The Japanese government has asked whether Seoul can cooperate in its inquiry into Naver Corp. over last year’s personal data leak from Line Yahoo Corp., a Japanese affiliate of the South Korean tech giant, a government agency here said Thursday.
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South Korean stocks started lower Thursday following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-freeze decision.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 7.6 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,684.46 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
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A kids’ activity kit being sold by a Chinese e-commerce giant has been found to contain lead about 158 times higher than permitted levels, the Seoul city government said Thursday.
The city announced the findings after conducting safety tests on nine …
Kiwoom Securities Co. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net income of 244.8 billion won (US$177.3 million), down 16.3 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 337.7 billion won in operating profit for t…
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok vowed Thursday to stay vigilant on uncertainties regarding interest rate decisions by major economies and the Middle East crisis and to take bold market stabilization steps when necessary.
Choi made the remarks during a…