LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday its sales and operating profit hit the largest for any second-quarter results on stable performance of its home appliance and electric vehicle components businesses.

Its operating profit for the April-June period jum…

President Yoon Suk Yeol has tapped an economics professor at Hanyang University as the inaugural senior presidential secretary for low birth rate issues, sources said Thursday.

The presidential office is expected to announce the nomination of You Hye…

The industry ministry on Thursday pledged governmentwide support for a multibillion-dollar deal with the Czech Republic to build two nuclear reactors in the European nation.

Second Vice Industry Minister Choe Nam-ho made the remark at a meeting with …

The National Assembly on Thursday was set to put to a revote a contentious bill mandating a special counsel probe into the military’s response to a Marine’s death after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed it.

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP), whi…

LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Thursday it shifted to a net loss in the second quarter due to slowing sales of electric vehicles (EVs).

In the three months ended in June, LGES swung to a net loss of 23.7 bil…

South Korean shares traded sharply lower late Thursday morning amid sharp declines in tech shares.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had lost 47.89 points, or 1.74 percent, to 2,710.82 as of 11:20 a.m.

The index had opened lower, track…

Hong Myung-bo, new head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, returned home from a European trip Thursday after interviewing candidates for his assistant positions and meeting with South Korean players across the continent.

Hong had…

Being one of the trailblazers in the new creature genre, which had been rarely explored in South Korea’s drama industry, was both terrifying and rewarding, the director of Netflix’s Korean original monster series “Sweet Home” said Thursday.

“Not long…