Comprehensive paper company Hansol Paper(213500) said on the 30th it posted an operating profit of 50.8 billion won in the second quarter, up 162% from a year earlier.
Revenue for the same period rose 4.9% to 592.7 billion won.
Hansol Paper said improved results were driven by rising demand for packaging materials amid the spread of global K-culture, higher thermal paper prices, and the effect of tariff refunds.
A company official said, "In the second quarter of 2026, buoyed by the popularity of K-culture, sales of white paperboard for cosmetics and food packaging increased," and added, "With disruptions in supplies of Chinese thermal dye pushing up thermal paper prices, combined with the effect of tariff refunds following the nullification of the U.S. reciprocal tariff, both revenue and operating profit increased."