SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies filed a record number of trade-remedy petitions last year, turning increasingly to anti-dumping investigations as protectionist pressures mounted worldwide and low-priced imports—largely from China—flooded the domestic market. According to data released Sunday by the Trade Commission under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korean firms submitted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI surged nearly 15 percent in early January, but the gains were unevenly distributed, with industrial and capital-intensive sectors leading the rally while consumer-related stocks lagged behind. According to data from the Korea Exchange, the transport equipment and auto parts sector posted the strongest performance between Jan. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Duty Free said Sunday it has introduced an artificial intelligence–based beauty experience zone at its Trade Center store in southern Seoul, offering customers personalized skin and makeup analysis through interactive digital tools. The pop-up space, titled “AI Beauty Trip,” will operate on the ninth floor of the Trade Center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Sunday it will release its first bathroom-specific air quality management product this week, expanding its premium home appliance lineup into a space increasingly shaped by concerns over hygiene and indoor air quality. The new product, the LG PuriCare Bath Air System, will go on sale Monday and [...]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 18, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has lodged a formal submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee inquiry into the illegal tobacco crisis in Australia, warning that current policy settings are driving the growth of an increasingly organised and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military has begun deploying the high-power Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, military sources said Sunday, as Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back called for a “balance of terror” to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat. The surface-to-surface missile — dubbed a “monster” because of its size — is designed to strike underground [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – From BTS to “KPop Demon Hunters,” the Korean culture boom has surged across music, screens, dramas, food and social media worldwide, and Luxembourg is riding the wave. The landlocked Western European country, roughly four times the size of Seoul, is proving no small player in the growing popularity of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Efforts to return Bella, a captive beluga whale housed at Lotte World Aquarium, to the wild may no longer be realistically achievable, according to members of an expert advisory panel, deepening one of South Korea’s most contentious animal welfare debates. At least three of four external members of the aquarium’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s ambitions beyond automobiles drew widespread international attention at CES 2026, as global media outlets praised the company’s emerging identity as a physical artificial intelligence and robotics powerhouse. Coverage focused on Atlas, the humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, Hyundai’s robotics subsidiary, which made its first public demonstration [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor’s compact sedan Elantra has surpassed 4 million cumulative sales in the United States, a rare achievement for a passenger car in a market dominated by sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks. The milestone, reached in December 2025, makes the Elantra the first Korean-made vehicle to exceed 4 million sales [...]