Krafton Inc. on Monday reported its second-quarter net income of 341.4 billion won (US$248.9 million), up 165.7 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 152.5 percent o…

Krafton Inc., a South Korean game publisher, said Monday its second-quarter net income surged more than 165 percent from a year earlier thanks to record quarterly sales driven by the popularity of its smash-hit title PUBG: Battlegrounds.

Its net pro…

The state arms procurement agency said Monday it has test-deployed a multi-legged robot designed for counter-terrorism operations as part of a push to introduce advanced technologies to the military.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (D…

The tropical night phenomenon has continued in Seoul for 22 days in a row, the third longest on record, the state weather agency said Monday.

Seoul has experienced yet another tropical night phenomenon overnight, marking the third longest on record …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took swipe at South Korean media reports on flood damage in the North in an apparent attempt to divert public attention from the emergency situation, Seoul’s unification ministry said Monday.

During a visit to flood-h…

Household loans extended by banks in South Korea rose for the fourth consecutive month in July, led by a rise in mortgage loan growth, central bank data showed Monday, amid an extended restrictive monetary policy mode.

Banks’ outstanding household l…

South Korea and Turkey have agreed to extend their currency swap deal by three years, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday.

In 2021, the two countries signed their first three-year, 2.3 trillion-won (roughly US$2 billion) currency swap agreement in a…

The state arms procurement agency said Monday it has test-deployed a multi-legged robot designed for counter-terrorism operations as part of a push to introduce advanced technologies to the military.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (D…