SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit jumped 92 percent from a year earlier on increased production and an improved product mix. Net profit for the three months ended in March rose to 3.42 trillion won (US$2.56 billion) from 1.78 trillion won during the same [...]
BUSAN, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Korea’s strong sales of the popular XM3 led to the company’s return to profitability last year. According to Renault Korea’s announcement on Saturday, the company achieved sales of 4.86 trillion won (US$3.65 billion), operating profit of 184.8 billion won, and net profit of 125.5 billion won in [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Friday said its operating profit for the January-March period likely declined 23 percent from a year earlier amid the on-going macroeconomic woes that dampened consumer demand. The South Korean tech company estimated its first-quarter operating profit at 1.49 trillion won (US$1.1 billion), down 22.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., achieved a surplus in the previous year, thanks to a combination of factors such as high exchange rates, increased exports, cost-cutting measures, strong pricing, and expanded semiconductor availability. At a recent management briefing session held by GM Korea, [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s CJ Foodville Co. said Wednesday it swung to a net profit last year thanks to the stellar overseas performance of its bakery chain Tous les Jours. Tous les Jours is the second-largest bakery chain in South Korea by number of stores, after SPC Group’s Paris Baguette. The [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Duty Free said Friday its operating loss widened last year due to the prolonged COVID-19 lockdown in China and the dollar’s weakness. The duty-free operator posted an operating loss of 139.5 billion won (US$106.8 million) for the entire year of 2022, up from 28.8 billion won in 2021, [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of the popular food delivery app Baedal Minjok, said Friday it shifted to a net profit in 2022 from a year earlier on increased demand for food delivery services during the pandemic. The delivery app operator swung to a net profit of 275.8 billion won [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Toss Bank, the country’s third internet-only banking firm, said Friday it suffered a loss last year due to increased loan-loss reserves. Toss Bank, which went into operation in October 2021, reported a net loss of 264.4 billion won (US$203.3 million) in 2022, the lender said in a statement. Toss [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean banks saw their 2022 earnings rise nearly 10 percent from a year earlier on sharply increased interest income, data showed Thursday. Their combined net profit came to 18.5 trillion won (US$14.1 billion) last year, up 9.6 percent from the previous year, according to the preliminary data from [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) —Samsung Electronics is taking steps to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices into its upcoming 54th regular shareholders’ meeting. The meeting, scheduled for March 15, will feature efforts to reduce paper usage by replacing mail related to the meeting with electronic announcements. The initiative is expected to save approximately [...]