TABLE-S.Korea KT&G Q1 net profit rises 51 pct y/y

April 23 (Reuters) - Three months to March 31, 2008

(in billions of won)

Q1 2008 Q1 2007
Net Profit 196.2 130.2
Operating profit 207.3 156.4
Revenue 561.7 515.5

Note: KT&G Corp (033780.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is South Korea's biggest tobacco
company, controlling 70 percent of the world's seventh-largest
cigarette market.
(Reporting by Park Ju-min in Seoul; Editing by Keiron Henderson)