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NBA YoungBoy Says South Korea Feels Better Than America and He Does Not Want to Go Back

NBA YoungBoy Says South Korea Feels Better Than America and He Does Not Want to Go Back

(Photo=Open Thoughts Youtube capture) American rapper NBA YoungBoy, the 26-year-old Baton Rouge native who built a large following through a prolific run of hip-hop releases, says his first visit to South Korea has left him with no desire to return to the United States to live. YoungBoy made the comments during an appearance on comedian and internet personality Funny Marco’s

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LOTTE Biologics’ Songdo Bio Campus Plant 1 Receives “Excellent” G-SEED Rating

LOTTE Biologics’ Songdo Bio Campus Plant 1 Receives “Excellent” G-SEED Rating

Photo=LOTTE Biologics Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2026 — LOTTE Biologics (Co-CEOs James Park and Yoo-yeol Shin) is strengthening its ESG competitiveness in the global biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market, following recognition of the sustainable design and construction of Plant 1 at its Songdo Bio Campus. LOTTE Biologics announced that Plant 1 at the Songdo Bio Campus

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BIGBANG’s Comeback Tests the Global Value of K-Pop’s Veteran Acts

BIGBANG’s Comeback Tests the Global Value of K-Pop’s Veteran Acts

Photo=YG Entertainment For U.S. music companies and investors, BIGBANG’s return offers a test of whether established K-pop acts can turn decades-old hits and loyal global fandoms into a new cycle of stadium-scale revenue. The group opened its 20th-anniversary world tour on Aug. 21, returning to the stage for the first time in nine years and showing how the K-pop business

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Chey Tae-won’s SK hynix Leads South Korea’s Record Shareholder Return Shift

Chey Tae-won’s SK hynix Leads South Korea’s Record Shareholder Return Shift

Photo=SK Group South Korea’s semiconductor boom is triggering an unprecedented shift in how companies return cash to investors, putting SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won at the center of a transformation that could make Korean stocks more attractive to U.S. investors and help narrow the country’s long-standing “Korea discount.” SK hynix’s record share buyback and cancellation, followed days later by Samsung

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South Korea’s Alcohol Market Shrinks as Consumers Go Sober

South Korea’s Alcohol Market Shrinks as Consumers Go Sober

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s alcohol market is entering a structural decline, creating a new battleground for beverage companies and investors as younger consumers drink less and shift toward low- and no-alcohol alternatives. The trend mirrors a broader global wellness movement and could favor companies able to capture premium growth in nonalcoholic beverages, ready-to-drink products and new drinking occasions rather than rely

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