SEOUL, Household loans extended by banks in South Korea rose for the 10th straight month in January, led by rising home-backed loans, central bank data showed Wednesday, amid worries that highly indebted households could pose a risk to Asia’s
Textile, garment and footwear exports were in a positive growth early this year after a significant decline in 2023, while the exports of electrical equipment and machinery showed a significant decline.
Cambodia’s exports from the garment, textile a…
SEOUL, Grand Korea Leisure Co. on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 1.7 billion won (US$1.3 million), swinging from a loss of 8.9 billion won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted
SEOUL, LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Tuesday it has signed a deal to receive a key battery material from an Australian company.
Under the one-year deal with Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers (We…
SEOUL, E-Mart Inc. on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter net loss of 107.1 billion won (US$80.1 million), swinging from a profit of 140.7 billion won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an operating
The Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has announced the presence of another dolphin calf this year.
The newborn dolphin was spotted swimming with a herd of seven other dolphins at 10:18 am on
SEOUL, A Seoul court sentenced the scandal-ridden former fiance of Olympic fencing medalist Nam Hyun-hee to 12 years in prison on Wednesday on fraud and forgery charges.
The 28-year-old former fiance, Jeon Cheong-jo, was charged with swindling a tot…
SEOUL, North Korea may attempt to mobilize its spies or sympathizers in South Korea to stage a terrorist attack on the South in a manner similar to attacks by Islamic Jihad, an expert said Wednesday.
Cho Han-bum, a senior
SEOUL, E-Mart Inc. on Wednesday reported its 2023 net loss of 187.5 billion won (US$140.2 million), shifting from a profit of 1 trillion won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an operating
SEOUL, A North Korean entity under its Workers’ Party has made thousands of illegal online gambling websites and sold them to a South Korean cyber crime ring for hefty profits, the spy agency here said Wednesday.
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