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Starbucks Coffee Korea launches order service via Samsung’s Bixby

Starbucks Coffee Korea said Tuesday that customers are now able to order menu items via voice commands to Bixby, Samsung’s artificial-intelligence based virtual assistant, which has been linked to St...

Apr 3, 2018
Industry
Chicken franchise sales rise in 2017 amid struggling affiliated outlets

Sales of South Korea's major chicken franchises rose in 2017 from the previous year amid a growing number of affiliated outlets going out of business due to intense competition, industry sources said...

Apr 3, 2018
Industry
DFS operating profits nosedive amid keen competition, Chinese sanctions

Operating profits of South Korea's duty-free shops declined sharply in general last year due to the cutthroat competition to attract Chinese tourists, and over Beijing's economic retaliation against ...

Apr 3, 2018
Industry
BTS becomes new models for LG Electronics' smartphones

LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it clinched a contract with South Korea's popular K-pop band BTS to promote its smartphones in the global market. Under the agreement, BTS will promote LG Electronic...

Apr 3, 2018
Industry
Bumpy road ahead to finalizing trade deal with US

Despite President Moon Jae-in hailing the latest negotiations to revise the free trade agreement with the US as a “great achievement,” the South Korean government remains flustered as the US side con...

Apr 3, 2018
Industry
Incheon Airport celebrates 17th anniversary

Incheon International Airport celebrated its 17th anniversary last week, vowing to become an airport of smart technology and handle up to 130 million passengers by 2027. Incheon International Airpor...

Apr 2, 2018
Industry
Orion wins Choco Pie trademark case in Vietnam

South Korean confectionery company Orion said Monday that it has recently won a trademark suit against a Vietnamese company for its signature product Choco Pie. Orion’s Choco Pie sold in Vietnam (Or...

Apr 2, 2018
Industry
LS C&S implements system to get employees to leave work on time

LS Cable & System Corp. said Monday it has begun implementing a system in which employees can leave work on time without putting in extra hours that was part of the corporate environment in the past....

Apr 2, 2018
Industry
Regulator finds 32 cases of alleged hiring irregularities at KEB Hana Bank

A three-week probe by Korea's financial regulator found 32 cases of alleged hiring irregularities at KEB Hana Bank in 2013, the regulator said Monday. The Financial Supervisory Service launched a pr...

Apr 2, 2018
Industry
Food companies woo health-conscious consumers with low calorie foods

South Korean food companies are introducing low calorie ice creams, instant noodles and other products to meet demand from the growing number of health-conscious consumers, industry sources said Mond...

Apr 2, 2018
Industry
[Kosdaq Star] Time for Cafe24 to reap what it sows

This is the 53rd in a series of articles analyzing major companies traded on the tech-heavy Kosdaq market. — Ed. Profitability is undeniably the key prerequisite for a firm seeking an initial public...

Apr 1, 2018
Industry
E-Mart to sell cereals made of edible insects

Korean discount store chain E-Mart will be the first in the country to provide cereals made of edible insects. The superstore chain said Sunday that it will sell three varieties of “Futureal” starti...

Apr 1, 2018
Industry
Samsung beats IBM in number of US patents: data

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics outran US tech giant IBM in the number of US patents at of the beginning of this year, data showed Sunday. LG Electronics ranked No. 7. Samsung held 75,596 US paten...

Apr 1, 2018
Industry
[IP in Korea] ‘Copyright negligence boomerangs on Korean game industry’

South Korea’s game industry, which has been enjoying an unrivaled lead in the world market, is increasingly struggling against Chinese firms copying ideas. But the developers mostly have themselves ...

Apr 1, 2018
Industry
Posco leaps toward greater 50 years ahead

Steel slabs (Posco) POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province -- A red-hot steel slab weighing around 25-30 tons passes between giant rollers at Posco’s steel mill in the nation’s southeastern city of Pohan...

Apr 1, 2018
Industry

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