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Steak paired more with soju than wine: data

Contrary to popular belief, steak is paired more often with soju than wine in Korea, showed sales data from convenience stores here. According to convenience store chain GS25, soju, or Korean distil...

May 23, 2018
Industry
Eating-out costs, food prices jump over past year

Eating-out expenses and prices of processed foods in South Korea have risen significantly over the past year, data showed Wednesday, in an additional burden to local consumers. According to the data...

May 23, 2018
Industry
Budget carriers' earnings take off in Q1

Budget carriers in South Korea saw their earnings more than double in the first quarter thanks mainly to their efforts to diversify air routes, data showed Wednesday. According to the data from indu...

May 23, 2018
Industry
Korea becomes first non-European Eureka partner country

Korea has become the first non-European partner country of Eureka, laying the foundation for Korean companies to jump into the global market. Eureka is the world’s largest research and development n...

May 23, 2018
Industry
[Contribution] Korea sees the forests and the trees

The phrase “he can’t see the forest for the trees” refers to a person who is so bogged down in the minutiae of a problem that he cannot see the big picture. It happens to all of us; sometimes we are ...

May 22, 2018
Industry
Korea to adopt neural machine translation for patent administration

South Korea will adopt neural machine translation technologies for its patent administration in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to the Korean Intellectual Pro...

May 22, 2018
Industry
Sales of jelly candies soar upon rising popularity among adults

Jelly candies are seeing increasing popularity among South Koreans, rising as an alternative for traditionally preferred hard candy and chewing gum, industry data showed Tuesday. According to a loca...

May 22, 2018
Industry
[Photo News] LG Chairman Koo Bon-moo is laid to rest

LG CHAIRMAN LAID TO REST — Mourners pay their respects to LG Group’s late chairman Koo Bon-moo at the Seoul National University Hospital on Tuesday morning, before his body is moved to the cemetery. ...

May 22, 2018
Industry
Department store sales bolstered by May holidays

Department store sales rose upwards this month on the strength of several family-oriented holidays and special occasions, retail industry data showed Tuesday. Numbers provided by major South Korean ...

May 22, 2018
Industry
Hyundai cancels corporate overhaul plan on opposition

Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday canceled a key spinoff merger plan in a setback to its corporate restructuring amid stepped-up opposition campaigns by some investors. The decision comes as global hedge ...

May 21, 2018
Industry
Ministry holds first regional IR for foreign companies

The Korean government held its first regional investor relations activities called the “caravan for foreign investment” in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, with the aim of helping to reach $20 bi...

May 21, 2018
Industry
[Feature] Foodmakers fight the MSG fiction

Food additives market evolves as consumer aversion to MSG remains despite studies proving safety

May 21, 2018
Industry
Industry, political heavyweights pay respects to late LG chairman

South Korean business tycoons as well as heavyweights from the political circle continued to visit late LG Chairman Koo Bon-moo’s altar on Monday to pay their respects and offer their condolences. K...

May 21, 2018
Industry
GC Pharma establishes new vaccine development unit in US

GC Pharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company formerly known as Green Cross, on Monday announced the establishment of a new vaccine development unit, Curevo Inc., in the US. The new Seattle-...

May 21, 2018
Industry
Survey shows UK adults against tobacco plain packaging policy

One year on from the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco in the UK, new research commissioned by Japan Tobacco International and conducted by independent polling company Kantar TNS, revealed ...

May 21, 2018
Industry

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