(LEAD) LG H&H Q2 net profit down over 23 pct on weak beauty sales

South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit sank more than 23 percent from a year earlier due to weak cosmetics sales in China.Net profit of the April-June period was 96.4 billion won (US$75.4 million), d…

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(LEAD) Seoul shares end higher on chip rally

South Korean stocks ended higher Thursday, as chipmakers surged on hopes for a business turnaround and investors digested the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate hike. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite St…

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S. Korean Bond Yields on July 27, 2023

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)1-year TB 3.506 3.524 -1.82-year TB 3.627 3.669 -4.23-year TB 3.587 3.627 -4.010-year TB 3.637 3.658 -2.12-year MSB 3.644 3.679 -3.53-year CB (AA-) 4.374 4.413 -3.991-day CD 3.740 3.750 -1.0Source: Yonhap News …

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SK reit to raise 330 bln won via stock offering

SK reit Co. on Thursday announced that it will sell stock to raise 330 billion won(US$258.3 million). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to pay off its debts.According to a regulatory filing, the company will issue some 73.57 million…

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Yoon pays respects to fallen soldiers at U.N. cemetery in Busan

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan on Thursday where he paid tribute to fallen soldiers and marked the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.Yoon was accomp…

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