Lotte Fine Chemical Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net income of 43.3 billion won (US$31.3 million), swinging from a loss of 100 million won a year earlier.

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Kumho Tire Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net profit of 80.8 billion won (US$58.3 million), up 167.1 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period

Metropolitan Police Bureau and TOP G detectives arrest a brutal debt collector gang, the same network that attacked a 73-year-old grandmother and fled to hide in a motel.

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The government on Tuesday announced the selection of 14 candidate sites for dams to be newly built or renovated for flood and drought control, as well as for water

Japan is considering holding a commemoration for wartime forced laborers at a former gold mine, which was recently listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as early as September,

South Korea qualified for the final of the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay swimming at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, the country’s first-ever appearance in a relay medal race.

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K-pop girl group TWICE has successfully concluded its fifth world tour, drawing a total of 1.5 million fans worldwide over the past year and three months, the group’s agency

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.155 3.156 -0.1

2-year TB 3.068 3.057 +1.1

3-year TB 2.988 2.978 +1.0

10-year TB 3.048 3.046 +0.2

2-year MSB 3.052

They may be seven years apart in age but South Korean table tennis players Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin couldn’t have been much closer in their partnership in Paris.