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Fashion
S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week
Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Paris Baguette opens first store in Hawaii
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, announced on Monday that it opened its first store in Hawaii, the US. The s...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers
Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Hyundai Dept. Store, Siam Piwat to collaborate for K-content
South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with Thailand’s retail giant Siam ...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG opens ‘Life’s Good’ experience space in Singapore
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its "Life's Good" brand experience space in Singapore. Located in the upscale Millenia Walk m...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis G80, GV70 electric models win Canada Car of the Year awards
Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Friday that its Electrified G80 and Electrified GV70 earned prizes at the 2024 Canadian Ca...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Nature Republic opens first store at Dubai Mall
South Korean beauty brand Nature Republic announced on Thursday that it opened its first store at Dubai Mall, the largest shopping mall in Dubai, ...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Shortt gets 400 mn views in one year in SE Asian market
Shortt, a South Korean short form content company, announced on Wednesday that it has got a total of 400 million views of its campaigns for South Ko...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis partners with racing legend Jackie Ickx
Hyundai Motor Co. 's premium brand Genesis announced on Thursday that the worldwide racing legend Jacky Ickx will join its official Brand Partner. ...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paldo to export halal-certified sikhye to Indonesia
South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo will export the halal-certified Birak Sikhye to Indonesia, according to the company on Tuesday. ...
Feb 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lexus tops imported car brands in Korea driver survey
Lexus ranked tops in a customer satisfaction survey of imported-car drivers in South Korea, which also found positive responses to the online purcha...
Feb 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean vegan makeup brand Dear Dahlia on the market
Dear Dahlia, a South Korean vegan makeup brand that operates around 300 stores across the globe, has been put on for sale for more than 100 billion ...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Samsung’s fashion unit logs record profit again in 2023
Samsung Group’s fashion unit posted record profit and revenue for the second straight year in 2023. The fashion division, which logged deficit...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean convenience stores push exports of own brand products
South Korean convenience store chains are accelerating exports of food products under their private brands as the domestic market competition is int...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, BAIC join hands to develop China-only EV brand
BEIJING – Hyundai Motor Co. has joined hands with Beijing Motor Corp. (BAIC) to debut a new electric vehicle brand specifically tailored to Ch...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will open its brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul with the domestic street...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
CJ OnStyle launches genderless fashion brand M12
South Korea's CJ OnStyle announced on Thursday that it will launch a genderless fashion brand M12. M12 means genderless lifewear that can be worn co...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Nike looks to lure Korean customers with Naver’s generative AI ad platform
Nike Inc., the leading global sportswear brand, has launched an advertising campaign in South Korea on the generative artificial intelligence (AI) a...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Nongshim sees record-high Shin Ramyun sales
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Wednesday that its signature instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun saw a record high of ...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Wellfood enters Costco stores in Canada, Mexico
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Tuesday that it is expanding exports to Mexico and Canada through Costco. It marks the first entry o...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Marine Solution to enter ship cyber security
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic security...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Vietnamese market
South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter the Vietnamese ...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe
Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics makers' profits soar as niche brands grow
Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmax Inc., South Korea’s leading cosmetics suppliers to multinational conglomerates like L'Oréal S.A., are enjoy...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang launches alternative sweetener brand Sweevero
South Korean food company Daesang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it is launching the integrated brand "Sweevero" for alternative sweeteners like al...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named NACTOY 2024
Kia EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., was named “2024 Nort...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea
BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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