CHANGWON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jewelry store owners in South Korea’s Changwon region are on high alert following a recent theft of millions of won worth of precious metals, amid record-high gold prices. According to the Korea Precious Metals Retailers Association on February 11, jewelry store owners in South Gyeongsang Province are sharing descriptions of [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – From May 28 to July 28, the Seoul Craft Museum will present “Beyond Ornament: Utterance,” a landmark contemporary jewelry exchange exhibition between South Korea and Austria, the museum announced on May 27. This exhibition marks the first major artistic jewelry exchange since the two nations established diplomatic ties in 1892, [...]
INCHEON, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Alarmingly high levels of cancer-causing heavy metals have been detected in inexpensive jewelry sold on popular Chinese e-commerce platforms, prompting South Korean customs officials to crack down on the hazardous imports. The Incheon Central Customs Office announced on April 5 that tests on 404 jewelry items purchased from sites [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An Indian exporter has been arrested for allegedly exporting cheap gold jewelry from his country to the United States by labeling them as South Korean goods, the customs agency here said Friday. The man, whose identity was withheld, was arrested and indicted by the U.S.’ Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Dok2 has appealed a court ruling ordering him to pay an unpaid jewelry bill to a jeweler in Los Angeles, court officials said Wednesday. Last month, the 31-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Lee Joon-kyung, was ordered by the Seoul Southern District Court to give 41.2 [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty, K-fashion…the list goes on. But the latest K-trend that is showing significant growth is ‘K-jewelry’. According to Lotte Duty Free on July 3, Q2 sales of domestic jewelry brands at its duty free stores across Korea increased by 80 percent compared to Q2 2015. It’s a [...]