Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday estimated its third-quarter operating profit nearly tripled, but missed market expectations due to the lukewarm performance of its high-end memory chips used in artificial intelligence computing.
The world’s bigges…
Seoul stocks finished lower Tuesday due to weaker-than-expected earnings results by Samsung Electronics and overnight U.S. stock losses. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped 0.61 pe…
– Two South Korean spy agents were killed in the line of duty last month in Nepal during devastating landslides caused by heavy rain, sources said Tuesday.
The two agents from the National Intelligence Service, both former Army special commandos, we…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend annual gatherings involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Laos this week, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, reaffirming the Biden administration’s “crystal clear” and “unmi…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld lower courts’ seven-year prison sentence for an accomplice in the alleged sexual offense by Jeong Myeong-seok, the leader of a controversial religious organization, the Jesus Morning Star (JMS).
The accomplice, na…
– Powered by a pair of homers and a dominant relief outing from a young hurler, the LG Twins outlasted the KT Wiz 6-5 on Tuesday to move within a win of reaching the next round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason. Austin Dean of the L…
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) stepped up calls for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment Tuesday, taking issue with a shadowy confidante involved in first lady Kim Keon Hee’s alleged interference in the April general elections.
DP floor …
Back in a familiar scene against a familiar foe, LG Twins slugger Austin Dean delivered a familiar result Tuesday: a massive postseason home run for his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club. Dean launched a go-ahead, three-run homer off starter Wes…
Last month was the hottest September on record, with many cities, including Seoul, seeing a heat wave go onto early fall, the state weather agency said Tuesday.
The average nationwide temperature recorded 24.7 C last month, marking the hottest Septe…
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SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) — The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) stepped up calls for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment Tuesday, taking issue with a shadowy c…