South Korea’s Lee completes cabinet lineup with IT executive, lawmaker
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped an information technology firm executive as culture minister and a ruling party lawmaker as land min...
Lee names nominees for prime minister, spy agency chief, other key posts
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday unveiled his nominees for major government posts, including prime minister and spy agency chief, i...
Korean LCCs boost travel demand to global tourist hubs
South Korean low-cost carriers (LCCs), including Air Premia Inc. and Air Busan Co., have been expanding into underserved smaller cities, but also dr...
Korean hotels bask in rising foreign visitors; travel agencies in trouble
Hotels in South Korea are booming thanks to a surge in foreign visitors on a weaker won currency, while domestic travel agencies are suffering from ...
MBK Partners under Korean tax agency scrutiny
MBK Partners, a leading North Asia-focused private equity firm, has come under a probe by South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) amid the br...
S.Korean gov't to lift two-bottle limit on duty-free alcohol
South Korean government will lift the number restriction of duty-free alcohol bottles for inbound travelers and halve the patent fees to boost the d...
Korean stocks diverge: Winners, losers of Yoon’s martial law debacle
South Korean stocks showed clear divergences on Wednesday amid a mixed market outlook as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, re...
STX to export $60 mn wheeled armored vehicles to Peru
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, said on Monday it signed a contract with Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejé...
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...
Korean duty-free shops post Q3 losses; no signs of recovery
The four major duty-free shop operators in South Korea on Thursday posted operating losses in the third quarter, marking the first quarter in almo...
Volpara to supply breast cancer SW to US Defense Health Agency
Lunit, a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, said on Monday its US subsidiary Volpara Health secured a 10 billion won ($7.5 million) contr...
Hyundai, Kia gets triple A credit rating from S.Korean agencies
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Monday they received AAA ratings, with Stable outlooks for both companies, from Korea Ratings Corp., Nice In...
North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition
North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence a...
CJ Logistics, KT&G introduce hydrogen cargo trucks
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Thursday that it deployed two 11-ton hydrogen-powered cargo trucks in the logistics division of KT&G Corp.The...
Hyundai Motor sells over 1,000 Elec City FCEV
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday it has sold more than 1,000 units of its hydrogen fuel cell bus Elec City Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) with cu...
Hyundai to develop unmanned robot for EV fire suppression
Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday that it plans to jointly develop the unmanned firefighting robot vehicle with the South Korean National Fire Ag...
Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit
Demand for overseas travel among South Koreans during the upcoming holiday grew, while the number of inbound tourists from China is expected to shri...
Shinhan SOL Travel Cards' cumulative issuance reaches 1.2 mn
South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Wednesday that the cumulative issuance of its travel-specialized card, the Shinhan SOL Travel Card (available in ...
S.Korean travel retailers face downturn without Chinese big spenders
Before COVID-19 swept the world, South Korea’s top two travel retailers Lotte Duty Free and Shilla Duty Free Shop ascended to the world’...
Naver Map sees 30% increase in foreign user base
The foreign users of Naver Map, the map service of South Korea's online platform giant Naver Corp., have a 30% increase from last year. Naver...
MezzoMedia acquires digital ad agency DBASE&
MezzoMedia, a digital marketing solutions company under South Korea's entertainment company CJ ENM Co., announced on Thursday that it acquired the d...
S.Korean travelers splurge in Japan on softer yen
South Korean travelers spent a total of 431.4 billion won ($312 million) through debit and credit cards in Japan in the first half of this year, twi...
S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA
South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...
S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up
Competition in the South Korean travel payment card market intensified as increasing overseas trips and cross-border shopping prompted credit card i...
South Korea-Japan air travelers soar to 10 mn in first five months
The number of air passengers traveling between South Korea and Japan has surpassed 10 million in the first five months of this year, setting a new r...
Jeju casinos, hotels bask in return of Chinese tourists; luxury shops fall
Following the pandemic, hotels and casinos are enjoying a renewed tourist boom with Chinese tourists returning to South Korea, particularly its top ...
Shinhan Card, Canada's Alberta to co-work for tourism
South Korea's Shinhan Card Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a strategic business agreement with the provincial government of Alberta, C...
Korea's short-selling ban impedes MSCI index upgrade
South Korea is expected to retain its MSCI’s emerging market status as the global index provider said in its June 6 report that the country&rs...
Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&
Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the brand High& for high-quality premium package travel products.High& is a...
Yanolja gains momentum with cloud, overseas trip businesses
SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co. cheered stellar earnings in the first quarter after its new businesses – cloud and outbound trip services – ...
