Chinese, Japanese and Western restaurants will be allowed to employ immigrant workers as kitchen assistants, officials said Friday, a move that could help address workforce shortages in the restaurant industry.

Under the updated work

Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 146.1 billion won (US$105.3 million), down 31.2 percent from a year earlier.

Operating profit for the April-June period was 147.3 billion

The top U.S. envoy in Seoul said Friday that there is “tremendous bipartisan support” for the South Korea-U.S. alliance, regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election slated for November.

Ambassador Philip Goldberg

The Air Force has deployed a new homegrown radar guidance system to replace existing foreign equipment that was introduced more than 30 years ago, the state arms procurement agency said Friday.

The Defense Acquisition

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.216 3.202 +1.4

2-year TB 3.144 3.115 +2.9

3-year TB 3.074 3.058 +1.6

10-year TB 3.156 3.138 +1.8

2-year MSB 3.126 3.111 +1.5

3-year CB (AA-)