S. Korean banks' bad loan ratio rises in Q4

SEOUL, March 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks' bad loan ratio rose in the fourth quarter of last year due to more new delinquent loan than bad loan settlement, financial watchdog data showed Thursday.

The ratio of bank loan overdue at least three months came to 0.47 percent of the total at the end of December, up 0.03 percentage points from three months earlier, according to the Financial Supervisory Service.