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

(Photo=Celltrion) Celltrion is accelerating its push into Europe’s biosimilar market as Omlyclo, its first-to-market omalizumab biosimilar, gains traction in Spain following a series of public tender wins in key regions. The South Korea–based biopharmaceutical company said its Spanish unit was selected as the top-ranked supplier in a major public procurement tender in Catalonia late last year, marking the product’s first

Photo=Instagram Two prominent South Korean actors are facing growing public scrutiny following media reports alleging aggressive tax practices involving family-owned corporations, renewing debate over how celebrities manage income through closely held entities. Local media reported on February 1 (local time) that actor Kim Seon-ho is under investigation for allegedly using a family-run company to reduce tax liabilities, shortly after similar