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Mirae Asset Securities Q2 net profit up 42.8 pct to 201.2 bln won

Mirae Asset Securities Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 201.2 billion won (US$146 million), up 42.8 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period rose 74…

KDI cuts 2024 economic growth outlook for S. Korea to 2.5 pct

A major South Korean state-run think tank on Thursday revised down its economic growth outlook for the country this year to 2.5 percent as weak domestic demand is forecast to constrain an export-led recovery.

The latest projection by the Korea Devel…