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Travel & Leisure S.Korean overseas card spending posts record $5.71 bn in Q3

With the increase in international travel during the summer, overseas card spending by South Korean residents reached a record high in the third qua...

Electronics Samsung unveils 2024 monitors at Summer Game Fest

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its new 2024 monitor models at the largest North American game show Summer Game Fest, held at the YouTube Theater i...

Korean games Smilegate to host CFS Summer Championship 2023 in Vietnam

Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher, announced on Monday that it will host the "CFS Summer Championship 2023" in co...

Travel & Leisure Seoul is fourth most searched global city for summer travel: survey

The South Korean capital of Seoul is surging in global popularity as a summer travel destination amid the first peak summer season since COVID-19 we...

Retail Starbuck’s seasonal giveaways still popular in S.Korea

Starbucks Korea announced on Sunday that the amount of application access increased by 50% on average compared to the previous day on last Thursday,...

Airlines Asiana Airline boosts flights to China as demand recovers

Asiana Airlines Inc. said on Thursday that it would increase its flights to China by nearly nine times from this month, aiming to restore half of it...

Food & Beverage Starbucks Korea conducts voluntary recall on giveaway items

Starbucks Korea, owned by South Korean retail juggernaut E-Mart, conducts a voluntary recall of its line of summer travel bags, following health c...

Culture & Trends Chinese game Genshin Impact's summer fest draws large crowds in Seoul

Shanghai-based game developer and publisher miHoYo Co. on Wednesday wrapped up its well-attended week-long Genshin 2022 Summer Festival in Seoul.&nb...

Food & Beverage Starbucks Korea issues apology for carcinogen-containing merch

Starbucks Korea issued a public apology on Thursday regarding the recent allegations over its line of summer travel bags containing a toxic chemical...

Entertainment Netflix reports jump in users, calls Squid Game its most popular show ever

Netflix Inc. added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter, more than the company had forecast, as viewers flocked to the streaming platform wi...

K-pop BTS smooths Butter at Billboard Music Awards; scoops up 4 awards

BTS is unstoppable. The K-pop boy band continues to set fresh records -- becoming the first Korean band to scoop up four awards at the 2021 Billboar...