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HiteJinro Beverage launches Black Bori barley tea in US

Jun 15, 2020

HiteJinro Beverage, the beverage arm of HiteJinro, said Monday that it is launching Black Bori, its barley tea product, in one of the largest retailers in the US. The company said it exported the fi...
SPC Samlip launches home deli brand YAAM! with Coupang

Jun 15, 2020

Korean food company SPC Samlip said Monday it has launched the home deli brand YAAM! with Coupang, an e-commerce giant here. Under the new brand, the company said it is presenting 17 products, inclu...
SPC Group plans Paris Baguette debut in Canada

Jun 14, 2020

SPC Group, the operator of Korea’s leading bakery franchise Paris Baguette, said Sunday it will enter Canada by launching the flagship Paris Baguette brand next year. According to the company, it re...
HiteJinro to export Jinro soju to 7 countries

Jun 10, 2020

The soju producer introduced the new version of its old soju brand Jinro in April 2019, and more than 300 million bottles were sold in the 13 months since. HiteJinro currently exports soju, includin...
McDonald’s Korea posts 9% growth despite pandemic

Jun 10, 2020

New chief Antoni Martinez vows ‘customer-centered’ policy such as Best Burger initiative
Cleanwrap selling flagship sanitary gloves on Amazon

Jun 10, 2020

Cleanwrap, a leading food packaging company in South Korea, said Wednesday that its flagship Clean Gloves are now available through the US shopping website Amazon. The company’s sanitary gloves rece...
OB’s flagship beer Cass receives Superior Taste Award

Jun 9, 2020

Oriental Brewery said Tuesday its flagship beer Cass Fresh and Cass Light have received the 2020 Superior Taste Award held by International Taste Institute. According to South Korea’s largest beer m...
Convenience stores' competition for delivery services rises amid non-contact trend

Jun 9, 2020

Convenience store operators in South Korea are racing to beef up delivery services as a rise in the number of one-person households and the new coronavirus outbreak have raised demand for door-to-doo...
Market Kurly’s 315 workers test negative for COVID-19

Jun 5, 2020

Market Kurly said Friday that 315 people linked to a COVID-19 case at its logistic center have all tested negative for the disease. The online grocery platform had one virus infection case involving...
E-mart Traders to release 20 million face masks at 26 cents each

Jun 5, 2020

E-mart Traders said Friday it will roll out 20 million single-use face masks, selling them at a price of 320 won (26 cents) per mask. The warehouse hypermarket store, which is part of the country’s ...
Gmarket holds video call fan session for Korean singer Kim Woo-seok

Jun 4, 2020

Gmarket Global Shop, an e-commerce platform operated by eBay, held an autograph session for Korean singer Kim Woo-seok via video call, receiving positive comments from global fans as events are being...
Coupang dragged down by virus outbreak, labor issues

Jun 3, 2020

The rapid growth of e-commerce giant Coupang has been clipped recently upon the recent outbreak of COVID-19 infections at its logistics centers in addition to sudden deaths of its workers in the past...
SPC Group to open Shake Shack store in Daegu

Jun 3, 2020

SPC Group said Wednesday it will open a Shake Shack store in Daegu in July, its first in the city. According to the company, the new Daegu store will be located in Dongseongno Spark, a shopping mall...
Pernod Ricard renews Ballantine’s bottle design

Jun 3, 2020

Pernod Ricard Korea said Wednesday it has renewed the bottle design of Ballantine’s 30-year, its flagship scotch whisky, and presented a limited edition of a drink ritual kit. According to the liquo...
Homeplus launches raw fish delivery service on app

Jun 3, 2020

Homeplus said Wednesday it has partnered with Badajari, a seafood company, to launch a raw fish delivery service on its mobile shopping app. The app, dubbed Homplus Fish market, is a service linked ...