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Ministers OK arrival-area duty-free shops

The South Korean government on Thursday gave the green light to the long-debated opening of duty-free shops at airport arrival areas, starting with a six month-trial at Incheon Airport. According to...

Sept 27, 2018
Industry
Riding on chip boom, SK hynix’s brand value soars

S. Korean chipmaker seeks to attract global talent and soften corporate image

Sept 26, 2018
Industry
CJ Group chief wins Van Fleet Award

CJ Group Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik won Van Fleet Award from the Korea Society on his contribution in strengthening ties between South Korea and the United States, the company said Wednesday. The awar...

Sept 26, 2018
Industry
Conglomerates dominate duty-free market

South Korea’s duty-free shops run by family-controlled conglomerates such as Lotte and Shilla posted some 10 trillion won ($8.95 billion) in combined sales last year, nearly 99 percent of total sales...

Sept 26, 2018
Industry
Poinix’s close-proximity method grabs attention

A senior researcher of local tech company Poinix grabbed attention at the international noise control conference with her study on the close-proximity method, according to the company Wednesday. Kim...

Sept 26, 2018
Industry
[Herald Interview] ‘Transparency key to Nutrilite’s product safety’

Nutrilite’s quality assurance manager talks about “seed to product” botanical traceability system

Sept 26, 2018
Industry
Samsung Electronics tipped to log record Q3 profits on solid

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to post a record operating profit of 17.2 trillion won (US$15.4 billion) in the third quarter, backed by firm demand for memory chips, market sources said Tuesday....

Sept 25, 2018
Industry
Louis Vuitton the most-counterfeited foreign brand in S. Korea: report

Louis Vuitton was the most frequently counterfeited foreign brand in South Korea over the past five years, a report showed on Saturday. According to data from the Korea Customs Service, government r...

Sept 22, 2018
Industry
LG Chem holds event for horizontal work culture

LG Chem, South Korea’s leading chemicals company, held an event to bolster communication and understanding between millennial employees and executives, the company said Friday. The event was led by ...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
US FDA delays approval of GC Pharma’s IVIG-SN again

South Korean biopharma company GC Pharma said Friday that the US Food and Drug Administration has delayed the approval of the firm’s immunodeficiency drug IVIG-SN, demanding additional data related t...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Hanwha Energy, Korea Midland Power to develop US solar plant

Hanwha Energy Corp. and Korea Midland Power Corp. will build a solar power plant in the United States by 2020, Hanwha Group said Friday. The construction of a 150-megawatt solar power plant is sched...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Dunamu releases beta version of blockchain app builder ‘Luniverse’

Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Friday its blockchain tech research lab Lambda256 has released a beta version of its decentralized app, or dApp, buil...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
Korea permits 2-year regulatory sandbox period for novel ICT innovation

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that grants a regulatory sandbox for new businesses in the information and communication technology sector, a development that is expected to speed up ...

Sept 21, 2018
Industry
OECD cuts S. Korea's economic growth forecast to 2.7% in 2018

South Korea's economy is expected to grow at a slower than expected pace this year, a Paris-based international organization said Thursday. In its interim economic outlook, the Organization for Econ...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry
Biz leaders glad to have seen NK up close

The business leaders who accompanied South Korean President Moon Jae-in to North Korea this week returned to Seoul full of emotion, saying the trip had been worthwhile for the chance to see the North...

Sept 20, 2018
Industry

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