SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the widespread boycott following export restrictions imposed by Japan, the large discount store and convenience store industry decided to exclude Japanese products from its import beer discount promotions. Three major retailers – E-Mart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus – have effectively suspended new orders for Japanese beer as a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 in 10 South Koreans are taking part in a boycott of Japanese products amid growing public resentment over Tokyo’s export restrictions, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 504 adults nationwide conducted Wednesday by pollster Realmeter, 62.8 percent said they were participating in the anti-Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s delivery service and market workers who are affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, a militant labor umbrella group, on Wednesday declared their participation in the ongoing nationwide boycott of Japanese products. The Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union and the Korean Mart Labor Union announced their [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid Japan’s recent trade offensive against South Korea and the ensuing boycott movement in the nation against Japanese products, Coupang Inc., a major e-commerce platform in the country, is suffering from accusations that it is a Japanese company. The accusers point to the fact that Masayoshi Son, a Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the nationwide boycott of Japanese products, a boycott of Japanese medicines, which has been weak and ineffective, is actively taking place online. The boycott online is characterized by a new form of “not selling” boycotts by self-employed people beyond consumers’ “not buying.” In the midst of this, some [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 7 out of 10 Koreans plan to participate in a boycott against Japanese products amid Japan’s measures to impose restrictions on exports to South Korea. According to a survey conducted by Realmeter commissioned by Traffic Broadcasting System (TBS), of the total survey participants, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A boycott campaign against Japanese products and services is becoming a nationwide movement. The boycott started after Japan imposed trade restrictions against South Korea. Amid the boycott, a series of statistics show that the number of reservations for trips to Japan has dropped significantly. Hana Tour, the nation’s leading [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, the South Korean unit of British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, nearly halved over the past two years in the wake of widespread consumer boycotts, industry sources said Wednesday. Local civic groups launched boycotts as the company sold home humidifier sterilizers using [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea and China have called for a temporary truce over THAAD woes after controversy erupted when APA Hotel, a Japanese hotel chain, placed history books denying Japan’s wartime sex slavery and the Nanking Massacre at its locations. “The boycott against APA Hotel was introduced to the Chinese public through [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A boycott is perhaps the most effective way for consumers to protest against a company’s malpractice or alleged misconduct. The practice is also common in Korea, with several big-name companies facing boycotts in recent years. Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was confronted with nationwide rage for selling deadly humidifier sterilizers that [...]