tonnes, at the end of September, up 740,000 ounces (about 23.02 tonnes) from 76.73 million ounces (about 2,386.57 tonnes) a month earlier, according to figures carried b…
El promedio Nikkei recupera el nivel de 70.000 por primera vez en unos tres meses
El promedio Nikkei de Tokio superó los 70.000 durante la sesión del 5 de octubre, por primera vez en unos tres meses, ante una concentración de compras en acciones vinculadas a semiconductores e inteligencia artificial. Nikkei informó de un…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …
S. Korea farm minister says minor farmland survey violations won't be punished
Agriculture minister Song Mi-ryung told a parliamentary audit on Oct 7 that most ordinary, customary violations found in the government's full farmland survey would not be punished, and that the government has no plan or reason to confiscat…
KOSPI opens down 1.11% at 6,864.25; KOSDAQ falls 0.27%
South Korea’s KOSPI opened 77.14 points, or 1.11%, lower at 6,864.25 on 7 October, while the KOSDAQ opened down 2.47 points, or 0.27%, at 917.45. The benchmark index rebounded to 6,944.83 by 09:25 as individual investors bought, then fell b…
El euro cae a su mínimo de 17 meses frente al dólar por las preocupaciones fiscales francesas
El euro cayó a un mínimo de 17 meses frente al dólar estadounidense, tocando los 1,1161 dólares el lunes, su nivel más débil desde mayo de 2025, ya que las preocupaciones sobre las finanzas públicas de Francia y una fuerte venta masiva de b…
El índice de la Bolsa de Moscú supera los 2.300 puntos por primera vez desde el 25 de septiembre
El índice de la Bolsa de Moscú superó los 2.300 puntos en la sesión del lunes 5 de octubre, por primera vez desde el 25 de septiembre, con una ganancia de alrededor del 1%. Interfax y RBC atribuyeron el movimiento a las esperanzas de una re…