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Google’s generative-artificial-intelligence service Gemini is gathering momentum in South Korea, surpassing 100,000 monthly active users for the first
The frozen-food aisle at Dollar Tree no longer serves only as a repository for basic, low-cost meals. As
As pharmaceutical companies place growing emphasis on domestic production, regulatory certainty and supply-chain resilience, competition among contract drug
Kolmar Korea has emerged with a sweeping legal win in its yearslong battle over the alleged theft of
(Photo=Nongshim) South Korea’s food exporters have shown that cultural familiarity can travel well. Instant noodles did it first. Skincare followed. Now, bottled water is testing whether the same playbook can work in a category where branding is subtle and differentiation is notoriously hard. Nongshim, the country’s largest packaged-food maker by global recognition, is positioning its bottled water brand Baeksansu as
Photo=SNS A Michelin-starred chef in South Korea has drawn attention after sharing a surprise encounter with members of global pop phenomenon BTS, offering fans a rare glimpse of the group in a relaxed, offstage setting. Hudukjuk, a prominent figure in South Korea’s Chinese cuisine scene, posted a group photo on social media showing himself alongside BTS members V, Jin, Jungkook
Photo=SK On SK On, a South Korean battery maker best known for supplying electric-vehicle batteries to global automakers, is moving into the defense sector as it seeks new growth engines beyond a slowing EV market—marking a rare push by a Korean company to compete in military-grade energy systems. The company, an affiliate of SK Group, is in talks with U.S.
(Photo=Coupang) The price of sanitary pads is rarely a catalyst for market disruption. In South Korea, it became one almost overnight. What changed was not consumer demand or raw-material costs, but a political signal. When President Lee Jae-myung publicly questioned why sanitary pads cost as much as 40% more domestically than in overseas markets, he pointed not to factories but
(Photo=Nongshim) Nongshim’s flagship instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun is gaining traction in France beyond its traditional base of Asian expatriate consumers, signaling a broader acceptance of Korean food products among European shoppers. In France, Shin Ramyun has emerged as one of the most widely recognized Korean instant noodles, increasingly consumed not as a niche ethnic product but as an everyday
