Sports and Tourism

Foreign visitors to South Korea jumped nearly 20% early this year, largely driven by a sharp depreciation in the country’s currency value agai...

Kia Corp. will expand production of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Seltos, after selling 310,000 units of the model across the globe, making...

Macquarie Asset Management is poised to sell a four-star hotel in Seoul for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset M...

China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD Co. officially debuts in the South Korean passenger car market on January 16. BYD's first-selling...

South Korea is considering temporary visa exemptions for Chinese group tourists to boost the domestic tourism sector, after being spooked by the bot...

South Korea's KB Kookmin Card said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's UnionPay to cooperate on marketing. ...

TVing, a South Korean over-the-top (OTT) platform, is beefing up its live sports programming and TV series featuring baseball players to catch up to...

South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Friday its group-based social media platform Band reached 6.04 million monthly active users (MAU) in the Uni...

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Friday unveiled its large-size sport utility vehicles (SUVs) the Genesis GV80 and GV80 Coupe Black mode...

South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will support the smart city transformation of Hwasun-gun in South Jeolla Province,...

7-Eleven, the third-largest convenience store chain in South Korea, is challenging its bigger rivals GS25 and CU, attracting customers with Hello Ki...

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...

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it held the Kumho Dealer Convention event from July 20 to 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inviting ab...

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it will hold a VK Alliance Products and Services Special Exhibition for foreigners thr...

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...

South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a strategic business agreement with the provincial government of Alberta, C...

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest carmaker after its sibling Hyundai Motor Co., has upped the stakes in China and the US to bolster its ...

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with domestic food company Ottogi to attract f...

Scottie Scheffler, a top-ranked American professional golfer, gave a shoutout to food served by CJ CheilJedang Corp. during The CJ Cup golf tourname...

South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...

The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...

The athletic-leisure brand Andar Co. announced on Friday that it will strengthen its technological alliance with the LYCRA Company, the world's larg...

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Group announced on Thursday that it launched H Point Global, a dedicated membership service for foreign cus...

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Modetour Network Inc. to jointly devel...

China will stop the official broadcast of League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK), according to the South Korean game industry. “There w...

South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Monday that it has partnered with Korea University Anam Hospital to promote medical tourism. The agr...

South Korea’s school and corporate uniform company Hyungji Elite announced on Monday that it was selected as the official partner of FC Barc...