SEOUL, Samsung Engineering Co. on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 112.4 billion won (US$84.6 million), down 37.5 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 269.9 billion won in operating pro…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a Buddhist New Year’s gathering Tuesday and pledged to do more to better preserve Buddhist and other religious heritages.
The gathering co-organized by the Association of Korean Buddhist Orders and the Buddhis…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a special bill mandating a new investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush in 2022, his office said.
Yoon exercised his veto power by endorsing a motion demanding the National Assembly reconsider the l…
When the Bank of Korea announced last week that the country’s real gross domestic product inched up just 1.4 percent in 2023, the reaction from policymakers and the media remained largely the same: dismay and concern.
Although the figure is technica…
SEOUL, South Korea’s imports of whiskey surpassed 30,000 tons for the first time to hit an all-time high last year amid rising popularity of whiskey-based cocktails, customs data showed Tuesday.
Imports of whiskey products came to 30,586 tons in 202…
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Former baseball player Jung Soo-keun was referred to the prosecution Tuesday on charges of hitting his wife with a golf club, officials said.
Jung, 47, was accused of striking his wife’s forehead once with a golf club at thei…
SEOUL, South Korea’s terms of trade improved for the seventh consecutive month in December last year, as import costs fell at a faster pace than export prices, central bank data showed Tuesday.
The country’s net terms-of-trade index for goods — a g…
SEOUL, The fourth Winter Youth Olympics will draw to a conclusion in eastern South Korea on Thursday with a celebration of feats accomplished by teenage athletes over the past two weeks.
Organizers of the Gangwon Winter Youth Games said Tuesday that…
Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)
1-year TB 3.331 3.349 -1.8
2-year TB 3.312 3.342 -3.0
3-year TB 3.268 3.304 -3.6
10-year TB 3.350 3.436 -8.6
2-year MSB 3.318 3.350 -3.2
3-year CB (AA-) 4.009 4.051 -4.2
91-day CD 3.680 3.680 0.0
Sou…
SEOUL, Admiral John Aquilino, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, has received an honorary Korean name as a gift from a South Korea-U.S. friendship group, organizers said Tuesday.
Members of the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship…