Lotte Wellfood Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net profit of 40.7 billion won (US$29.7 million), up 227.9 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 63.3 billion won in operating profit for the quar…

South Korea did not pick up a medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, the first time the country was shut out since the start of the race on Saturday.

However, South Korea has secured a long-awaited medal in boxing that will be officially added to …

North Korea has not yet responded to South Korea’s proposal to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea for the damage caused by recent downpours in its northern border areas, Seoul’s unification ministry said Friday.

On Thursday, the unification min…

The annual Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, one of the biggest summer music festivals in South Korea, kicked off Friday for a three-day run.

Hosted by the Incheon metropolitan government, the festival has been held every year in the Songdo district …

Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon joined forces for the mixed team gold medal in archery at the Paris Olympics on Friday, South Korea’s third archery gold and seventh gold overall in France.

Kim and Lim defeated Germany by the set score of 6-0 at Invalid…

From breathtaking shotmaking to heart-stopping rallies to a player getting sick in the middle of a late comeback, the badminton mixed doubles semifinal match between two South Korean tandems in Paris on Thursday had everything you could ask for.

Kim…

South Korea’s inflation picked up pace in July on high prices of fruits and petroleum products, though it stayed below 3 percent for the fourth consecutive month, data showed Friday.

Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.6 percent on-yea…

The opposition-led National Assembly voted Friday to impeach Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Chairperson Lee Jin-sook, just two days after she took office.

The impeachment motion passed in a 186-1 vote with one abstention and Lee’s duties were…