SEOUL, South Korea “strongly protests” Japan’s repeated claims to its easternmost islets of Dokdo, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after Japan’s top diplomat renewed the claim in a speech before the parliament.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kami…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks rose late Tuesday morning as institutions and foreign investors scooped up blue chips in line with overnight gains on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had risen 11.41 points, or 0.46 percent,
SEOUL, Amorepacific Group on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 47.9 billion won (US$36 million), up 348.7 percent from a year earlier.
Operating income for the October-December period was 29.9 billion won, down 62 percent from a year…
SEOUL, Cheil Worldwide Inc on Tuesday reported its 2023 net profit of 190.1 billion won (US$142.9 million), down 2.9 percent from a year earlier.
Operating profit for the year was 307.5 billion won, down 1.2 percent from the previous
SEOUL, South Korea came in 32nd in an annual global corruption index, down a notch from a year earlier, Transparency International said Tuesday, the first drop in seven years since an anti-graft law came into force in 2016.
South
SEOUL, Cheil Worldwide Inc on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net income of 17.3 billion won (US$13 million), down 30 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the October-December period rose…
SEOUL, North Korea has shut down its diplomatic missions in Hong Kong and Libya, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday, as the recalcitrant regime struggles with economic challenges amid prolonged sanctions.
They are the latest in the list of
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, The new deputy commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Tuesday stressed the role of the South Korea-U.S. alliance and its “steadfast” dedication forged in the 1950-53 Korean War as he took office.
Lt. Gen.
SEOUL, The Marine Corps will resume live-fire drills at a firing range in the southeastern city of Pohang later this year, the defense ministry said Tuesday, more than three years after training was halted due to noise complaints by
SEOUL, POSCO Future M Co. on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net loss of 102.1 billion won (US$76.8 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an operating