catering

Food & Beverage Hanwha seeks acquisition of sibling feud-mired Korean catering firm Ourhome

South Korea’s Hanwha Group is seeking to acquire local catering service provider Ourhome, embroiled in the owner family's sibling disputes, fo...

Retail Lotte Duty Free renews Tokyo Ginza Store

South Korea's Lotte Duty Free reopened its Tokyo Ginza Store in Tokyu Plaza Ginza on Wednesday after a complete renovation. This is the company's ...

Asset management South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer

South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and ...

Leadership & Management Catering firm Ourhome taps founding family’s eldest daughter as CEO

The eldest daughter of catering service provider Ourhome Ltd.’s founding family, Koo Mi-hyun, was on Tuesday appointed chief executive of the ...

Leadership & Management Korean catering firm Ourhome CEO to leave amid sibling feud

South Korea’s catering service provider Ourhome Ltd. Chief Executive and Vice Chairwoman Koo Ji-eun has failed in her attempt to serve another...

Leadership & Management Korean catering firm Ourhome again engulfed in sibling feud

South Korea’s catering service provider Ourhome Ltd. faced another sibling dispute as its Chief Executive and Vice Chairwoman Koo Ji-eun faile...

Korean food Lotte Mart debuts Korean street food store in Indonesia

South Korea's Lotte Mart has introduced its first specialized grocery store overseas, announcing the opening of its revamped Gandaria store in Jakar...

Retail Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea

Nitori Co., dubbed Japan's IKEA, is slated to open its first store in South Korea next week, accelerating its Asia-centered expansion push, while su...

Food & Beverage Ourhome strikes catering deal with Vietnam's FPT Education

A prominent South Korean food service provider Ourhome Ltd. disclosed on Monday that it has penned a memorandum of understanding with FPT Education,...

Leadership & Management Catering firm Ourhome CEO wins 1st round in sibling feud

South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...

Tech, Media & Telecom Korea's Hancom, Naver Cloud agree to cooperate in AI field

Hancom Inc. and Naver Cloud announced on Wednesday a strategic partnership to integrate Naver Cloud's large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) "Hype...

Electronics LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US

South Korea's electronics giant LG Electronics Co. announced on Monday that starting on the same day it would release the world's first OLED gaming ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hahn & Co. buys Korean food startup in bolt-on deal

Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. has acquired a South Korean meal kit provider for 75 billion won ($61 million), a deal expected to bo...

Korean startups Nuvilab uses the latest tech to tackle age-old issue of food waste

South Korea’s food data analysis firm Nuvilab, Inc. is not a household name – at least yet. The startup is rather familiar to investors...

Metaverse Metaverse emerges as promising yet uncertain new world for investors

Virtual realms known as the metaverse that have become the hot topic for tech companies also are winning a new fan base among investors.SoftBank Gro...

Airlines Kumho Asiana assures 30-year profits to Gate Gourmet in catering deal

Kumho Asiana Group’s management assured net profits for 30 years to Gate Gourmet when the South Korean conglomerate signed a deal for Asiana A...