SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The price of the luxury apple mango bingsu sold at high-end hotels has exceeded 100,000 won. Bingsu is a traditional Korean ice dessert topped with red beans, which comes in a bowl of shaved frozen milk or condensed milk, resembling fluffy snow, with various toppings of choice. The Four [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The relaxation of virus curbs and the rapidly increasing cost of eating out are bringing changes to the lunchtime culture for office workers. A survey conducted by market researcher Embrain Trend Monitor of 1,000 office workers between 19 and 59 years old revealed that 50.8 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Men and women in South Korea have different interests when it comes to home appliances, an IT service company said Monday. LG CNS Co., a unit of LG Group, analyzed the user behaviors of its home community platform 220 Cord & Code and found that women are about 2.4 [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The neologism “DeukTem” (득템) in Korean refers to the act of obtaining an item, where “Deuk” means “to get” and “Tem” means “item”. Originally coined in the context of acquiring valuable items in online games, the term has been adapted to describe situations where one acquires a particularly good [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In the hit Netflix series “The Glory,” actress Song Hye-kyo takes on the role of Moon Dong-eun, a woman seeking revenge. To accurately portray the character, Song underwent significant weight loss, achieved through her dietary choice of konjac rice. Speaking in an interview, Song revealed, “As the filming period [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean food industry is following the eco-friendly trend by introducing a variety of products made from recycled food byproducts. CJ Cheiljedang Corp. has introduced a snack made with cracked rice and pureed soybean. Since its release in April last year, it was only available at pop-up stores [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With high inflation putting financial pressure on households, an increasing number of consumers are opting for frozen products, even in the categories of fruits and vegetables. According to South Korean discount retailer E-Mart Inc., the company’s sales of frozen vegetables marked a 22.4 percent growth over the past year [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hangover relievers have increased due to an increase in drinking parties as COVID-19 becomes endemic. Pills, sticks, and jelly products have become popular among the MZ generation as they are simpler and more delicious than the drink formulation. Sales of drinks increased by 61.6% year-on-year, but jelly [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) —Homeplus, a large discount store in South Korea, has reported a 36% increase in sales of its own-brand “Homeplus Signature” products from January to March compared to the same period last year. The sales of private label products were particularly high in food categories such as refrigerated convenience foods, snacks, [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — As mixology, a term for mixing various types of alcoholic drinks, is gaining popularity, convenience store chain operators are diversifying their alcohol ranges by releasing highballs, a type of cocktail normally made with Scotch whisky and carbonated water. CU released a lemon highball in collaboration with local artist Chungshin. [...]