Samsung Life Insurance Co. on Monday reported its second-quarter net profit of 299.8 billion won (US$226.3 million), down 26.2 percent from a year earlier.Operating income for the April-June period was 318.3 billion won, down 42.6 percent from a year …
At this rate, Shin Ji-yai may be tempted to move back to the LPGA Tour.Shin, former world No. 1 in women’s golf now playing full time in Japan, finished in third place at the AIG Women’s Open in England on Sunday (local time). It was her second top-th…
In his third start back from elbow surgery that put his big league career on hold last year, Toronto Blue Jays starter Ryu Hyun-jin channeled his vintage self.The South Korean left-hander painted the corners and limited hard contact against the Chicag…
A lioness escaped from a private animal farm in the southern county of Goryeong on Monday, and a hunt is under way, officials said.The animal broke out of its cage at the farm in Goryeong, 233 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at 7:30 a.m., the officials…
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Monday it will launch the all-new Santa Fe SUV in the domestic market this week, with the goal of selling 28,000 units this year.The fifth-generation Santa Fe, set to go on sale on Wedne…
The Korean disaster thriller film “Concrete Utopia” drew over 1 million moviegoers over the weekend, topping the local box office in the first week of its release, data showed Monday.The film attracted 1.12 million moviegoers from Friday to Sunday, ac…
Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a significant step closer to becoming the country’s civilian president after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff, largely seen as a