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E-commerce Yanolja's Nasdaq IPO plan hit by Qoo10's liquidity turmoil

Yanolja Co., South Korea’s leading travel and accommodation booking platform operator, may delay its Nasdaq initial public offering plan due t...

Airlines Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement

South Korea's Air Premia Inc. announced on Thursday that it partnered with Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US carrier, through an interline agr...

Travel & Leisure Overseas trips top pre-pandemic levels during Chuseok holiday

The number of South Koreans who spent this year’s six-day holiday of Chuseok abroad exceeded pre-pandemic levels, indicating a recovery in the...

Tech, Media & Telecom Flying to S.Korea's Jeju Island? Just bring smartphone

The identity verification app Pass of South Korea's three telecom companies has added another function: enabling a user to board a domestic flight w...

Logistics Hanjin teams up with global fandom company bemyfriends

South Korea's Hanjin Transportation on Wednesday said it signed an agreement on business cooperation in the US with the Seoul-based global fandom co...

Airlines Intense competition in S.Korea's LCC sector fuels zero-won tickets

South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCCs) since last month have waged an intense competition with the recovery of the overseas travel market. They boos...

Travel & Leisure Interpark's airline ticket sales exceed $120 mn in March

South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has reported its airline ticket sales in March jumped 281% compared to the same period la...

Economy 25% of lottery ticket buyers in S.Korea play every week

One in four buyers of lottery tickets in South Korea over the past year tried their luck every week.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance on Tuesday ...

Airlines S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom

South Korean airlines launched extensive marketing activities such as increasing international flights and giving free tickets in preparation for mo...

Electronics Kiturami's carbon mats, hot ticket in Korea this winter

Convenience and less heating costs have been changing the shape of South Korea's heated mat market which has been traditionally led by electric mats...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG CNS hires new employees based on computer coding skills

LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is hiring new employees based on computer coding skills regardless of the candidates...

E-commerce Yanolja likely to buy $250 mn stake in Interpark spin-off

South Korea's top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Inc., backed by SoftBank, was on Thursday named as the preferred buyer of a majority sta...

Year-end review Korea’s retail investors go West, eye golden ticket for big money

For South Korean stock investors, 2020 may go down in history as the year of The Great Quest for big money, and at the end of their journey they fou...