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Auction sees girls' toys sales spike ahead of Children's Day
Apr 24, 2017
Auction, a leading online marketplace in South Korea, said Monday that sales of girls' toys have risen sharply the past week, outperforming those for boys' items, on surging demand ahead of the Children's Day holiday. Children's Day, which falls on May 5, is a public holiday in South Korea. Toy sales tend to surge around this time every year as parents and relatives rush to buy a present for their children in their families. (Yonhap)The sales of dolls, including rag dolls and animation charact
Amorepacific's Q1 net dips 15% on extended domestic slump
Apr 24, 2017
Amorepacific Corp., South Korea's top cosmetics maker, said Monday its first-quarter net profit shrank 15 percent from a year earlier, due largely to an extended slump in the domestic market amid a rapid drop in Chinese tourists. AmorePacific Corp., South Korea's top cosmetics maker, said Monday its first-quarter net profit shrank 15 percent from a year earlier, due largely to a protracted slump in the domestic market amid a rapid drop in Chinese tourists. Its net income came to 223.5 billion wo
[Advertorial] SC Bank recommends credit card benefits for May
Apr 24, 2017
Standard Chartered Bank Korea has set out a series of credit cards to benefit users during May, a month filled with holidays and celebrations such as Children’s Day, Parent’s Day and Teacher’s Day.Its E-mart 360 credit card allows users to reap benefits while shopping at Shinsegae Group’s subsidiaries. For every purchase of 100,000 won ($88) at E-mart, SSG.COM (E-mart Mall and Shinsegae Mall) and E-mart Traders, customers get 10,000 won off their credit card payment until the end of September.Al
Coupang launches 3-Day Rocket Jikgu
Apr 24, 2017
E-commerce company Coupang said Monday that it has launched a new service that provides three-day shipping for products purchased directly from overseas through its platform.Called “Rocket Jikgu,” the service covers over 80,000 products from 3,500 brands that include food, beauty, health and personal care products. When the products are purchased through Coupang, delivery from the United States is guaranteed within three days. Rocket Jikgu (Coupang)Coupang already offers directly sourced product
KOMIPO invests in facilities to tackle environmental issues
Apr 24, 2017
Public energy enterprise Korea Midland Power will spend around 1.8 trillion won ($1.59 billion) on its facilities until 2025 to combat global warming and fine dust, said the company Saturday.The company plans to cut down the amount of air pollutants from 35,600 tons in 2015 to 4,400 tons in 2025, an 88 percent decrease within a decade. One trillion won will be spent on improving the performance of its coal thermal power stations and 470 billion won on its eco-friendly facilities.Another 300 bill
Homeplus to open 10 rooftop 5-a-side fields
Apr 24, 2017
Hypermarket chain Homeplus said Monday it plans to open 10 rooftop futsal fields by the end of the year.Working in partnership with sports marketing company HM Sports, Homeplus opened its first rooftop futsal, or five-a-side soccer, field atop its branch in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, last May. Open to futsal clubs and locals, the field drew more than 14,000 children in the following 10 months, according to the company. Children take part in a soccer class at the futsal park atop Homeplus’ Ilsan b
FTC orders auto importers, dealers to revise unfair provisions
Apr 24, 2017
South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Monday that it had local units of foreign cars and dealerships revise their unfair policies on refund and maintenance services to their customers.The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it has looked into provisions and clauses of 13 businesses and discovered unfair terms that restrict the cancellation of contracts, refunds and the use of maintenance service coupons. (Yonhap)Five companies including Mercedes-Benz Korea, Jaguar Land Rover Korea Co., and Nissan K
KCS says Lotte duty-free license may be revoked
Apr 24, 2017
Lotte Duty Free may be stripped off its license to operate its branch in southern Seoul by the Korea Customs Service if Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is found guilty of bribery.According to a KCS spokesman Monday, in the event of a guilty verdict the license will be revoked “according to the guidelines set forth at the time of the tender.”Chairman Shin is currently on trial after being indicted for giving 7 billion won ($6.2 million) last May to organizations run by former President Park Ge
Daewoo Shipbuilding wins LNG carrier-related patent suit in Japan
Apr 24, 2017
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard here, said Monday that it has won its patent suit in Japan which is related to its core technology in building its fuel-efficient LNG carrier.The shipyard said that a filing by a Japanese firm with the Japanese Patent Office to nullify the South Korean shipyard's patent for the so-called Partial Re-liquefaction System was dismissed.(Yonhap)Daewoo Shipbuilding registered the patent for the PRS technology in Japan in June 2016.The same
Creditors still undecided on refund guarantee for Daewoo's latest deal
Apr 24, 2017
Creditors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a troubled shipbuilder here, still remain undecided over afor the shipyard's latest deal, further complicating troubles for one of the country's major shipyards, industry sources said Monday.On April 4, Daewoo Shipbuilding clinched a $250 million deal to build three very large crude carriers (VLCCs). Under the deal with Maran Tankers Management, a unit of Greece's largest shipper Angelicoussis Shipping Group, Daewoo Shipbuilding will del
Jeju eyes more local tourists amid decrease in Chinese visitors
Apr 23, 2017
South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju is seeking to attract more domestic tourists to offset a sharp decrease in Chinese visitors amid political tensions over the deployment of a US missile shield, industry data showed Sunday.The scenic island had been popular among Chinese tourists and property investors. But its industry was hit hard by Beijing's restriction on its citizens' trips to South Korea in an apparent retaliation for the deployment of a US missile defense system, known as THAAD
Samsung Bioepis’ Remicade biosimilar wins US FDA approval
Apr 23, 2017
South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis won the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for its biosimilar copy of Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade on Saturday, becoming a new challenger to the sales of the pharmaceutical giant’s blockbuster autoimmune disease treatment in the US. The US FDA has granted approval to Samsung’s Renflexis, a biosimilar referencing Remicade (infliximab). Akin to generics of chemical drugs, biosimilars refer to cheaper, near-replicas of live cell biologic drugs whose patents hav
[Photo News] Posco Daewoo sponsors ophthalmology patients in Uzbekistan
Apr 23, 2017
PAYING IT FORWARD -- Medical staff with Vision Care, a Seoul-based international blindness relief organization, pose with ophthalmology patients during a weeklong medical camp held at Bukhara General Hospital in Uzbekistan from April 16 to Sunday. The camp offered free surgical and ophthalmic care to roughly 1,000 Bukhara locals suffering from eye diseases such as cataracts, pterygium and blindness. It was sponsored by Posco Daewoo, the trading and construction arm of the South Korean steel gian
[Photo News] Lotte World Tower International Sky Run kicks off
Apr 23, 2017
RUN TO THE SKY -- Runners take off at the 2017 Lotte World Tower International Sky Run, held at the Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul on Sunday. The race took runners from the first floor up to the observation deck on the 123rd floor, climbing 2,917 steps. It was hosted by the Vertical World Circuit, an organization under the International Skyrunning Federation. Proceeds from the race were donated to ChildFund Korea. (Yonhap)
With Lotte's chief in crisis, ousted brother seeks to regain power
Apr 23, 2017
Shin Dong-joo to push vote by Lotte Holdings shareholders
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