SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major listed firms saw their sales jump more than 16 percent to an all-time high in 2021 despite the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, a corporate tracker said...
13:41 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- E-Mart Inc. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net income of 805.8 billion won (US$624.9 million), up 689.2 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regul...
13:35 May. 12
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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(2nd LD) N. Korea confirms first case of omicron variant of COVID-19: state media
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13:30 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean insurer Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. said Thursday its first-quarter earnings decreased 5.2 percent from a year ago due to a higher base effect.
Ne...
13:17 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator is weighing the option of launching a futures market for carbon emissions, officials said Thursday.
The Korea Exchange (KRX) and the coun...
13:13 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday it has decided to impose a combined fine of 699 million won (US$546,500) on six poultry-processing firms and their associat...
12:00 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Service output in all 16 provinces and major cities of South Korea climbed more than 4 percent in the first three months of the year on an economic recovery amid the coron...
12:00 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products rose 16.9 percent in April from a year earlier on strong overseas demand for chips and dis...
11:11 May. 12
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SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's No. 2 telecom operator, said Thursday its first quarter net profit increased 39.5 p...
10:45 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- KT&G Corp. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net profit of 263.4 billion won (US$205.2 million), down 3.4 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regula...
10:44 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net loss of 35.2 billion won (US$27.4 million), turning from a profit of 129 billion won a year earlier.
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10:23 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Koo Cha-hak, chairperson of South Korean food service company Ourhome Ltd., died Thursday of chronic ailments, his family said. He was 92.
Born in 1930 as the third son...
09:27 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net income of 455.4 billion won (US$355 million), up 39.5 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory ...
09:10 May. 12
Stabilizing the economy is the first priority
The tightening roadmap by the U.S. Federal Reserve after a recent 50-basis-point increase in the benchmark rate has rattled the global financial marke...
07:05 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 12.
Korean-language dailies
-- Yoon says he left out 'unity' because it was obvious, but direc...
07:03 May. 12
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new administration will seek to resume currently suspended construction of two nuclear reactors in the coastal county of Uljin in 2025, government and indust...
23:13 May. 11
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- The price of diesel in South Korea has outstripped that of gasoline for the first time in 14 years due to tight global supply stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war and rece...
18:29 May. 11
SEOUL, MAY 11 (Yonhap) -- Diac Co.on Wednesday announced that it will sell stocks to raise 10 billion won (US$7.8 million). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its opera...
17:49 May. 11
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- ONE store Co., a South Korean mobile app market platform, decided Wednesday to withdraw its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) due to lackluster investor confidenc...
17:28 May. 11
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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(LEAD) Yoon taps ex-deputy NSA for spy chief
SEOUL -- President Yoon Suk-yeo...
17:02 May. 11