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Kia Motors, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said it posted second-quarter operating profit of 770.9 billion won (US$679.20 million), up 18.5 percent from the same period last year.
From the first quarter of 2016, operating profit rose 21.7 percent, the carmaker said in a regulatory filing on July 27.
By Ahn Sung-mi (
sahn@heraldcorp.com)