Hyundai Steel Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 1.4 billion won (US$1 million), down 99.5 percent from a year earlier.

Operating profit for the April-June period was

With South Korean golfer Park In-bee running for election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission, three candidates have dropped out of the race.

The commission’s website listed 29

Hanwha Solutions Corp. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 329.8 billion won (US$237.9 million), swinging from a profit of 23 billion won a year earlier.

The company said

South Korean archer Lim Si-hyeon set a world record in the women’s ranking round of the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Lim scored 694 out of a possible 720 points at

HD Hyundai Mipo Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit of 29 billion won (US$20.9 million), swinging from a loss of 34.9 billion won a year earlier.

Operating profit

The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military’s response to a Marine’s death, while the ruling People Power Party (PPP) launched a

Samsung E and A Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 205.3 billion won (US$148.1 million), down 18.4 percent from a year earlier.

Operating profit for the April-June

China has said it will appoint an “appropriate” and “excellent” person as the next top envoy to Seoul, as South Korea is an important country for Beijing, an official at