KT Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 410.5 billion won (US$298.6 million), down 5.1 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 494 billion won, down 14.3

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the headquarters of the armed forces in the central city of Gyeryong on Friday to inspect security posture and examine preparations for upcoming joint military drills between South Korea

Two maintenance train cars bumped into each other at Seoul’s Guro Station in the wee hours Friday, leaving two workers dead and another injured, officials said.

The workers were working on top of a

South Korean stocks finished more than 1 percent higher Friday as investor sentiment was boosted by better-than-expected recent U.S. jobless data, soothing recent recession fears that had rocked global financial markets. The local currency

Kolmar Korea Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 45.2 billion won (US$32.8 million), up 5.9 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for