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Gift preorders surge ahead of long Chuseok holiday: data

Preorders for gifts to relatives and acquaintances are surging ahead of this year's very long Chuseok holiday, industry data showed Sunday. The 10-day holiday, the longest in decades, starts on the ...

Sept 10, 2017
Industry
Korea's food price inflation fifth highest among OECD states

South Korea's food prices rose at the fifth-highest rate among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in July partly on the back of unfavorable weather conditions,...

Sept 9, 2017
Industry
[Weekender] Korean cosmetics companies vie for growing anti-aging market

Vying for the bigger pie in the lucrative and fast-growing anti-aging cosmetics market, Korean companies are spewing out reinvented products and brands using more natural ingredients and less chemica...

Sept 8, 2017
Industry
Smart speaker users report low satisfaction

South Korean users of voice-controlled smart speakers are largely dissatisfied with the products over issues such as failing to recognize voice commands, a survey showed Friday. Voice-controlled sma...

Sept 8, 2017
Industry
US lawmakers defend Samsung, LG in safeguard hearing: report

South Korean officials defended the country's makers of washing machines against the US safeguard action during a hearing in Washington, the foreign ministry said Friday. In June, the US government ...

Sept 8, 2017
Industry
Hyundai's China plant resumes operations despite payment problems

Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday one of its plants in China resumed operations Friday following a three-day suspension after a German company refused to supply auto parts due to payment problems, the So...

Sept 8, 2017
Industry
SK Holdings invests in US-based car-sharing company Turo

SK Holdings has invested in San Francisco-based car-sharing company Turo, the company said Thursday. One of the largest car-sharing companies in Silicon Valley, Turo provides peer-to-peer car rental...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
Medytox launches first TV commercial

Medytox, South Korea’s largest maker of wrinkle-fighting botulinum toxin treatments, has launched its first TV commercial created under the theme of “Studying Time of Mankind” The ad features Kore...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
Duty-free stores bet on luxury offerings to tackle low sales

Downtown duty-free operators are preparing to open boutiques for in-demand luxury brands in the hope of restoring sales that have fallen with a drop in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Korea. ...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
McDonald's Korea chief expresses regret over burger panic

The chief executive of McDonald’s Korea on Thursday sent out an official statement expressing regret over panic caused by suspected links between health dangers and McDonald’s burgers. “I deeply reg...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
Incheon Airport signs MOU with Sakhalin gov, Aurora

CEO of Incheon Airport Chung Il-young (center) shakes hands with governor of the Sakhalin region Oleg Kozhemyako and Aurora head Konstantin Sukhorebrik after signing the memorandum of understanding o...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
‘Bluetooth may play bigger role in Samsung smart home’

The vice president of Bluetooth Special Interest Group, an alliance of thousands of multinational tech firms, on Thursday said that he expects to see mesh networking technology playing a bigger role ...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
74% of Korean doctors consider brands when prescribing drugs: report

Seventy-four percent of doctors in South Korea take brands into account when prescribing drugs to patients, a report analyzing behavior and perceptions in the country’s medical sector showed Thursday...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
Korea to enhance poultry farming environment

South Korea will take steps to enhance the overall environment of poultry farms and ban sales of live chickens and ducks to prevent future outbreaks of avian influenza, the agriculture ministry said ...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry
US singer Andra Day, Hyundai mired in controversy over promotie-in video

US musician Andra Day and Hyundai Motor Co. were accused of falsely hiring unpaid South Korean volunteer musicians in what was known to be the singer's new music video shoot but was actually part of ...

Sept 7, 2017
Industry

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