SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean online and mobile game developer, said Friday its first quarter net income more than doubled from a year earlier, led by strong sales from the latest entry of its popular “Lineage” franchise. It logged a net profit of 168.3 billion won (US$130.6 million) [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading container shipper HMM Co. said Friday its first-quarter earnings rose nearly twentyfold from a year earlier amid high freight rates. Net profit stood at 3.13 trillion won (US$2.43 billion) in the January-March period, compared with a net profit of 154.06 billion won a year earlier, the [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state power firm Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Friday reported a record-high operating loss in the first quarter of this year due to high global energy costs and the freeze in electricity rates. Operating loss for the January-March period hit an all-time quarterly high of 7.78 [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said its first-quarter net profit slumped 15.2 percent from a year earlier due to decreased profits related to handset sales. LG Uplus logged a net profit of 170.4 billion won (US$132.2 million) on a consolidated basis in the three months ending [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 telecom operator, said Thursday its first quarter net profit increased 39.5 percent thanks to strong performances across its media, mobile commerce and enterprise products. The company said in a regulatory filing that its net profit for the January-March period stood at 455.4 billion [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter operating loss narrowed sharply from a year earlier thanks to record sales. Its operating loss stood at US$205.7 million in the January-March period, down 23 percent from a year earlier, the New York-listed e-commerce behemoth said in a regulatory [...]
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels/Nasdaq: NYXH)(“Nyxoah” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative solutions to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2022. First Quarter 2022 Financial and Operating Highlights Generated revenue of [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit dropped 61.5 percent from a year earlier due mainly to the exclusion of equity gains from chipmaker SK hynix Inc., which was handed over to a spinoff investment company last year. The company said in [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of public institutions in South Korea lost money in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic with the state-run power monopoly logging the biggest loss on soaring oil prices, data showed Tuesday. A total of 170 public companies and institutions, or 47 percent of 363 that disclosed their 2021 [...]
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels/Nasdaq: NYXH) (“Nyxoah” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative solutions to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2022. First Quarter 2022 Financial and Operating Highlights Generated revenue of [...]