K-pop popularity in Japan

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, is set to lure foreign customers by opening K-pop-themed stores in the country's major sho...

Kbank, a South Korean online bank, is preparing to list on the main bourse Kospi at an estimated value of up to 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in the...

Shinsegae International, the cosmetics and fashion division of South Korea's Shinsegae Group, entered Japan's ultra-luxury beauty market by promot...

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...

South Korea’s airlines are set to use fuel mixed with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for international routes, starting from services to Japa...

The Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Friday that the "2024 Korea Shopping Festa with Lotte" export consultation event, held in collabo...

South Korea's Lotte Group holds "2024 Korea Shopping Festa with Lotte" in Hanoi, Vietnam. The group and the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startup...

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Thursday that the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in July was 1.41 million, an increase...

South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JC...

Korea Investment Management Co. said on Thursday that the net assets of its ACE US Nasdaq 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) had surpassed 1 trillion wo...

Pond Group, a South Korean original design manufacturing (ODM) clothing company, said on Monday it has acquired Most Inc., a domestic beauty product...

South Korea's Com2uS Corp. announced on Monday that its new cooking simulation game, "BTS Cooking On: TinyTAN Restaurant," reached 1 million downloa...

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...

NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major gaming company, said on Monday it has appointed Jin Jeonghee, former head of the US operations of local riva...

Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...

South Korea's CJ Group announced on Thursday that it will hold a "CJ K-festa" in Vietnam from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1, focusing on food, sports and movie...

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. has overtaken Japan’s Nichia Corp. as the world’s top backlight light-emitting diode (LED) d...

South Korean beauty store chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it has established the Olive Young Anseong Logistics Center in Anseong-si, Gyeo...

South Korea's kimchi exports surged to an all-time high for a six-month period in the first half of this year, according to data from the Korea Agro...

South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will operate the "Wow Life's Good Lab" pop-up zone at Ground 220 in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, until...

Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) announced on Tuesday that it held online and offline marketing and buyer meetings in partnership with CJ Oliv...

South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...

South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. has yet to benefit from the global K-beauty boom due to its heavy dependence on China, the world’s...

South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...

The Asan Nanum Foundation announced on Wednesday that it opened a merchandise pop-up store in South Korea's startup for Maru Collect until August 25...

South Korean top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Tuesday it is supplying its all-electric Elec City Town buses to Iwasaki Group, effectively ent...

For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...

The YouTube channels of South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co.'s units, with more than 8 million subscribers, were disrupted for 14 hours ...