SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- GS Retail Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net income of 45.1 billion won (US$34.6 million), up 77.6 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regula...
16:02 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- Mirae Asset Securities Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net income of 263.5 billion won (US$202 million), down 26.1 percent from a year earlier.
Operating pro...
15:43 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's financial watchdog on Tuesday co-hosted a meeting of top financial regulators and central bank chiefs from the East Asia and Pacific region and ...
14:29 Aug. 09
Aug. 10
1934 -- A massive flood hits the southern part of Korea, leaving 800 people dead.
1940 -- Two major Korean vernacular dailies, the Chosun Ilbo and the Donga Ilbo, are closed by Japan'...
14:00 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturers' domestic supply increased for the sixth straight quarter in the April-June period as exports remained robust despite the global economic slowdo...
12:00 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- Avikus, a unit of South Korea's leading shipbuilding group, HD Hyundai, said Tuesday it has commercialized its Level 2 autonomous navigation system for the first time in t...
11:33 Aug. 09
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SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- SK Telecom Co., South Korea's largest wireless carrier, said Tuesday that its second-quarter net profit dro...
11:12 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The government on Tuesday postponed its planned announcement of housing supply measures in a bid to focus on responding to damage from overnight heavy downpours.
The go...
10:38 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter net profit of 258.1 billion won (US$197.7 million), down 67.6 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a reg...
10:13 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- SK Geocentric Co., a chemical unit of South Korean's No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, said Tuesday it is building a plant in China that will produce a high value-added packagi...
10:00 Aug. 09
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SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., a leading South Korean information technology company, said Tuesday it swung to a net loss in the...
09:16 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) likely posted a massive loss in the second quarter due to surging costs following record red ink three months earlier, a m...
08:28 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp. on Tuesday reported a second-quarter net loss of 5.3 billion won (US$4.1 million), from a profit of 15.2 billion won a year earlier.
The company said in a reg...
07:49 Aug. 09
By Woo Jae-yeon
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- Jihae Jenna Lee, a former portfolio manager at Boston-based hedge fund Acadian Asset Management, last year extended her "funeral date" by another five year...
07:00 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 9.
Korean-language dailies
-- Downpours hit greater Seoul area; roads leading back home swamp...
06:56 Aug. 09
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Global Motors (HGM), the Indian unit of South Korean knock-down car manufacturer Global Motors, on Monday disputed a recent Indian court ruling against its alleged...
22:46 Aug. 08
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Monday state-run policy lenders plan to increase loans with low and fixed interest rates to small firms to help ease their financial...
17:12 Aug. 08
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is reviewing its possible participation in the U.S.-led semiconductor alliance from the perspective of national interest and has no intent to build an exclusiv...
17:06 Aug. 08
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- SK Chemicals Co. on Monday reported its second-quarter net profit of 60.3 billion won (US$46.2 million), down 13 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regula...
16:36 Aug. 08
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- CJ Logistics Corp. on Monday reported its second-quarter net income of 67.1 billion won (US$51.4 million), up 35.9 percent from a year earlier.
Operating income for the...
16:13 Aug. 08