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Belgian man arrested for stealing from tourists in hotel

Songkhla, Police arrested a Belgian man who posed as a tourist and stayed at a hotel before stealing from foreign tourists. The police seized hundreds of thousands of baht in cash and other valuables. It was found that he had a history of committing c…

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on August 1)

Speed up construction

Government announces candidate sites of dams to respond to climate change

The government on Tuesday announced 14 candidate sites for dams to be built or redeveloped.

Four are in the Han River area, six in the Nakdong River are…

SKC remains in red in Q2

SKC Ltd. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 115.3 billion won (US$84.4 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it continued to post an operating loss of 62.7 billion won f…

(LEAD) Exports extend gains to 10th straight month in July

South Korea’s exports extended on-year gains to the tenth straight month in July on the back of the robust performance of semiconductors, data showed Thursday.

Outbound shipments rose 13.9 percent on-year to US$57.4 billion last month, according to t…

Dongwon Systems Q2 net income up 23.1 pct to 22.1 bln won

Dongwon Systems Corp. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 22.1 billion won (US$16.1 million), up 23.1 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period rose 18.3 per…