DGB Financial Group on Monday reported its second-quarter net income of 30.8 billion won (US$22.3 million), down 79.6 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period fell 82.6 perc…

Seoul shares ended higher for a second straight session Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hint at a potential rate cut in September. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOS…

The music video for K-pop girl group TWICE’s 2018 hit song “What is Love?” has surpassed 800 million views on YouTube, becoming the group’s first music video to do so, its agency said Monday.

The video hit the milestone at about 4:30 a.m. Monday, ac…

The tropical night phenomenon has gripped the country, with temperatures in the east coast cities of Sokcho and Gangneung even staying above 30 C throughout the night, the state weather agency said Monday.

In Sokcho, the lowest overnight temperature…

The top diplomats of the United States, Japan, India and Australia condemned North Korea’s rocket launches and its pursuit of nuclear arms, and renewed their commitment to the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” during their talks in …

Competing at an Olympic Games means different things to different athletes. For South Korean golfer An Byeong-hun, the son of two Olympic table tennis medalists, representing the country at the quadrennial event takes on extra significance.

An’s fat…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, is being groomed to succeed her father, though the selection is not final and he could ultimately choose someone else, two lawmakers quoted South Korea’s spy agency as saying Monday.

The National In…

Industrial Bank Of Korea on Monday reported its second-quarter net income of 609.7 billion won (US$441.2 million), down 8.6 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period fell 2.5…