August 12, 2024

S. Korea, Turkey extend currency swap deal

South Korea and Turkey have agreed to extend their currency swap deal by three years, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday.

In 2021, the two countries signed their first three-year, 2.3 trillion-won (roughly US$2 billion) currency swap agreement in a…

(LEAD) Krafton Q2 net income soars over 165 pct on record sales

Krafton Inc., a South Korean game publisher, said Monday its second-quarter net income surged more than 165 percent from a year earlier thanks to record quarterly sales driven by the popularity of its smash-hit title PUBG: Battlegrounds.

Its net pro…

Cosmax Q2 net profit up 28.9 pct to 35.3 bln won

Cosmax Inc. on Monday reported its second-quarter net profit of 35.3 billion won (US$25.8 million), up 28.9 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 1.4 percent on-year…

OpenAI executive expects humans to control AI

OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon said Monday he expected humans to keep control over artificial intelligence, playing down concerns over the unchecked development of the fast-growing technology.

Kwon told an AI forum in Seoul that finding wa…