SEOUL, HL Mando Co. on Monday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 40.7 billion won (US$30.6 million), turning from a loss of 89 billion won a year earlier.

Operating income for the October-December period was 50.6 billion won, down 11 percent …

SEOUL, South Korean speed skater Kim Min-sun has finished second in the World Cup standings after grabbing a silver medal in her finale in Canada.

Kim finished second to Femke Kok of the Netherlands in the second of two women’s 500-meter races with …

SEOUL, Financial authorities will spare no effort this year to prevent risks of real estate project financing from spreading into overall financial markets, the head of the financial regulator said Monday.

Lee Bok-hyun, governor of the Financial Sup…

SEOUL, The unification ministry said Monday it will push to conduct genetic testing on the bodies of North Koreans found in South Korean waters or coastlines in case North Korea refuses to accept them.

The move is aimed at helping the families of th…

SEOUL, South Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Monday morning as investors sought to cash in recent gains.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) had declined 38.63 points, or 1.48 percent, to 2,576.68 as of 11:20 a.m.

Chipma…

SEOUL, Actor Namkoong Won, an iconic movie star of the 1960s-70s, died at a hospital Monday, his family said. He was 90.

He battled lung cancer for a long time at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, according to the family.

Making his debut on the silver…