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Korean startups Global startup festival ComeUp to be held in December

The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Monday that it will host the global startup festival ComeUp 2024 at COEX, Seoul on Decem...

Food & Beverage HiteJinro sees annual soju exports to Cambodia grow 31%

HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s leading soju maker, resumed its Jinro EDM Festival at Cambodia’s Bon Om Tuk water festival after a four-y...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users

SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...

Retail 11Street to host grand shopping festival in November

South Korea’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. will hold its annual Grand 11 shopping festival from November 1 to 11. Since 2008, the company...

Automobiles Genesis sponsors Busan International Film Festival

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis said on Friday that it will continue its sponsorship of the 29th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF),...

Culture & Trends Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival to be promoted as global event

The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said that the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, recently chosen as a Korea Representativ...

Electronics LG NOVA hosts Innovation Festival in US

LG Electronics Inc. 's North American Innovation Center (LG NOVA) said on Monday that it held an Innovation Festival last Wednesday and Thursday at ...

Culture & Trends Korea to launch regular K-content festival in June

South Korea plans to host a regular event showcasing its cultural products such as K-pop and foods in June of next year with the goal of making the ...

Retail Starfield launches 4th annual balloon festival with iconic character displays

Starfield, a chain of large shopping malls owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean retail company, announced on Friday that its 4th annual balloon festiv...

Electronics Samsung showcases The Freestyle Zone at camping festival

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it set up the experience zone for the portable screen The Freestyle Second Generation at the Go Out...

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...

K-pop CJ ENM to hold KCON Hong Kong in March

South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. announced on Thursday that it will hold its annual K-pop festival KCON in Hong Kong for the ...

Electronics LG Elec unveils shoe care appliance at ComplexCon 2023

LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its dedicated shoe care appliance Styler Objet Collection ShoeCare and ShoeCase at ComplexCon 2023 in Long Beach, Calif...

Automobiles Hyundai unveils Avante N1 Cup Car

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled the "Avante N1 Cup Car," which will be introduced in the 2024 season of the largest one-make race event in South Kore...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Avikus to launch system for self-driving leisure boats

Avikus, the autonomous navigation solutions affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co., will launch New Boat Dock, a self-driving system ...

Travel & Leisure S.Korea's pet-friendly tourism sees brisk growth

More lodging facilities and tourism infrastructure in South Korea are accommodating people who wish to travel with their pets.This strategy by the...

Bio & Pharma Gencurix supplies companion diagnostic kits to cancer center in India

South Korean biotech company Gencurix Inc. on Friday said it started supplying its companion diagnostic test Droplex to a national cancer center in ...

Travel & Leisure Hanatour launches real-time travel info-sharing chat app

South Korea's leading travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. has launched the location-based travel-specialized open chat service app called "Hana Open...

Bio & Pharma S.Korea’s aid service Boram Group enters companion animal market

South Korea’s Boram Group, whose main affiliate is an aid company, has entered the companion animal market.  Affiliates Boram Sangjo and ...

Entertainment Naver Webtoon becomes No.1 webtoon platform in France

South Korea's Naver Webtoon has made a name for itself as the top webtoon platform in France. Naver Webtoon announced on Monday that it participated...

Advertising & Marketing Cheil Worldwide wins Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2023

South Korea's leading ad agency and marketing company Cheil Worldwide clinched nine awards, including the coveted Grand Prix, at the esteemed Cannes...

Food & Beverage S.Korea's Samyang Foods promotes Buldak Ramen in Hanoi

Samyang Foods Co., South Korea's leading food manufacturer, announced on Friday that it opened a promotional booth at the "K-Food Festival" held at ...

Korean food Kooksoondang to export limited edition makgeolli to Japan in four years

Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Friday that it will export 100,000 bottles of the ...

Entertainment Seoul celebrates 10th anniversary of BTS debut in festive mood

Seoul is sprucing itself up to host a two-week celebration of the 10th anniversary of the global sensation BTS.The Seoul Metropolitan Government and...

Culture & Trends 12-color ‘Lakeside Recital’ held by 12 poets in Como, Italy

COMO, ITALY -- Como, a lakeside city with a glacial lake at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy. The 13th European International Poetry Festival &l...

K-pop Festival celebrating BTS’ 10th anniversary to be held in Seoul in June

BTS Festa 2023, a festival celebrating the 10th anniversary of BTS' debut, will take place June 12-25 across Seoul, their agency Big Hit Music annou...

Tech, Media & Telecom S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services

South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...

Culture & Trends Three S.Korean poets invited to European Int'l Poetry Festival

The European International Poetry Festival "Europa in versi" will be held in Como, a lake city near Milan, Italy, from May 19 to 21.Thirteen poets f...

Retail Korean dept stores to lure foreigners with K-pop, festival

South Korean department stores are set to launch various programs such as a festival and sales of K-pop star merchandise to attract foreign tourists...

Travel & Leisure Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Thursday that it will hold a "K-Tourism Festival" on Apr. 21-22 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the key market...