South Korean shares opened a tad higher Thursday tracking overnight gains on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 1.75 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,612.11 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
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Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday estimated its third-quarter operating profit at 99.3 billion won (US$72.8 million).
Third-quarter sales were estimated at 208.5 billion won. The data for net income was not available.
The company will release its…
North Korea said Thursday its constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile state,” the first time Pyongyang has confirmed the basic law has been revised in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s order to codify the South as an
J-Hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, will be discharged from his 18 months of mandatory military service Thursday, becoming the band’s second member to complete his service after the oldest member Jin.
J-Hope enlisted in April and
North Korea said Thursday its constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile state,” the first time Pyongyang has confirmed the basic law has been revised in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s order to codify the South as an
An ill-intended order from Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed “political broker,” to manipulate the results of an opinion poll during the primary of the then-opposition People Power Party (PPP) is shocking. Myung is at the center of the controversy ov…
North Korea has severed the remnants of inter-Korean reconciliation by demolishing sections of roads linked to an overland railway. These roads were part of the Gyeongui and Donghae lines, connecting the two Koreas on the west and east coasts,
Myung Tae-kyun, a shadowy figure at the center of suspicions that first lady Kim Keon Hee may have intervened in the ruling party’s nomination races, disclosed on Tuesday a screen capture of text messages he and Kim exchanged in
North Korea’s constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile” state, Pyongyang’s state media reported Thursday, in the first such mention of what was included in the reclusive state’s recent revision of the basic law.
The Korean Central News…
The ruling and main opposition parties won crucial regional by-elections in their respective strongholds, voting results showed Thursday, sparing their leadership what could have been a stinging setback from the showdown seen as a gauge of public sen…