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(LEAD) Kakao Pay turns to black in Q2

Kakao Pay Corp., the online payment unit of South Korean social media giant Kakao Corp., said Tuesday it swung to a net profit in the second quarter from a net loss a year earlier thanks to higher sales.

Net profit for the three months ending in Jun…

Now open: Rafting season on the Khek River

Phitsanulok, Now open, the Khek River rafting tourist season in Phitsanulok Province is very lively this year. Tourists flock to join the challenging adventure through 17 rapids, covering a distance of 8 km.

Many tourists joined the opening event of…

(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…