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228 noticiasForeign investment banks raise South Korea 2026 growth forecast to 3.5%
Eight major overseas investment banks now expect South Korea's economy to grow 3.5% in 2026 on average, up 0.2 percentage points from a month earlier, according to the International Finance Center. All eight forecast growth of at least 3%, …
Tres diarios económicos coreanos publican columnas diarias de horóscopo fechadas el 5 de octubre
Maeil Business, Chosun Ilbo y Korea Economic Daily publicaron cada uno una columna diaria de horóscopo fechada el 5 de octubre de 2026, día 25 del octavo mes lunar. La sección del Chosun Ilbo, publicada desde 2017 y escrita por Han So-pyeon…
Iraq devalues dinar to 1,500 per dollar as war disrupts oil shipping
Iraq devalued its currency on Wednesday, moving the official exchange rate from about 1,300 dinars to the dollar to 1,500, the central bank said. The AP reported the rate was set at a Cabinet meeting the night before, with banks selling dol…
KCTU vote on rejoining Korea's social dialogue council collapses
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) failed to hold a vote on returning to the Economic, Social and Labor Council at an extraordinary delegate meeting in Goyang on October 7, after opposing delegates walked out and quorum was los…
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…
El 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…
Corea del Sur redesigna 92 regiones en declive poblacional y suma Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon y Tongyeong
El Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad de Corea del Sur redesignó el 7 de octubre 92 ciudades, condados y distritos como regiones en declive poblacional, frente a las 89 de la primera designación cinco años antes. Se añadieron Geumjeong-gu …
Japan government weighs second supplementary budget focused on disaster response
The Japanese government is considering a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, limited to necessary items such as disaster response rather than an economic-stimulus package, with spending expected to be small. It would cover recovery…
Japan August real wages rise 1.5% for eighth straight month
Japan's real wages rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier, the eighth consecutive monthly increase, according to the health, labour and welfare ministry's preliminary monthly labour survey published on 7 October. Nominal total cash earning…
El presidente de los EAU pide la oración de la lluvia en todas las mezquitas el viernes 9 de octubre
El presidente de los EAU, el jeque Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ha pedido que se celebre la Salaat Al Istisqaa, una oración para pedir lluvia, en todas las mezquitas del país el viernes 9 de octubre, media hora antes de la oración del viern…
IMF chief warns energy shock, debt and AI risks threaten global growth
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech in Singapore on Wednesday that countries rich and poor must act faster to cut debt and regulate artificial intelligence, warning of a triple shock from the AI boom, heavy borrowing…
France suspends lycée lessons as high-school protests hit 1,800 schools
Protests by high-school students in France on Tuesday affected around 1,800 lycées, according to RIA Novosti, while AFP, cited by TASS, reported that classes were suspended in nearly 900 senior schools — about a quarter of the country's tot…
El Gobierno ruso condonará casi 3.000 millones de rublos de deuda de la región de Belgorod
El Gobierno ruso condonará casi 3.000 millones de rublos de la deuda presupuestaria de la región de Belgorod en el marco de un programa federal de apoyo a las regiones, según declaró el primer ministro Mijaíl Mishustin, informaron TASS, RIA…
Las protestas de estudiantes franceses dejan 24 colegios quemados o saqueados y más de 400 cerrados
Las protestas de estudiantes de secundaria franceses dejaron 24 colegios quemados o saqueados y suspendieron las clases en entre 400 y 500 centros de todo el país, según TASS, Kommersant y Vedomosti. El ministro de Educación, identificado p…
Magadan authorities check reports of grave dug up at city cemetery
Authorities in Magadan are checking reports that a grave at a city cemetery was dug up. TASS reported officials are trying to establish whether a bear was responsible, and that no remains of a body or parts of a coffin were found. No result…
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Putin on his 74th birthday
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his birthday, with the text published on the Russian Orthodox Church's official website. Putin turns 74 on 7 October; the Kremlin said he would spend the day o…
China's FX reserves fall 1.11% to $3,400.3bn at end-September
China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $3,400.3 billion at the end of September 2026, down $38.1 billion, or 1.11%, from the end of August, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said. The regulator attributed the drop to a rising…
Bank of Korea: corporate spare cash hits record 67.1trn won on chip boom
The Bank of Korea said non-financial companies' net financial surplus reached a record 67.1 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a semiconductor-driven surge in operating profits. Households' surplus fell to 60.7 trillion w…
Korean Catholic Church replaces 50-year-old domestic Mass wine with imports
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea said the church's official Mass wine will switch from the domestic “Majuang” to Australia's “Sevenhill” and Italy's “Alagna Vini”, starting in the 2026 Advent season. Majuang, produced by Lotte Chil…
IMF warns global government debt set to pass 100% of world GDP
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said global government debt is at its highest level since World War II and is likely to exceed 100% of world GDP, naming advanced economies led by the US as the worst offenders. Vedomosti reported …