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Retail 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...

Travel & Leisure Lotte Hotels & Resorts to upcycle used PET bottles

South Korea's Lotte Hotels & Resorts said on Friday that it will collaborate with Lotte Chilsung Beverage and Lotte Chemical Corp. to establish ...

Food & Beverage Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to sell luxury wines with price tags up to tens of thousands of dollars in Seoul, as demand for pre...

Food & Beverage Paldo completes second factory in Vietnam

South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of its second factory in Vietnam.Paldo d...

Food & Beverage Korea’s Orion to ship bottled water to China to challenge Evian

Orion Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s confectionary and snack maker Orion Corp., is set to export bottled water to China,...

Waste management LG Chem to manufacture flooring from waste PET bottles

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday its plan to produce an eco-friendly plasticizer derived from discarded polyethylene terephthalate (P...

Retail S.Korea’s convenience stores sell bottled water without plastic labels

Convenience stores in South Korea now sell bottled water without plastic labels. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jeju Pro...

Advertising & Marketing Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products

South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...

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 ...

Bio & Pharma Daewoong Pharma to build third botulinum toxin plant for $746 mn

South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical next year will open a third plant to greatly expand annual output of its botulinum toxin Nabota at a cos...

Food & Beverage S.Korea sees boom in domestic demand for zero-sugar soju

A "zero-sugar" craze has emerged on the South Korean market for the country's traditional alcoholic drink soju. Lotte Chilsung Beverage said its die...

Chemical Industry Hyosung TNC to team up with Samsung for eco-friendly protective clothing

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn manufacturer, is teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. to produce eco-friendly protective cloth...

Food & Beverage Traditional Korean wine Bekseju sells 700 mn bottles

South Korea's traditional winemaker Kook Soon Dang Co. has sold a total of 700 million bottles of its flagship Bekseju since its launch in 1992 as i...

Energy Hyosung TNC’s Love Seoul made of recycled PET bottles

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, has unveiled garments made of eco-friendly polyester yarn extracted from recycled PET bott...

ESG Hyosung’s recycled yarn from PET bottles lures fashion brands

Hyosung TNC Corp. is experimenting with something that may seem strange in the eyes of some: making recycled yarn from discarded PET bottles, in a pro...