grocery items

E-commerce Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisit...

Beauty & Cosmetics Korea launches $27 mn fund to invest in K-beauty startups

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Thursday announced the launch of a 40 billion won ($27 million) fund to invest in Korean beauty...

Economy S.Korea logs current account surplus in Jan; Growth slows

South Korea reported a current account surplus for 21 straight months in January but with a moderated gain largely due to a contraction in the goods...

Mergers & Acquisitions S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis at forefront to acquire TMON

South Korea’s grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp., which has been looking to expand its e-commerce market at home and abroad, is seeking to ...

E-commerce S.Korea's dawn delivery pioneer Kurly sells luxury goods to uplift profit

Kurly Inc., South Korea's dawn delivery service market pioneer, has invited a third-party online retailer to sell luxury goods on its platform to bo...

Steel POSCO shutters wire rod mill in Korea on supply glut

POSCO, the world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, said on Tuesday it has shut down a wire rod mill in South Korea as rising exports from China ha...

Logistics Hyundai Glovis to build logistics complex in Korea’s top port city

Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of the world’s third-largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish a logistics complex in Bu...

Retail Lotte Mart to launch grocery shopping app

South Korea's Lotte Mart and Lotte Super will introduce a grocery-focused app, Lotte Mart Zeta, in the first half of next year to expand its digital...

Food & Beverage S.Korea's SPC Samlip launches B2B brand 'Yaam'

SPC Samlip Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, announced Wednesday that it has launched a B2B solutions bran...

IPOs Korea’s MeatBox to go public despite other failed grocery platform IPOs

MeatBox Global Inc., South Korea’s online livestock product sales platform operator, aims for an initial public offering valued at up to 28.5 ...

Beauty & Cosmetics Cosmax NBT gets more FAPAS certification

Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Monday that it ...

Banking & Finance Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets

South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...

E-commerce Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street

South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. is poised to acquire the country’s leading e-commerce operator 11Street Co. to ramp up its ...

Corporate governance Woori adopts Samsung culture index for internal controls

Woori Financial Group has adopted Samsung Electronics Co.'s Samsung Culture Index (SCI) to tighten its internal controls, which will be given more w...

E-commerce Korea scraps ban on online purchase of 80 items from abroad

South Korea has scrapped a plan to ban direct purchases of some 80 items from overseas e-commerce platforms, a government office said on Sunday, aft...

Electronics Samsung releases new Bespoke AI Family Hub product

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday the launch of a new "Bespoke AI Family Hub" refrigerator, designed to offer new AI experiences in everyd...

Beauty & Cosmetics Aekyung AGE20's to enter US cosmetics market

South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distri...

Retail Korea leads global online shopping trend for used luxury goods

South Koreans are leading the trend of buying used luxury goods online with top-end products such as Rolex watches and Hermes bags among the hottest...

Economy South Korea tightens export controls to Russia, Belarus

South Korea will halt shipments of nearly 700 additional items, including rechargeable batteries, heavy equipment and cars with 2,000 and larger-lit...

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...

Korean games Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...

Food & Beverage Paris Baguette opens 7 new stores in SE Asia in one month

Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Tuesday that it opened seven stores in Southeast Asia in on...

Bio & Pharma Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024

Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra (the US product name for Remsima SC) is set to be lau...

Korean games South Korean game developers spin off fashion brands

South Korean gaming companies are eyeing the fashion industry in a bid to diversify their revenue sources by broadening the fan base for their popul...

Electronics LG Elec woos US home appliance buyers with smart features

LG Electronics Inc. is ramping up efforts to attract premium home appliance buyers in North America with the "UP Kit" collection of home appliance a...

Metaverse SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Food & Beverage Mom's Touch to open pop-up store in Tokyo

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. on Wednesday announced that it plans to open its first overseas pop-up store "...

Retail Lotte Mart at Seoul Station redesigned to lure foreign shoppers

South Korea’s Lotte Mart reopened its hypermarket at Seoul train station on Thursday following a four-month renovation to attract more foreign...

Electronics LG Electronics rolls out 118-inch micro LED TV at US trade show

LG Electronics Inc. has launched a second massive micro LED TV for those wanting a premium cinema experience at home.The company on Monday said it u...

Retail Homeplus enters Mongolian market with PB products

South Korean big-box retailer Homeplus has entered the Mongolian market for the first time, signing a strategic partnership with the country's ret...