Seoul stocks inch up on institutional buying
SEOUL– South Korean stocks edged up Tuesday after a choppy session, led by institutional buying. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index…
November 9, 2021
China says it is in talks with S. Korea over urea water solution
SEOUL/BEIJING– China has been proactively consulting with South Korea to help ease its supply shortage of urea water solution needed in diesel vehicles, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. South Korea…
KT Q3 net up 47 pct on 5G growth, new tech biz
SEOUL– KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Tuesday its third-quarter net income rose 46.9 percent from a year earlier on the back of robust growth of 5G network…
LH employee acquitted in land speculation case involving insider information
ANSAN, South Korea– An employee of the scandal-ridden state housing developer Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH) was acquitted Tuesday of land speculation using insider information. The LH employee was…
Actress Song Hye-kyo returns with new TV romance
SEOUL– Song Hye-kyo, the star of “Descendants of the Sun,” turns 40 this month but is still highly sought after for female leads in romance dramas. To the delight of…
S. Korea holds P4G event on sidelines of COP26
SEOUL– South Korea hosted an event promoting efforts to respond to climate change as the chair country of P4G on the sidelines of a major U.N. climate conference, Seoul’s foreign…