Kiwoom Securities Co. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net income of 244.8 billion won (US$177.3 million), down 16.3 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 337.7 billion won in operating profit for
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok vowed Thursday to stay vigilant on uncertainties regarding interest rate decisions by major economies and the Middle East crisis and to take bold market stabilization steps when necessary.
Choi made the remarks during a…
Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul has met with students studying Korean language at the University of Melbourne during his visit to Australia, his office said Thursday.
Following bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, in Melbourne as…
North Korea has held a meeting of chiefs of branch public security stations earlier this week, state media reported Thursday, in an apparent move to tighten the country’s grip on social discipline.
North Korea held the fifth national conference of
The presidential office said Thursday it will launch two task forces to handle price control measures and support for national strategic industries, such as semiconductors and autos.
Sung Tae-yoon, director of national policy at the presidential offi…
Overseas businesses of South Korean securities companies saw their combined net income grow slightly from a year earlier in 2023 amid a sharp increase in their assets and equity, data showed Thursday.
The securities firms posted a combined net income…
South Korea heightened its anti-terrorism alert status for five of its diplomatic missions by two levels on Thursday, in response to recent intelligence indicating North Korea’s attempted acts of terrorist attacks against South Korean diplomats.
The …
The U.S. Federal Reserve held its benchmark lending rate steady for a sixth consecutive time during a monetary policy meeting on Wednesday as stickier-than-expected inflation has dampened prospects for rate cuts in the near future.
After the two-day …
AirAsia Aviation Group announced the commencement of its fifth airline, AirAsia Cambodia (flight code KT), marking a significant step forward not just in the country’s aviation landscape but strengthening ASEAN as a vibrant aviation hub.
AirAsia Camb…
Intellectual property is an essential tool for promoting trade in goods and services, new businesses and micro, small and medium enterprises, and foreign direct investment (FDI) through value added, commercialisation, creation of source of finance, in…