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Electronics Samsung Bespoke AI Combo targets European market

Samsung Electronics Co. said on Sunday it held the showcase for launching its all-in-one washer-dryer, Bespoke AI Combo, in Berlin, Germany on Nov...

Korean Investors In South Korea, cash is king on US election, Samsung uncertainties

South Korean investors are hoarding cash as Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, hurts local stocks and uncertainties ov...

Korean food Mom's Touch to enter Laos in 2025

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Laos-based ...

Korean games Netmarble unveils teaser video for its new game ‘The King of Fighters’

Netmarble Corp. announced on Thursday that it premiered a teaser video for its new game “The King of Fighters (KOF) AFK” at the SNK boot...

Corporate strategy CJ Group explores Saudi Arabia's entertainment potential

CJ Group, South Korea’s food-to-entertainment giant, is exploring business opportunities in Saudi Arabia's entertainment and logistics sectors...

Korean food Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its sixth and seventh stores i...

Food & Beverage Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship store in Myeongdong, Jung-g...

Food & Beverage Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free

South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...

Economy Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elections last week as th...

Food & Beverage End of the Whopper, Burger King's belated April Fool’s prank?

Burger King on Monday announced a plan to stop selling its iconic Whopper hamburger in South Korea this month after 40 years, provoking an outcry am...

Beauty & Cosmetics CJ Olive Young beats Amorepacific to become K-beauty king

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, took the throne in the domestic cosmetics market last year, beating industry giant...

Korean games Burger Please!, world’s third-most downloaded app in 2023

A hyper-casual game developed by South Korea’s fledgling gaming publisher Supercent was the world’s third-most downloaded newly launched...

Food & Beverage Mom’s Touch to open first store in Japan

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Monday that it will open its first directly managed store Shibuya...

Leadership & Management Hyundai’s Chung: 1st Korean awarded top UK Order from King Charles

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for promoting economic and cultural co...

Food & Beverage Mom's Touch Tokyo pop-up store visitors exceed 30,000

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday its pop-up store in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan successfully con...

Food & Beverage Spicy food craze sweeps South Korea

South Korea, famous for the spicy kick in its cuisine, is going the extra mile to turn the nation red hot with extremely spicy food, believed by Kor...

Food & Beverage Mom's Touch to open pop-up store in Tokyo

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. on Wednesday announced that it plans to open its first overseas pop-up store "...

Food & Beverage McDonald’s to increase locations by 25% in S.Korea by 2030

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is set to increase the number of its locatons in South Korea by 25% to ...

Food & Beverage US burger chain Five Guys to launch in South Korea on June 26

The American burger chain Five Guys, which has attracted keen interest in South Korea for its service and prices even before its entry into the coun...

Retail Lotte considering opening In-N-Out Burger stores in S.Korea

One of US' leading burger brands, In-N-Out, is considering entering the South Korean market. After recently opening a pop-up store in Seoul, the bur...

Food & Beverage US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut

Five Guys, one of the top three burger brands in the US, will open in June its first branch in South Korea in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District. W...

Automobiles Hyundai autoworker: Dream job for many South Koreans

In South Korea, blue-collar work has for decades been shunned by job seekers because of the hard manual labor as well as the widely held perception ...

Debt financing Affinity refinances $130 mn debt as Burger King sale delayed

Affinity Equity Partners has refinanced 170 billion won ($130 million) in debt borrowed to acquire Burger King’s operations in South Korea and...

Corporate strategy Samsung’s TV business launches customer marketing team

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is putting into action an age-old mantra that reflects the importance of customers in its bus...

Food & Beverage PAG joins race to buy Korean burger chain Mom's Touch

Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), a Hong Kong-based alternative investment firm, joined the bidding on Jan. 10 to acquire a 100% stake in South Korean h...

Food & Beverage Lotteria launches renewed soybean-based meat burger

Lotteria, South Korea's fast food franchise run by Lotte GRS, launched "Ria Miracle Burger II" with 100% plant-based patties using soy protein.It is...

Korean food Mom's Touch opens 2nd restaurant in Bangkok

South Korea's F&B franchise Mom's Touch announced on Wednesday that it has opened its second store "K Chimaek" in Bangkok, Thailand.Chimaek, a c...

ESG South Korea aims to build world’s 6th inland base in the Antarctic 

The South Korean government announced on Monday that it will build the world’s sixth inland base in the Antarctic by 2030. The Ministry o...

Food & Beverage South Korean burger franchise Lotteria looks to the US for expansion

South Korea’s fast food franchise Lotteria is planning to enter the United States, home to the world’s best-known burger franchises.&nbs...

Mergers & Acquisitions McDonald’s to sell Korea operation, heating up burger M&As

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is seeking to sell its South Korean business, heating up the mergers an...