After working with ascendant South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min in a training camp in January in Queensland, Australian coach Michael Palfrey became a fan of the 22-year-old — so much so that Palfrey believes Kim is capable of winning his
South Korean archer Lim Si-hyeon set a world record in the women’s ranking round of the Paris Olympics on Thursday, as her Summer Games debut got off to a rousing start.
Lim scored 694 out of a possible 720 points
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday its second-quarter net profit rose 25 percent from a year earlier helped by an improved product mix and a weak won.
Net profit for the three months ended on June 30 climbed to
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attended the state funeral of Vietnam’s highest-ranking official, Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi on Thursday, his office said.
Han left for Vietnam the previous day to attend the funeral of the general secretary of the Communi…
Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit of 4.17 trillion won (US$3 billion), up 24.7 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 0.7 percent
Doosan Robotics Inc. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 3.7 billion won (US$2.7 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it continued to post an operating loss
North Korea’s latest round of its balloon campaign involved around 500 balloons carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets, including those that fell on the presidential office compound in the capital, South Korea’s military said Thursday.
In what marke…
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok called for close market monitoring over delays in payment by e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice, and all-out efforts to prevent damage to sellers and customers, the finance ministry said Thursday.
Choi made the r…
SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it shifted to a profit in the second quarter on solid sales of its premium artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips.
The world’s second-largest memory chipmaker posted an operating profit of 5.46 trillion won (US$3.95 bil…
With South Korean golfer Park In-bee running for election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission, three candidates have dropped out of the race.
The commission’s website listed 29 candidates Thursday, down from the initia…