GS Retail Co. on Wednesday reported its second-quarter net income of 63.9 billion won (US$46.4 million), up 19.1 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 81 billion won, down

The Olympic badminton champion An Se-young insisted Wednesday she is not trying to pick fights with her national team or the sport’s national federation, after she’d leveled criticism against them for archaic systems and

The tropical night phenomenon has continued in Seoul for 17 days in a row, and the current heat wave is expected to continue until after next week, the state weather agency said Wednesday.

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Sport climbing medal hopeful Lee Do-hyun won’t compete for a spot on the podium at the Paris Olympics, after being eliminated in the semifinal of the men’s combined event Wednesday.

Lee finished 17th in

Hybe Co. on Wednesday reported its second-quarter net profit of 16.5 billion won (US$12 million), down 85.9 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the