Mercedes-Benz Korea Ltd. on Friday expressed “deep regret” over a parking lot fire this week caused by an explosion of an electric vehicle.

The white EV sedan, which appeared to be of Mercedes-Benz’s EQE line, caught fire in an underground parking l…

Shin Yu-bin lost to the defending champion Chen Meng in the women’s singles semifinals in table tennis at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a result that sent the South Korean to the bronze medal match.

Shin, world No. 8, bowed out against the fourth-ra…

Kumho Petrochemical Co. said Friday its second-quarter net profit rose 16 percent from a year earlier helped by robust demand for synthetic rubber.

Net profit for the three months to June rose to 131.56 billion won (US$96 million) from 113.51 billio…

A man in his 70s has been put under emergency arrest on charges of stabbing a street cleaner in her 60s to death in central Seoul early Friday, police said.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the woman, who was doing her cleaning duty at the time, at an …

LX International Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 113.1 billion won (US$82.4 million), up 56.9 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 129.6 billion won, up 0.3 percent from a year ago, th…

Koreans excel at Paris Games

Athletes praised for performance and sportsmanship

Despite the scorching summer weather, most Koreans appear to be enjoying the ongoing Olympic Games, buoyed by a series of positive developments from Paris. Their excite…

Contrary to what its title suggests, “Revolver” is not an action-packed film. Instead, it is a chase drama focusing on a woman’s relentless pursuit of money owed to her, with insufficient thriller elements.

Jeon Do-yeon stars as Ha Soo-young, a form…

A court on Friday granted cash-strapped e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice one month to seek debt restructuring on their own, after they failed to make payments to their vendors.

The decision by the Seoul Bankruptcy Court to allow an autonomo…