LG Q1 net profit up 27.2 pct to 1.34 tln won

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SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) — LG Corp. on Thursday reported its first-quarter net profit of 1.34 trillion won (US$1 billion), up 27.2 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the January-March period was 828.3 billion won, down 14.2 percent from a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing. Sales rose 0 percent to 1.78 trillion won.
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