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Korea’s golf apparel market shrinks as golf boom fizzles
A golf clothes store within a department store in Korea The heyday of South Korea’s golf apparel market seems to…
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LG CNS’ marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Thursday that its Marketing Optimization…
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Naver beleaguered by weak Korean businesses amid Line woes
Naver headquarters in South Korea (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Kora’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic…
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Korea scraps ban on 80-item online purchase from abroad
Lee Jung-won (fourth from left), second deputy chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, speaks during a media briefing…
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SKC to build world’s top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Chief Executive Park Woncheol speaks at groundbreaking ceremony for biodegradable plastic plant in Hai Phong, Vietnam on May 11…
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Chinese group tours to Korea poised for strong revival
Chinese group tourists shopping at Lotte Duty Free shop in Myeong-dong, Seoul on May 7, 2024 (Courtesy of Lotte Duty…
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VC firm DSC Investment forms Korea’s largest secondary fund
DSC Investment (Photo captured from DSC’s website) South Korean asset manager DSC Investment has formed the country’s largest-ever fund for…
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Shilla Duty Free to co-work with China’s largest lifestyle info platforms
South Korea’s Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Thursday that it partnered with Meituan and Dazhong Dianping, China’s largest travel…
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OECD sharply revises up S.Korea GDP forecast after strong Q1
Containers are stacked to be loaded on ships in a port in South Korea The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
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Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays
Foreigners at Myeong-dong, international tourists’ top destination in Seoul, on April 30, 2024 (By Bum-June Kim) South Korean retailers and…
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STIC Investments to sell Korea’s top mobile coupon platform
The logo of Coop Marketing (Courtesy of Coop Marketing) Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments is set to sell Coop…
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Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March
Shoppers and tourists in the Myeongdong shopping district South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing…
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MBK to delist Korean e-commerce Connectwave after tender offer
The logos of Connectwave and its e-commerce platforms (Courtesy of Connectwave) MBK Partners, one of the largest Asian private equity…
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Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute
A Lotte hypermarket in China South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park…
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Starfield launches 4th annual balloon festival with iconic character displays
Starfield, a chain of large shopping malls owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean retail company, announced on Friday that its…
