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(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on Aug. 6)

A step closer to the privatization of the DP

The Democratic Party (DP) plans to insert the “basic society” so ardently championed by its former leader Lee Jae-myung into its party platform. A political party’s platform is an apparatus to proclaim th…

(LEAD) NHN Q2 operating profit up over 36 pct on higher sales

NHN Corp., a South Korean information technology and game company, said Tuesday its second-quarter operating profit increased 36.3 percent from a year earlier, driven by higher sales.

The operating profit for the April-June period reached 28.5 billi…

Hankook Tire supplies tires for Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe

Hankook Tire and Technology Co., the world’s seventh-largest tiremaker by sales, said Tuesday it started supplying tires for the Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe model early this year.

Hankook Tire has provided the high-performance Ventus S1 evo Z product fo…