These days have seen growing attention directed at environmental issues. In summit meetings of major powers of the world, global warming is getting the limelight. In Korea, too, the public interest in environmental issues, such as the dust storm in the spring, has heightened as compared with the past. Also, regulatory measures on imported goods are taken in consideration of the environment, and discussions on emissions reduction of carbon dioxide are certain to be activated with major cou... [2007-07-13]

Ever since the foreign exchange crisis, the size of the bond market of East Asia has expanded. As of the end of 2005, the size of the bond market, based on one's own country's indication, was US$1.7 trillion, which is a 4.3 times increase compared to US$405.3 billion in 1997. From 1997 until 2005, East Asia's bond market showed an average increase per year of 16.6%. The ratio of the GDP to the size of the bond market of all the countries in East Asia was 17.3% at the end of 1997. At the end of 2... [2007-04-18]

Due to the domestic stock market's adjustment trend last year, investor demand is also showing signs of change. Such investment pattern change is appearing in the enlargement of the relative importance of overseas fund investment. In a circumstance in which the relative investment importance of stock-type fund at home is slightly declining, the fact that the demand toward overseas fund investment is changing does not affect business trends at home and abroad. Since the domestic economy in ... [2007-03-15]