Amorepacific runs events to mark BTS 10th anniversary

Amorepacific runs events to mark BTS 10th anniversary

South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. has temporarily opened a staff-only space to BTS fans.  The company’s Seoul h...

Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company

Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company

South Korea's Samyang Holdings announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical device a...

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China

South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is ...

CJ Olive Young targets Japanese sun care products market

CJ Olive Young targets Japanese sun care products market

Round A'round, South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young's own cosmetic brand, announced on Thursday that its popular sun care item "Greentea Ci...

Samyang Foods aims to grow Buldak sauce into $75 mn brand

Samyang Foods aims to grow Buldak sauce into $75 mn brand

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Monday that it will strengthen its sauce business centered around its popular Buldak (hot chicken flavo...

Kolmar Korea develops eco-friendly paper stick for cosmetic

Kolmar Korea develops eco-friendly paper stick for cosmetic

Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, has unveiled a new paper stick container made from mineral paper that is c...

Chinese buy cosmetics, Japanese pick groceries in Korea: Survey

Chinese buy cosmetics, Japanese pick groceries in Korea: Survey

Foreign visitors to South Korea show different purchasing preferences by nationality, a survey found. A majority of Chinese travelers' top picks are...

Kolmar BNH gets approval for health functional food ingredient in US

Kolmar BNH gets approval for health functional food ingredient in US

Kolmar BNH Co. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a domestically developed health functional food ingredient.K...

POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033

POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033

South Korean steel giant POSCO Group said on Wednesday it will consider investing 4.4 trillion won ($3.3 billion) in the state-run industrial comple...

S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab

S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab

South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform NHN Commerce announced on Tuesday that it has acquired domestic cosmetics br...

S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires

S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires

South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups

South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...

Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details

Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details

South Korea’s battery industry has high hopes for details on requirements for US tax credits on electric vehicles to be announced this week as...

F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand

F&F bets on China's beauty market under MLB brand

F&F Co., a South Korean retailer of Western brands such as Major League Baseball (MLB), has been rapidly penetrating China's cosmetics market, w...

CGBio opens cosmetic surgery clinic in Bali using bio-medical tech

 CGBio opens cosmetic surgery clinic in Bali using bio-medical tech

CGBio, a South Korean bio-renewable medical company, announced on Monday that it opened a medical esthetic clinic, called Nulook, in Bali, Indonesia...

SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers

SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers

South Korean chemical company SK Chemicals and Yonwoo Co., a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea, which is a leading domestic cosmetic container manufacturer...

Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East

Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East

Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...

JW Pharma to put AI into new drug ingredient development

JW Pharma to put AI into new drug ingredient development

South Korea's drug developer JW Pharmaceutical is expanding the scope of its artificial intelligence (AI) uses from new drug research to the develop...

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

Kolmar Korea to establish new cosmetics production base in Sejong City

South Korea's cosmetic original design manufacturer Kolmar Korea said Wednesday that it would establish a cosmetics production base equipped with ar...

ST Pharm exports $14.6 mn worth of drug ingredients to Europe

ST Pharm exports $14.6 mn worth of drug ingredients to Europe

ST Pharm Co., a South Korean company specializing in contract development and manufacturing of drug ingredients, has signed a supply contract worth ...

Korean cosmetics shares rise as China reopens borders

Korean cosmetics shares rise as China reopens borders

Shares in South Korean cosmetics brands are gaining momentum after brokerage houses lifted their target prices on expectations that China’s bo...

Cosmax shows off advanced beauty tech at CES with Seoul Nat'l Univ.

Cosmax shows off advanced beauty tech at CES with Seoul Nat'l Univ.

Cosmax, a cosmetics original design manufacturer (ODM) of South Korea, said on Tuesday that it unveiled the beauty technology developed jointly ...

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

Celltrion develops oral antibody drug with US bio company

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. on Monday said it signed an R&D contract with US-based Rani Therapeutics on RT-111, an or...

BASF, ADM join race to buy Korean ceramide maker Solus Biotech

BASF, ADM join race to buy Korean ceramide maker Solus Biotech

BASF SE, the world’s largest chemical producer, US food processing giant ADM Co. and two other global companies have joined the race to acquir...

CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers

CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers

CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...

Shinsegae chairwoman maintains most expensive house in Korea

Shinsegae chairwoman maintains most expensive house in Korea

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group Chairwoman Lee Myung-hee has maintained the most expensive house for an eighth straight year in South Kore...

Pulmuone to supply food ingredients to 18 US universities

Pulmuone to supply food ingredients to 18 US universities

Pulmuone USA, a US unit of South Korea's Pulmuone, said on Tuesday that it has entered into contractual relations with 18 US universities on both co...

Cosmax NBT develops hangover cure ingredient

Cosmax NBT develops hangover cure ingredient

Cosmax NBT, Inc., Korea's functional health food maker affiliated with the same-name original cosmetics design manufacturer, said on Tuesday that it...

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

CJ partners with Emmyon to develop ingredients preventing muscle atrophy

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a license contract with Emmyon, an American biotechnology start...

Market Kurly drops Market from platform name to expand business scope

Market Kurly drops Market from platform name to expand business scope

South Korea’s Kurly Inc. has changed the name of its grocery delivery service platform Market Kurly to Kurly as part of its corporate strategy...

Hanwha Systems to compete with LIG Nex1 for Korean version of Iron Dome NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1 From G-Dragon to Ibuki: Dongmyo emerges as global fashion hotspot Hyundai helps Korean economy most with $265 bn contribution South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale