The South Korean taekwondo team departed for Paris for the Olympics on Thursday, driven to bring home a gold medal three years after the country was shut out in its national martial art.

South Korea will send four athletes to the taekwondo competitio…

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday designated an additional 11 areas in the central and southern regions as special disaster zones to help them cope with damage from recent downpours, his office said.

The 11 — including Okcheon in North Chungcheong…

Samsung SDS Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit of 190.5 billion won (US$137.5 million), up 11.8 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 220.9 billion won in operating profit for the quar…

HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 357.8 billion won (US$258.1 million), up 808.1 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 376.4 billio…

Rookie girl group ILLIT’s debut single “Magnetic” secured the highest overseas streams among K-pop songs on Spotify in the first half of this year, the global streaming giant said Thursday.

A solo piece, “FRI(END)S” by boy group BTS’ V, came in secon…

LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 629.5 billion won (US$454.1 million), up 222.3 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 61.2 pe…

Payment delays by TMON and WeMakePrice, South Korean affiliates of Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Group, were feared to deepen liquidity woes of sellers on the online marketplaces, according to some sellers Thursday.

The e-commerce platfor…

Liquidity woes of sellers on TMON and WeMakePrice, South Korean affiliates of Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Group, showed signs of spreading to consumers Thursday, with some customers forced to cancel their travel plans or prompt refund de…