September 6, 2024

S. Korea to freeze health insurance premiums for 2nd year in 2025

South Korea will keep next year’s state health insurance premiums unchanged for a second straight year in an effort to help ease people’s financial burdens, the health ministry said Friday.

Under the plan, the health insurance premium rate will rema…

Corporate loan growth slows in Q2

Corporate loan growth in South Korea decelerated in the second quarter of this year from three months earlier, central bank data showed Friday, as lenders tightened credit risk management.

The outstanding loans extended to local companies came to 1,…

BAAC raises Chumphon Robusta coffee to international standards

BAAC moves forward to upgrade Chumphon coffee to become Thailand’s No. 1 processed Robusta coffee product, eliminating sour tastes and adding aroma, aiming to create a tourism community base in 97 communities, develop tourism networks in more than 29…

Thai stocks closed up 23.36 points.

SET closed today at 1,427.64 points, up 23.36 points (+1.66%), with a trading value of approximately 107,404.75 million baht.

SET closed this morning at 1,427.64 points, up 23.36 points (+1.66%), with a trading value of around 107,404.75 million ba…