LG Electronics Inc. on Friday estimated its second-quarter operating profit soared more than 60 percent from a year earlier on robust sales of its key products, beating market expectations.

The regulator said Friday it will ask major e-commerce platforms operating in South Korea, including China’s AliExpress and Temu, to submit data on their businesses for market analysis.

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Seoul shares opened higher Friday as investors await U.S. jobs data this week for clues on the Federal Reserve’s future policy path.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index

LG Electronics Inc. on Friday estimated its second-quarter operating profit soared more than 60 percent from a year earlier on robust sales of its key products, beating market expectations.

Seoul shares ended higher for a third consecutive day Friday as investors cheered an earnings surprise from Samsung Electronics Co. amid hopes for softening U.S. jobs data due this

The Democratic Party (DP) on Friday criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol’s nomination of Lee Jin-sook, a former journalist of public broadcaster MBC, as new chief of the state broadcasting