Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun of South Korea reached the final of the mixed doubles badminton event at the Paris Olympics on Thursday after beating their compatriots Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung in the semifinals.

Kim and Jeong prevailed 2-1 (21-16,…

Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon joined forces for the mixed team gold medal in archery at the Paris Olympics on Friday, South Korea’s third archery gold and seventh gold overall in France.

Kim and Lim defeated Germany by the set score of 6-0 at Invalid…

Lotte Wellfood Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net profit of 40.7 billion won (US$29.7 million), up 227.9 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 63.3 billion won in operating profit for the quar…

Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung finished fourth in the mixed doubles at the Paris Olympic badminton tournament Friday, falling just short of a medal less than 24 hours after losing to a fellow South Korean team in the semifinals.

Seo and Chae, world …

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday named the presidential secretary for industrial policy as the new first vice industry minister, his office said.

Park Sung-taek, who previously held various key positions at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energ…

Shin Yu-bin lost to the defending champion Chen Meng in the women’s singles semifinals in table tennis at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a result that sent the South Korean to the bronze medal match.

Shin, world No. 8, bowed out against the fourth-ra…

A court on Friday granted cash-strapped e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice one month to seek debt restructuring on their own, after they failed to make payments to their vendors.

The decision by the Seoul Bankruptcy Court to allow an autonomo…

Kumho Petro Chemical Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net profit of 131.6 billion won (US$96 million), up 15.9 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 119.1 billion won, up 10.7 percent from a year ago, t…