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(EDITORIAL from Korea Times on August 5)

Debate is heating up in the National Assembly regarding a possible revision of the Criminal Law to redefine espionage activities following the indictment of Sue Mi Terry for her alleged violations of the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

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Stray Kids maintains top 10 spot on Billboard 200 for 2nd week

K-pop boy group Stray Kids continued its strong showing on the Billboard 200 chart, remaining in the top 10 for the second consecutive week with its latest EP, “Ate.”

Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) that “Ate” had dropped five spots from the previ…

Green Cross swings to loss in Q2

Green Cross Corp. on Monday reported its second-quarter net loss of 9.1 billion won (US$6.6 million), swinging from a profit of 2.7 billion won a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 17.6 billion won in operating prof…

(2nd LD) NCSOFT Q2 operating profit down 75 pct on weak sales

NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer, said Monday its operating profit decreased 75 percent from a year earlier on sluggish sales.

Operating profit for the April-June period came to 8.8 billion won (US$6.4 million), compared with 35.3 b…