Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said Friday its first-quarter net profit rose 32.5 percent on-year, backed by increased sales of SUVs, minivans and hybrid models.

Net profit for the January-March period came to

Defenseless against NK hackers

National Assembly should immediately pass cybersecurity bills

North Korean hacking groups were found to have infiltrated the internal networks of South Korea’s defense companies and stolen technical data over the

South Korea will buy Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) shipborne interceptors from the United States to bolster the missile shield against North Korean threats, the state procurement agency said Friday.

The SM-3, a ship-based surface-to-air missile

The U.S. government announced a plan Thursday to award Micron Technology Inc. up to US$6.14 billion in grants and $7.5 billion in loans to support the U.S. chipmaker’s plan to build new factories in

President Yoon Suk Yeol and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung will meet at the presidential office next Monday, an official said, their first sit-down since Yoon took office two years ago.

Hong Chul-ho, senior presidential