SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ overseas card spending fell by the largest margin in three years in the first quarter from three months earlier due mainly to a decline in overseas direct purchases, data showed Friday. The amount of money spent overseas by South Koreans with credit and debit cards came to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid an increase in the number of South Koreans who are engaged in direct purchases of electronics goods and home appliances from foreign countries, the most popular item turned out to be audio devices such as wireless earphones. The Korea Consumer Agency received a total of 5,002 cases of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ direct purchases from overseas online malls more than doubled in the past five years in terms of value, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Park Hong-geun of the ruling Democratic Party said the number of Koreans’ overseas online direct buying jumped to 42.99 million in 2019 [...]