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KT&G shrugs off military banKT&G shrugs off military ban
1-Aug-2006
South Korean tobacco supplier Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corp (KT&G) has reported a 16% rise in second-quarter profit compared with the same period last year, dismissing concerns that a recently-introduced ban on sales to Korean military personnel would be damaging
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Net profit grew to W156.1bn ($164.3m), driven by sales of Pine, Esse, Zest and Cima cigarettes both in its home market and abroad.
Last year the South Korean government withdrew
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