Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s obesity-drug market is moving toward a three-way battle that could put new pressure on pricing and market share. For U.S. pharmaceutical companies and investors tracking the global GLP-1 market, the potential arrival of a lower-cost Korean treatment could offer a glimpse of how local competitors may challenge established drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro. Hanmi Pharmaceutical is

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s expanding creator economy is opening new opportunities for global media, advertising and digital-content companies, but the growth is exposing a sharp divide within the country’s creative industries. Income for traditional writers, painters and related artists has fallen even as the number of digital creators—and the money flowing through the sector—has surged. For U.S. media companies, streaming platforms,

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s rapid recovery in live entertainment is creating a new consideration for U.S. concert promoters, entertainment companies and investors: tax compliance. As international artists return to the country in growing numbers, South Korean authorities are stepping up efforts to track payments to foreign performers and recover taxes that may have gone unreported. The National Tax Service collected 55.63

(Photo=Pixabay) South Korea is one of Asia’s wealthiest economies, but a growing number of younger consumers are responding to higher living costs in a distinctly frugal way. Instead of simply hunting for cheaper restaurants, some are buying less food, including half-size rolls of gimbap, as the cost of even basic everyday meals continues to rise. The shift is taking place

(Photo=MotionElements) Higher U.S. interest rates and the global rush into artificial intelligence and semiconductors are changing where investors are willing to take risk, and South Korea’s biotech market is emerging as one of the clearest examples of that shift. Earlier this year, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies occupied seven of the 10 largest positions on the KOSDAQ, South Korea’s main market