A new bourse operator is looking to shake up the Korean stock market next year, with a launch that would break up Korea Exchange's monopoly for the first time in nearly seven decades. On July 19, the Financial Services Commission granted preliminary approval for the alternative trading system called Nextrade. A total of 34 companies, including leading brokerage houses and ICT firms, as well as the Korea Financia.
When SK Hynix Vice President Kim Jin-kook visited Dalian, China, in late September, the local Communist Party chief had a clear message for him: The South Korean memory chip maker should ¥"deepe