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• Hanmi Science Q1 net profit up 59.6 pct to 27.1 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Hanmi Science Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 27.1 billion won (US$20.3 million), up 59.6 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 31.3 billion won in ope
• Doosan Bobcat Q1 net profit up 106.5 pct to 207.5 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bobcat Inc. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 207.5 billion won (US$155.3 million), up 106.5 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the Janu
• JB Financial Group Q1 net profit down 2.4 pct to 167.3 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- JB Financial Group Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net profit of 167.3 billion won (US$125.2 million), down 2.4 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the
• Hanmi Pharm Q1 net profit up 98.1 pct to 49.6 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Hanmi Pharm. Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net profit of 49.6 billion won (US$37.1 million), up 98.1 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 60.5 billion won in oper
• Samsung C&T Q1 net income up 15.8 pct to 751.9 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 751.9 billion won (US$562.7 million), up 15.8 percent from a year earlier.Operating profit for the January-March period was 640.5 billion won, up 18.3
• LG Innotek Q1 net income down 68.9 pct to 83.3 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Innotek Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 83.3 billion won (US$62.3 million), down 68.9 percent from a year earlier.Operating profit for the January-March period was 145.3 billion won, down 60.4
• Korea Petro Chemical Ind swings to red in Q1

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Korea Petro Chemical Ind Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net loss of 17.6 billion won (US$13.1 million), turning from a profit of 2.5 billion won a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that it c
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  (2nd LD) LG Display posts quarterly loss as weak demand takes toll

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4-6, 10-11)SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co. reported its fourth consecutive quarterly loss Wednesday as sluggish demand for smartphones, TVs and computers continued to stymie its panel business.The major pa
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  (LEAD) Hyundai Steel net down 55.4 pct in Q1

  (ATTN: RECASTS throughout with details; CHANGES headline; ADDS photo)SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 2 steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings tumbled more than 55 percent on weaker demand amid an econ
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  (LEAD) Kia Q1 net more than doubles on increased output, improved product mix

  (ATTN: RECASTS throughout; ADDS photo) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp., South Korea's second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier on increased production and an improve
• Samsung Electro-Mechanics Q1 net income down 63.3 pct to 118.1 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 118.1 billion won (US$88.4 million), down 63.3 percent from a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 140.1 bi
• Hyundai Steel Q1 net profit down 55.4 pct to 217.8 bln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net profit of 217.8 billion won (US$162.9 million), down 55.4 percent from a year earlier.Operating profit for the January-March period was 333.9 billion won, down
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  (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. sign 23 MOUs on stronger ties in batteries, nuclear power, advanced industries

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in 8th para)SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have signed 23 initial agreements to boost bilateral cooperation on advanced industries and energy fields, such as batteries, robots and nuclear power
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  (LEAD) LG Display posts quarterly loss as weak demand takes toll

  (ATTN: CHANGES headline; RECASTS throughout; ADDS photo)SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co. reported its fourth consecutive quarterly loss Wednesday as sluggish demand for smartphones, TVs and computers continued to stymie its panel business.T
• Kia Q1 net up 105.3 pct to 2.11 tln won

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net income of 2.11 trillion won (US$1.6 billion), up 105.3 percent from a year earlier.Operating income for the January-March period was 2.87 trillion won, up 78.9 percent
• LG Display shifts to loss in Q1

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  SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co. on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net loss of 1.15 trillion won (US$862.3 million), swinging from a profit of 54.3 billion won a year earlier.The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an o
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  (2nd LD) LG Energy Solution's Q1 profit more than doubles on strong EV demand, IRA effects

  (ATTN: ADDS details from earnings call in paras 7-13)By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Energy Solution Ltd. said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier, in line with the earlier earnings forecast,
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  Younger generations' spending hit harder by rate hikes: KDI

  By Kang Yoon-seungSEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rate hike measures have weighed heavily on people's spending, particularly impacting those in their 20s and 30s who have debt, a state-run think tank said Wednesday.A 1 percentage-po
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  Regulator orders air carriers to correct unfair mileage policy

  By Kang Yoon-seungSEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has ordered the country's two leading air carriers to correct their unfair policy on the expiration of mileage points.Korean Air Co. and Asiana
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  Population mobility up in March amid housing market rebound

  By Kang Yoon-seungSEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans moving to other regions slightly moved up in March from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, as the local housing market showed signs of a rebound.Around 589,000 people chang