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(EDITORIAL from Korea Times on Aug. 6)

Iran and its allies are vowing bloody vengeance against Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas’ top leader Ismail Haniyeh. Concerns are growing over the possibility of an all-out war between Israel and Iran, the two archrivals in the Middle…

(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…

L&F turns to red in Q2

L and F Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net loss of 74.4 billion won (US$54.1 million), shifting from a profit of 49.4 billion won a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an operating loss of 84.2 billion wo…