Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said Friday its second-quarter net profit rose 5 percent from a year ago, helped by the company’s sales focus on pricier models and a weak won.

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Japan’s former gold mine linked to South Korea’s wartime forced labor is expected to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site over the weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday.

The UNESCO World Heritage

Kia Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 2.95 trillion won (US$2.1 billion), up 5 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 3.64 trillion won, up 7.1

Thousands of customers have swarmed the headquarters of TMON and WeMakePrice, two local affiliates of Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Group, to seek refunds, according to company officials on Friday, as payment delays by the

South Korean shares closed sharply higher Friday, ending a two-day losing streak on large cap gains led by financial firms and shipbuilding companies. The local currency fell slightly against the U.S. dollar.

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