By company, Samsung Electronics' third-quarter operating profit nearly tripled from last year to 9.2 trillion won, followed by SK Hynix, which recorded 7 trillion won in operating profit. On the other ...

Kospi dipped below the 2,400 mark on Friday morning, reaching levels not seen since this year’s "Black Monday" in August.

The 332 firms disclosed their earnings results for the third quarter as of Thursday. The country's two leading chipmakers, ...

South Korean stocks opened lower Friday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at slowing the central bank's rate cut ...

However, industry critics have argued that SK Hynix -- one of the world's largest semiconductor suppliers based in Korea -- ...