An electronic board at a Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul shows the won-dollar exchange rate and the Kospi on Thursday. (Yonhap) Foreign investors were net buyers of Korean stocks in August for the first time this year, snapping a seven-month selling streak, though the level remained modest after he»»»

SEOUL (Aug 26): A new South Korean fund fuelled by record tax windfalls from a semiconductor boom would finance projects over a three- to four-year period, rather than recurring spending like welfare programmes, a presidential official said on Wednesday. The Future Response Fund will be used both t»»»