covid-19vaccines

IPOs Sono International seeks IPO in 2025 with $2.1 billion in corporate value

South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. is seeking an initial public offering of its shares on the Korean market next year, r...

Korean startups Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer

To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...

Travel & Leisure S.Korea sees record-high foreign visitors after pandemic

South Korea saw a record-high number of foreign tourists post-COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2024. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Spor...

Travel & Leisure Number of foreign tourists visiting Korea surpasses 11 million in 2023

The number of foreign tourists visiting Korea last year exceeded 11 million, reaching 63% of the pre-COVID level, with over 1 million arrivals month...

Bio & Pharma SK Bioscience start to deliver Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Tuesday that it started to deliver the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine against XBB.1.5 variant.According to No...

Food & Beverage Korea Post resumes kimchi delivery to US

South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Monday it resumed Express Mail Service (EMS) for shipping kimchi all over the ...

Travel & Leisure S.Korea releases winter schedule for weekly int’l flights

South Korea will expand its number of weekly flights this winter to Japan and Southeast Asia, two regions expected to have high demand that season, ...

Travel & Leisure S.Korean airlines see 12.87 mn int’l passengers in Q3 2023

South Korean airlines’ international passenger traffic in the third quarter reached 85% of that over the same period in 2019, the year befor...

Airlines Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn

Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...

E-commerce Live commerce app Grip aims to expand into Japan, US in 2024

Imagine you're using a shopping app. You talk to the seller, ask questions and receive answers in real-time on a livestream video. Now and then, the...

Airlines Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years

South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet on Sunday said it resumed international flights for the first time in three and a half years starting with...

Beauty & Cosmetics LG H&H's The Whoo unveils Cheongidan renewal line in Shanghai

LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday its strategy to focus on the Chinese market by unveiling a renewal version of "Cheongidan," the flagship produc...

Travel & Leisure Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19

The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. According t...

Bio & Pharma SK Bioscience buys 6.5 million Novavax shares for $83.4 million

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy 6.5 million shares in US vacc...

Fashion S.Korea sees fever for luxury goods wane in post-COVID-19 era

South Korea is seeing a gradual decline in the open run, or the practice of customers standing in line before a brand's opening at a department stor...

Travel & Leisure S.Korea in June sets post-COVID-19 monthly high in foreign visitors

The (South) Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on Friday said 961,000 foreign visitors came to the country last month, a 321.9% jump from June last ye...

Airlines S.Korea-Japan flights outpace Gimpo-Jeju in H1 2023

As Japan eased its border restrictions at the end of last year, the number of passengers on routes between South Korea and Japan in the first half o...

Travel & Leisure Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities

Sales of Japan tour and activity products to South Korean travelers have surged in recent weeks, driven by an increase in the number of independent ...

Economy S.Korean overseas card spending near pre-COVID-19 levels

South Korean residents’ overseas card use jumped in the first quarter to nearly recover levesl before the outbreak of COVID-19 on rising inter...

Bio & Pharma SK Bioscience’s COVID-19 vaccine gets approval in UK

SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Monday that its domestic COVID-19 vaccine, SKYCovione, has rec...

Earnings S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom

South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...

Travel & Leisure S.Korean's interest in Japan travel surpasses pre-No Japan levels

A survey result indicates an increased interest in travel to Japan compared to pre-No Japan boycott levels, while interest in travel to China has pl...

Bio & Pharma Cellid applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in S.Korea for COVID-19 vaccine

South Korean bio-venture Cellid Co. announced on Tuesday that it has applied for the clinical Phase 3 trial of the COVID-19 Omicron variant-specific...

Retail S.Korea’s Dongdaemun fashion district shows revival post-COVID-19

Doosan Tower, the most visible shopping mall in the Dongdaemun fashion market, is finally making a comeback. The number of foreign visitors seeking ...

COVID-19 Korea to lift most COVID-19 rules with lower crisis level

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday declared an end to most COVID-19 restrictions including mandatory quarantine for patients of the pa...

Bio & Pharma FDA suspends COVID-19 diagnostic kit of S.Korea’s SD Biosensor

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that consumers discard select models of Pilot COVID-19 self-diagnostic test kits sold on t...

Food & Beverage S.Korean foodservice companies’ entering to US expanded in 2022

South Korean foodservice companies expanded their presence in the US and Japan, while facing declining prospects in China due to COVID-19 restrictio...

Tech, Media & Telecom Number of Netflix users in S. Korea drops 30% in a year

The number of Netflix users in South Korea has decreased by more than 30% in the past year since the recovery from COVID-19. According to Byun Jae-...

Airlines S.Korea seeks to restore volume of int'l flights to pre-COVID-19 levels

Resuming flights from Incheon International Airport to and from Prague, Czech Republic, and Zurich, Switzerland, to expand its air traffic, South Ko...

Retail Top Korean food delivery app posts record profits

Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top food delivery app, posted a record profit in 2022, which also marked its first profit ...