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Investors in YG Entertainment including the National Pension Service have suffered losses of around 200 billion won ($169.2 million) over the past six months, according to Korea Exchange data. Bro...
Korea Investment Value Asset Management announced on June 10 that it had bought 440,000 additional shares of Korean entertainment powerhouse JYP Entertainment. With the purchase, KIVAM, the second-bi...
Liquor prices are continuing to increase across South Korea, the latest being those from Lotte Liquor, industry sources said on June 1. Starting this month, prices of liquor from Lotte Chilsung Beve...
Faced with mounting criticism from shareholders, South Korean entertainment powerhouse S.M. Entertainment announced on May 31 that it will consider handing out dividends for the first time since it w...
“Parasite,” the winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, has not only become a source of national pride but also a boon for its investors. The movie, the seventh from director Bong...
South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform cafe24 announced on May 27 that it has signed a partnership deal with short video mobile app TikTok. TikTok is a popular video platform which allows users...
Kurly, operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, on May 24 announced that it has secured an additional 35 billion won investment from China-based Hillhouse Capital in its series D round. I...
GS Home Shopping, a leading home shopping channel operator here, said May 26 that it has invested $1.2 million in Luxstay, a Vietnamese home-sharing platform that targets the Southeast Asian market. ...
The ubiquitous toys of domestic toy seller Sonokong range from the megahit transformation car-robots “Turning Mecard” to “Sofy Ruby” (also spelled Sophie Ruby), an ordinary girl on an adventure to sa...
CJ Cheiljedang said on May 23 that the US private equity fund Bain Capital has invested $320 million in its American unit. Bain Capital will acquire a 27 percent stake in CJ Cheiljedang’s wholly ...
Hot Toys, a maker of collectible figures from popular movies, has voluntarily revised its pricing policy on its figures after being probed by South Korea’s antitrust regulator, an official said on Ma...
The number of personal mugs and tumblers used at Starbucks stores nationwide has nearly tripled since the coffee franchise introduced a discount program for users of reusable cups a year ago in accor...
Shinsegae International on May 3 announced that it has launched new coworking space “Scale Up” for startups in the lifestyle-related industry in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul. In April, the compan...
Blue Bottle Coffee will officially debut in Seoul later this week, a South Korean affiliate of the upscale US coffee chain operator said on April 30. The new cafe will open in Seoul’s eastern Seo...
South Korean massage chair maker Bodyfriend announced on April 26 that it has decided to officially drop its recent plans to go public. The decision came after it failed to get preliminary screening...
Bithumb, Yeogi Eottae, HanaTour indicted for data leak
Samsung Galaxy Fold is now ready for launch: Samsung Display exec
KTB Securities Thailand seeks listing on solid profits
S.M. Entertainment pressed to answer activist shareholder’s demands
Goldman Sachs lowers growth forecast for S. Korea, expects two rates cuts
SK hynix’s new China plant to stay idle over Huawei fallout
Taxi-sharing app operator Kornatus snaps W1.2b funds
Samsung Display continues to lead in mobile market: IHS
June 20, 2019
