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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic
South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean theme parks recover to near pre-pandemic levels
Everland and Lotte World, South Korea’s two largest theme parks, posted their highest-ever profits in 2023, recovering from the COVID-19 pande...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior post weak profits in Korea post-pandemic
Global luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior saw worsening profitability of their South Korean operations last year after a few years of dece...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday that the pre-registration of its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing ga...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
CJ Freshway, Hanwha Robotics to team up for food robots
South Korea's CJ Freshway Corp. and Hanwha Robotics will jointly develop food robots. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
South Korea’s luxury hotels bask in return of tourists post-pandemic
South Korea’s luxury hotels are enjoying the return of tourists following years of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly hurt their sales...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s duty-free industry going downhill
The South Korean travel retail industry, once considered the country’s golden goose, is forced to streamline operations given no signs of a dr...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Number of foreign tourists visiting Korea surpasses 11 million in 2023
The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea last year exceeded 11 million, reaching 63% of the pre-COVID level, with over 1 million arrivals month...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Whisky imports hit record high in S. Korea amid falling wine interest
Soaring highballs propelled whisky consumption to record heights in South Korea last year, while pandemic-driven interest in wine waned significantl...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy S24 sees record Indian pre-orders in three days
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker, said its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series enjoyed record pre-orders i...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders
The Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is sweeping major industrial awards in Eu...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai taps RCE to go global with used heavy machinery
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the construction machinery provider under South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group, will ventu...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Seoul office leasing turns lender’s market as vacancy rates at 2023 low
Office vacancy rates in South Korea’s capital city of Seoul fell to their lowest level this year last month as people returned to work follo...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro Materials' Kospi debut draws investors for short-term gains
Shares in EcoPro Materials Co., South Korean battery materials maker EcoPro Group’s unit that went public on Nov. 17, are skyrocketing as reta...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Doctornow signs business agreement with Spain’s Mediktor
South Korea's medical care startup Doctornow Inc. announced on Wednesday it signed a strategic business agreement with global artificial intelligenc...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights
South Korea will expand its number of weekly flights this winter to Japan and Southeast Asia, two regions expected to have high demand that season, ...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Pablo Air secures $15.5 mn in pre-IPO investment
Pablo Air Co. Ltd., a specialized drone control company, announced on Friday that it has attracted an investment of 21 billion won ($15.5 million) i...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023
South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free ready to boost sales at Changi Airport
HDC Shilla Duty Free Ltd., the operator of The Shilla Duty Free Shop, said on Tuesday it has extended the contract to run cosmetics and perfume stor...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Overseas trips top pre-pandemic levels during Chuseok holiday
The number of South Koreans who spent this year’s six-day holiday of Chuseok abroad exceeded pre-pandemic levels, indicating a recovery in the...
Oct 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn
Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to raise vehicle shipping rates considering the sharp rise ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years
South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet on Sunday said it resumed international flights for the first time in three and a half years starting with...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korean swimwear Barrel posts profit in post-pandemic surfing boom
South Korea’s leading swimwear maker Barrel is stepping up its profitability after losses during COVID-19 as its new owner has saved costs thr...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air travel from Korea roars back to everywhere, except China
Flight routes between South Korea and China, once Korean flag carriers’ most lucrative, have become their white elephant as passengers on the ...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon launches hit RPG Blue Archive in China
South Korea’s major game company Nexon Co. on Thursday said it officially released on the Chinese market Blue Archive, a subculture mobile rol...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte to open Vietnam's largest shopping mall in Hanoi
Lotte Shopping Co., the retail arm of South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate Lotte Group, announced plans on Thursday to inaugurate its extensive ...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high
South Korea's whisky imports surged by 50% in the first half of 2023, reaching an unprecedented peak, according to trade data the Korea Customs Serv...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)