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HD Korea Shipbuilding wins 219.5 bln-won LPG ship order

HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Wednesday it has received a 219.5 billion-won (US$159 million) order to build two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers for a shipper in the Middle East.

The two LPG ships will be …

(LEAD) Celltrion Q2 net profit drops 48 pct

Celltrion Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 48 percent from a year earlier due to costs following a merger with its sales and marketing affiliate last year.

Its net profit came to 78…

Korea Zinc Q2 net profit up 41.3 pct to 175.5 bln won

Korea Zinc Inc on Wednesday reported its second-quarter net profit of 175.5 billion won (US$127.4 million), up 41.3 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 268.7 billion won in operating profit for the qua…

Region 5 Police arrest gang carrying large ice lot, 452 kg.

Chiang Mai, Region 5 Provincial Police arrested an international drug trafficking gang that had modified a tourist van to hide 452 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in the body and under the roof. The investigation led to the arrest of two more gu…