SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles reached an all-time high in 2022, boosted by the global popularity of Korean food and culture, data showed Thursday. The country exported US$862 million worth of noodles, including instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, and udon noodles, last year, up 12 percent from [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — At South Korea’s biggest enterprises, the highest-paid executives made 16 times more than the median worker last year, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. Leaders Index analyzed data from 282 Korean companies that disclosed information on their highest-paid earners for last year. The annual wage of these companies’ highest-paid executives [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail sales in South Korea grew 7.9 percent on-year in February on rising demand for fashion, tourism and other items as people increasingly adapted to post-pandemic life amid eased antivirus restrictions, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The combined sales of 25 major offline and online retailers came to 13.1 [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s duty-free sales rose nearly 37 percent on-month in February, industry data showed Monday, as China resumed short-term entry for Korean travelers. Combined sales at duty-free shops in Asia’s fourth-largest economy came to 1.09 trillion won (US$837.4 million) last month, up 36.7 percent from a month earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hitejinro Co., South Korea’s leading beverage company, said Monday its annual exports of soju hit a new record high last year, thanks to the Korean distilled liquor’s surging global popularity. Hitejinro said it posted US$120 million in soju exports last year, up 16.4 percent from a year earlier. It [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — BGF Retail Co., the operator of CU convenience stores, said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with domestic start-up KEIL to convert near-expired food items into feed for mealworms. Under terms of the MOU, BGF Retail will provide the near-expired food items waiting for disposal at [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food and beverage giant SPC Group on Thursday said its bakery chain Paris Baguette opened its first store in Canada. The store, which was opened on the first floor of the Yonge Sheppard Centre in Toronto, will pave the way for Paris Baguette to expand its presence [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s home shopping channels are placing a larger focus on sales of tour products with travel demand rebounding after being dampened during the pandemic period. Home shopping company GS Shop on Wednesday announced plans to air a tour package featuring the venues of popular TV entertainment programs. The [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the American fast [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Shopping Co. said Wednesday that it will begin construction of a fulfillment center later this year in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, using technology from Britain’s Ocado Group Plc., as part of the retail giant’s efforts to strengthen its e-grocery business. Set to be built by [...]