Kookmin looks at dollar deal, $200m the likely target

Kookmin Bank is in preliminary discussions with lenders about a dollar loan and could tap the market in the next two months. The South Korean bank has not yet made a decision about the size of the loan, according to a funding official at the bank. But some lenders, who the bank has approached, said it was likely to be around $200m. The timing of any facility is harder to determine because of the escalating tensions between North and South Korea, they added.