The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday selected five-term lawmaker Woo Won-Shik as its candidate for the next National Assembly speaker.
Woo is expected to ultimately become the speaker of the incoming 22nd National
E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s leading discount store chain, said Thursday its first-quarter net profit soared on increased sales in the discount store division and equity gains from its affiliates.
Net profit for the three months
North Korea on Thursday slammed South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul’s visit to China earlier this week, deriding his call for Beijing to play a constructive role for peace on the Korean Peninsula as “begging
E-Mart Inc. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net profit of 29.4 billion won (US$21.8 million), up 988.9 percent from a year earlier.
Operating profit for the January-March period was 47.1 billion won, up 243.8 percent
The majority Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday elects its candidate for the speaker of the first half of the next National Assembly. But lawmaker-elect Choo Mi-ae and Rep. Woo Won-shik, both from the DP, are