Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea

Samsung lowers bar on hiring foreign talent in South Korea

South Korea’s biggest business group Samsung has sweetened the pot to win the technology talent war by lowering the bar for new hires of forei...

FOMO-driven gold rush lifts kimchi premium on gold to highest level

FOMO-driven gold rush lifts kimchi premium on gold to highest level

With South Korean retail investors joining the global gold rush in ‘fear of missing out’, or FOMO, the country’s gold price has ...

Binggrae sells plant-based Melona at Costco in Australia

Binggrae sells plant-based Melona at Costco in Australia

South Korean food and beverage company Binggrae said on Wednesday that it sells its plant-based Melona at Costco stores in Australia from November.P...

Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong

Nongshim opens K-Ramyun supermarket in Myeongdong

South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. said on Monday that it opened a Korean-style ramyun experience store K-Ramen Supermarket with the ...

Korea’s credit loans balloon as regulators cap mortgages

Korea’s credit loans balloon as regulators cap mortgages

Credit loans are ballooning in South Korea as regulators tightened their grips on record-high mortgages to rein in the growth in household lend...

Pulmuone's Tofu Bar sold 70 mn units in Japan

Pulmuone's Tofu Bar sold 70 mn units in Japan

Asahiko, the Japanese subsidiary of South Korea's Pulmuone, announced on Friday that its protein snack Tofu Bar has sold more than 70 million units ...

Whisky imports hit record high in S. Korea amid falling wine interest

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...

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae to close whisky business to focus on profits

Shinsegae Inc., South Korea’s largest department store and supermarket company, will pull out of the whisky market, bucking the trend of the r...

Diageo to open Asia’s first pop-up store in Seoul

Diageo to open Asia’s first pop-up store in Seoul

London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo announced on Wednesday it will open a pop-up store in Garosu-gil,  Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, S...

Wine bubble bursts in S.Korea as whisky frenzy grows

Wine bubble bursts in S.Korea as whisky frenzy grows

The South Korean fever for wine has cooled, with its imports down in the first half for a second straight year as the popularity of whisky among you...

South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high

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...

Seoul to lower bar for multi-child family subsidies to raise birth rate

Seoul to lower bar for multi-child family subsidies to raise birth rate

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will change the definition of multi-child families from those with three or more kids younger than 13 to household...

No holds barred: State support for Samsung, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor

No holds barred: State support for Samsung, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor

It couldn’t come at a worse time.South Korea’s exports are set for a 4.5% decline in 2023. So believes the Yoon Suk-yeol government.The ...

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

As whisky became more popular in Korea, the amount of whisky imported for 10 months until October this year increased about 62% compared to the same...

Diageo sells whisky business to Bayside-led consortium for $194 mn

Diageo sells whisky business to Bayside-led consortium for $194 mn

Diageo Korea Co., London-headquartered multinational beverage alcohol company Diageo plc’s Korean affiliate and the biggest whisky importer in...

Namyang top shareholder barred from casting vote at general meeting

Namyang top shareholder barred from casting vote at general meeting

Namyang Dairy Products Co.'s top shareholder and Chairman Hong Won-sik will be barred from exercising his shareholder rights at the company's genera...

GIC, PEFs face further delays to Kyobo exit after ruling

GIC, PEFs face further delays to Kyobo exit after ruling

Singapore’s GIC, Canada's Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan (OTPP) and private equity firms, including Affinity Equity Partners, may need to endu...

Seoul to lower bar for M&As; easing rules over PEF deals

Seoul to lower bar for M&As; easing rules over PEF deals

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is lowering the bar for mergers and acquisitions by including potential rivals, which have yet to en...

Dongkuk makes strongest steel bar in S.Korea

Dongkuk makes strongest steel bar in S.Korea

Steelmaker Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. has become the first South Korean company to develop a reinforcing bar, or rebar, that can withstand 12.2 tons per...

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