Lotte Duty Free unveils robot bartender in Gimpo Int'l Airport

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free said on Thursday it placed its AI-based robot bartenders in Gimpo International Airport.Lotte Duty Free offers robot...

S.Korean gov't to lift two-bottle limit on duty-free alcohol

South Korean government will lift the number restriction of duty-free alcohol bottles for inbound travelers and halve the patent fees to boost the d...

S.Korea’s No.1 soju maker HiteJinro to foray into global beauty market

HiteJinro Group, South Korea’s No. 1 alcoholic beverage maker with a century-old history, has tapped cosmetics development and production as a...

CJ OliveNetworks to build HiteJinro smart factory in Vietnam

South Korea's CJ OliveNetworks said on Thursday it secured a contract to build a smart factory of the nation's leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. in V...

Soju no longer working-class liquor

HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s largest soju maker, will raise the price of its soju and beer products by about 7% next month to reflect higher c...

Soju: Well-known Korean alcoholic beverage

The Korean alcoholic beverage that foreigners are most familiar with is Soju, according to the Korean Food Promotion Institution. The institution re...

Craft brewery startups poised to revolutionize brew scene in South Korea

Craft beers and highballs from emerging breweries and distilleries are poised to disturb the South Korean alcoholic beverage market dominated by gia...

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings Corp., a major South Korean automotive parts logistics specialist with a three-decade history, has joined hands with Veluga Brewery Inc....

Inventage Lab launches clinical trials for addiction treatment in Australia

South Korea's Inventage Lab, a developer of a drug delivery system platform, on Wednesday said it received approval from the Human Research Ethics C...

Diageo revokes agreement for sale of Windsor to South Korean consortium

London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo plc announced Tuesday it plans to revoke the domestic management rights of the Windsor whisky ...

KT, Hanmi-invested therapeutics maker Digital Pharm launched

Digital Pharm, jointly invested in by KT Corp. and Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., held an official inauguration ceremony last week, the company announced...

Shinsegae to resume soju business targeting Southeast Asia

South Korea’s Shinsegae L&B Co. is set to resume its distilled spirit soju business as early as the end of May, aiming for exports to some...