Korea Electric Power turns to black in Q1

SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. on Friday reported its first-quarter net profit of 53.6 billion won (US$ 43.6 million), turning from a loss of 761.2 billion won a year earlier.

Operating income for the January-March period was 430.6 billion, compared with a loss of 629.9 billion won a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing. Sales fell 1 percent to 15.09 trillion won.

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