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[Photo News] Lotte World Mall offers Mercedes rides home
Jan 30, 2017
Lotte World Mall is offering shoppers who live within 10 kilometers of the mall a ride home in a Mercedes-Benz E350 if they spend more than 30,000 won ($25) using Lotte’s L.Pay system. The event will give rides to up to 100 customers daily from Monday to Thursday. (Lotte Asset Development)
China tightens regulations as Korean cosmetics ride high
Jan 30, 2017
Korean cosmetics companies face uncertainty as China turns up pressure in response to THAAD
Air passenger numbers break record in 2016
Jan 30, 2017
The number of air passengers flying through Korea rose to a record high in 2016 with high growth in both domestic and international air travel, according to the Transport Ministry on Monday.Last year, there were a total of 103.9 million journeys by air in Korea. Travelers crowd Incheon International Airport on Monday, the last day of the Lunar New Year Holiday. (Yonhap)Domestic travel rose 10.5 percent on-year to 30.9 million trips, while international travel rose 18.8 percent to 73 million.The
Ramyeon exports nearly triple over past decade
Jan 30, 2017
Exports of South Korean-made instant noodles, or ramyeon, nearly tripled over the past decade, as their popularity has been spreading beyond China and Asia to the United States, Middle East and Europe, industry agencies said Monday.The nation's ramyeon exports totaled $290.4 million in 2016, up 32.7 percent from the previous annual record of $218.8 million set in 2015, according to figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Korea International Trade Associat
Global chip market forecast to grow 7.3% annually through 2021
Jan 30, 2017
The global memory chip market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 7.3 percent till 2021, on the back of solid demand and higher prices, data showed Monday. The global market size for DRAM and NAND flash is forecast to reach $109.9 billion in 2021, up from last year's estimated $77.3 billion, according to the data compiled by industry tracker IC Insights and other industry sources. Samsung Electronics Co.'s DRAM product (Samsung Electronics Co.)The DRAM market, which was the catalyst for the
Korea's used car sales hit record in 2016
Jan 30, 2017
More than 3.7 million used cars were traded in South Korea last year, hitting a record high, data showed Sunday.The number of used cars newly registered with the authorities during the year totaled 3.78 million, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. It marks an increase from 3.66 million in 2015, 3.46 million in 2014, 3.37 million in 2013 and 3.28 million in 2012. Used cars are for sale in this file photo. (Yonhap)The continued expansion of the second-hand car market i
Korean cosmetics exports rise on Chinese consumption in 2016
Jan 29, 2017
South Korea's cosmetics industry saw its exports rise by more than 40 percent last year in large part thanks to Chinese consumers' bigger spending power and their increasing interests in grooming and beauty products, industry experts said Sunday.According to data from the Korea International Trade Association, exports of skincare and makeup products amounted toUS$3.97 billion last year, up 44.3 percent from US$2.75 billion.The number doubled from the 2014 figure of US$1.79 billion. Among the exp
Minister calls for more robust restructuring of troubled industries
Jan 25, 2017
South Korea’s finance minister vowed Monday to carry on restructuring and supporting troubled industries this year, urging two state-owned policy lenders to continue their efforts. Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho led a ministerial-level meeting in Seoul to discuss detailed plans on revamping four key industrial sectors -- shipbuilding, shipping, steelmaking and petroleum. “We have to carry out sweeping reform in earnest based on the principle and framework we set last year,&rdquo
[Newsmaker] Posco chief assumes second term amid scandal, growing uncertainty
Jan 25, 2017
Despite improvements, Kwon faces calls to cut ties with politics, to seek new engine growth
STX Shipbuilding ordered to compensate shareholders for accounting fraud
Jan 25, 2017
A lower court has ordered cash-strapped STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. to compensate its minority shareholders for losses they suffered due to its accounting fraud, court records showed Wednesday.The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of 290 plaintiffs who sued the shipbuilder, former STX Group Chairman Kang Duk-soo and the accounting firm Samjong KPMG, and ordered the defendants to pay a total of some 4.9 billion won ($4.2 million) in damages. (Yonhap)The court said Kang, who led the
Europe approves Lantus biosimilar developed by MSD
Jan 25, 2017
European Medicines Agency approves MSD’s Lusduna developed with partial funding from Samsung Bioepis
E-Land, V-Grass agree Teenie Weenie deal
Jan 25, 2017
Retail firm E-Land Group said Wednesday that it has closed a deal to sell its youth clothing brand Teenie Weenie to China’s V-Grass Fashion for 5.13 billion yuan ($751.2 million).“The two companies successfully closed the deal believing that after E-Land successfully introduced Teenie Weenie to the enormous Chinese market, V-Grass will be able to grow it into a global brand,” said an executive with E-Land. V-Grass is a women’s fashion company in China. A Teenie Weenie store in China (E-Land Grou
LG Household & Health Care profits hit record
Jan 25, 2017
Personal care product manufacturer LG Household & Health Care said Tuesday that it saw a record-breaking fourth quarter in 2016 with 1.5 trillion won ($1.28 billion) in sales and 178 billion won in operating profits.The nearly 10 percent rise in sales and 20 percent rise in operating profits continues a trend of consecutive growth for the company since 2005. (LG Household & Health Care)Approximately half of the company’s sales, or 798 billion won, came from the cosmetics category. LG H&H continu
Hyundai Motor Q4 net plunges 30.1%
Jan 25, 2017
South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. suffered a huge setback in its profit in the fourth quarter of last year, the company said Wednesday.Net profit came to 1.07 trillion won ($918.5 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, down 30.1 percent from the same period in 2015, the company said in a regulatory filing. Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2017. (Yonhap file photo)Sales slipped 0.9 percent on-year to 24.54 trillion
Korea's seaport cargo rose to record high in 2016
Jan 25, 2017
The volume of cargo processed at South Korea's seaports reached a record high last year despite a global economic slump and the collapse of the country's leading shipper, the government said Wednesday.Cargo handled at seaports across the nation totaled 1.5 billion tons in 2016, up 2.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Trade cargo totaled 1.23 billion tons, while domestic shipments came to 265 million tons. This file photo shows containers waiting for
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