Reuters

Korea Life gains; buoys hopes for Samsung Life IPO

SEOUL, March 17 (Reuters) - Korea Life Insurance Co <088350.KS> shares closed up 8 percent in heavy trading on their debut on Wednesday, signalling keen demand ahead of bigger rival Samsung Life's ...
Business Wire

South Korea’s Hanwha Life to Acquire Majority Stake in U.S.-Based Velocity Clearing, Allowing Both Companies to Target Global Markets

SEOUL, South Korea & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hanwha Life, South Korea’s first life insurance company, today announced it has agreed on the 18th to acquire a 75% stake in the parent of Velocity ...
Yahoo

Photos that offer a glimpse of what life is like for workers in notoriously isolated North Korea

North Korea is home to about 26 million people who are taught to worship their leaders as gods. The country is culturally and economically isolated as many suffer from malnutrition and poverty. Many ...
Morningstar

OPIM x LIFE Korea to Launch First Engagement Fund for International Allocators

LIFE's CIO and LIFE Korea Engagement Fund's Director Darren Kang opines that Korea has long been overshadowed by other countries like China and Japan. With the new government value-up policies and ...
Reuters

Korea Life likely to ditch plan to buy ING's SE Asia unit

SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Korea Life Insurance Co Ltd is unlikely to pursue its planned purchase of Dutch insurer ING's Southeast Asian life insurance operations, a spokesman for the Korean firm's ...