consumer sentiment

Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...

Although global automakers are ramping up efforts to increase sales of pure electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid models remain the preferred choice among...

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it was named an "excellent business for independently resolving consumer complaints" by the Korea Consumer Agency...

The economic outlook by companies is worsening given lingering global uncertainty, with the business outlook for February at its lowest level in two...

Employees at South Korea’s oil refiners are expected to receive hefty bonuses after their companies posted record earnings last year amid hi...

Samsung Electronics Co. is unlikely to release an A7 model this year as the South Korean tech giant is shifting its business focus to premium and lo...

LG Electronics Inc. swept this year's top spot in all major categories of best washing machines evaluated by Consumer Reports, a leading US consum...

With both exports and domestic spending growing shakier amid the global economic downturn, South Korean business sentiment has taken a backward step...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and major mobile device manufacturer, opened online newsrooms in Sweden and Norway, it...

South Korea's Korea Financial Investment Association and 31 domestic securities companies on Sunday released a joint statement urging a delay in the...

South Korea’s current account surplus plunged as exports fell for a second straight month, adding to concerns over a slowdown in Asia’s ...

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is considering a new name for the company in a bid to represent its main businesses and target global c...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...

South Korea’s headline inflation hit a seven-month low in November as rises in agricultural and petroleum product prices slowed, adding to exp...

The Korean government has released guidelines on its designation of USB-C as the unified national standard for charging and data transfer connectors...

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) saw on Nov. 27 around 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion) worth of investor bids for its bond issuance targeting 400 ...

Business sentiment among South Korea's companies has fallen to its lowest level in 23 months, as worsening business conditions mainly in the non-man...

South Korea's LG Display on Monday said it has developed an in-vehicle sound solution that uses screen vibrations to produce sound, and that the dev...

A buyer who works for the men's fashion division of a South Korean department store had trouble sleeping ahead of the fall sale that ran from Sept. ...

The phrase “Average is over” topped the list of 10 key phrases suggested by a renowned Korean consumer behavior professor to predict 202...

LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, has unveiled a new speaker identification techn...

IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics br...

South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV market in the...

CNTUS SUNGJIN Co., a mid-sized South Korean company known for its colorful face masks made under the Aer brand, has focused on business-to-business ...

Ergonomic office chairs are drawing heightened interest from millennials and Generation Zers in South Korea, according to the country’s leadin...

Investors are staying away from South Korea’s initial public offering markets as sentiment remains sour on global interest rate hikes, the sus...

BUSAN – Hyundai Motor Co. has launched the IONIQ 6, its first fully electric sedan, which it claims runs faster and boasts a longer range than...

South Korean startups that exceed $1 billion in valuations, known as unicorns, are pushing back their initial public offering (IPO) dates.The move c...

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday estimated that its second-quarter operating profit and sales edged down from three months before, reversing its ...

Just like its global peers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have suffered from the chip shortage that bogged down the entire auto industry for nearl...