SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – SsangYong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Tuesday its net losses narrowed in the first half from a year earlier, helped by increased exports. Net losses for the six months ending in June narrowed to 30.3 billion won (US$23 million) from 180.5 billion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online lender K-Bank said Tuesday it posted the strongest performance for any first half on increased interest revenue. K-Bank’s first-half net income stood at 45.7 billion won (US$34.9 million), far beyond the 22.5 billion won annual net profit of last year and marking the highest first-half earnings [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s four major refiners posted a record combined operating profit in the first half as high oil prices pushed up refining margins, their earnings data showed Monday. From January to June, SK Innovation Co., GS Caltex Corp., S-Oil Corp. and Hyundai Oilbank Co. reported 12.32 trillion won (US$9.43 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Monday it ranked third in first-half global vehicle sales on increased high-end model sales despite the lack of automotive chips. Hyundai Motor Co., its independent Genesis brand and Hyundai’s smaller affiliate Kia Corp. sold a total of 3.299 million vehicles in global markets [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Friday it shifted to a net loss in the second quarter from a year earlier on increased foreign-exchange losses. Asiana swung to a net loss of 212.92 billion won (US$163 million) on a consolidated basis in the three months ended in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. saw its net loss widen sharply in the second quarter of the year on frozen electricity rates amid higher fuel costs. The consolidated net loss came to 4.84 trillion won (US$3.7 billion) in the April-June period, compared with a loss of 661.97 billion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — E-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter operating loss narrowed sharply from a year earlier on resilient sales. Operating loss stood at US$67.14 million in the April-June period, down 87 percent from a year earlier, the New York-listed e-commerce behemoth said in a regulatory filing. It represents the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SPC Samlip Co. reported Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit jumped 57.5 percent thanks in part to a spike in sales of its “Pokemon bread.” The food and bakery company logged a net profit of 15.9 billion won (US$12.2 million) on a consolidated basis in the April-June quarter, compared [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 wireless carrier, said Wednesday its second-quarter net edged down on-year amid an increase in operating expenses. KT’s net income amounted to 363.4 billion won (US$277.8 million) on a consolidated basis in the April-June period, down 2 percent from a year earlier, the company [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Tuesday that its second-quarter net profit dropped 67.6 percent from a year earlier due mainly to last year’s spinoff of its semiconductor businesses. The company logged a net profit of 258.1 billion won (US$197.7 million) on a consolidated basis in [...]