LG H and H Co. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 73.5 billion won (US$53 million), down 19.5 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit

The education ministry decided Tuesday to allow medical schools the freedom to grant academic leave requested by students, as most medical students have been boycotting classes for months in protest against the increase in the

Korea Zinc Co. said Tuesday it will hold a board of directors meeting the following day to discuss ways to fend off a “hostile” takeover attempt by the coalition of its biggest shareholder and a

Top diplomats of South Korea and the European Union will hold talks next week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, with discussions likely to cover North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia.

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul

Kumho Tire Co. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 98.7 billion won (US$71.2 million), up 195.3 percent from a year earlier.

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