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SMEs facing financial crisis

These days small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are undergoing a financial crisis worse than that of 1997. While large companies have profited from recent export increases, the nation's SMEs are struggling with debt. Toward the end of last year a...

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Indicator of small-business financial health worsens in Q1

The ratio of overdue bank loans owed by South Korea's small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) rose 0.7 percentage point to…


South Korean SME income expected to double this year

A new equity fund has been set up to tap into growing investor interest in small- and medium-sized South Korean…


Banks braced for impact of bad SME loans

Local banks are bracing for more trouble - namely defaults by small-and medium-sized companies (SMEs) - after getting burned by…

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Small firms' default rate rising

The lengthy economic slump has led to growing overdue small- and medium-size companies (SME) loans. According to financial sources, the…


Job-creating firms to get big tax cut

Business start-ups that hire more than 10 employees will enjoy tax exemptions of up to 100 per cent over the…

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Central bank reports rise in delinquent firms

The number of service businesses that defaulted on payments jumped last month. The Bank of Korea said yesterday that 401…

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Banks squeezed to lend more

Bankers reacted negatively to the government's move to prod lenders to free up loans to consumers and small companies. A…

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Smaller companies experience liquidity squeeze

Growing numbers of small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are experiencing a liquidity squeeze as a consequence of rising costs in…

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SMEs’ exports helped by proxy overseas offices

KOTRA's overseas offices, which serve as foreign branch offices for local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), helped chalked up US$1.02…

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Strong exports power manufacturing upturn

Strong exports have been powering the manufacturing industry upturn, the state-funded Korea Development Institute (KDI) has reported. It said economic…


Exports by SMEs rise for 5th year

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and venture start-ups are increasingly contributing to South Korea's exports. Venture start-ups' exports grew 23.8…

New money-laundering attack

The Ministry of Finance and Economy is trying to suppress money laundering by strengthening the powers of the Korea Financial…

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