Lunar New Year-themed items we found from multiple brands
We’ve noticed while scouring shops online that there are a number of Lunar New Year themed items out there to mark the annual celebration.
Hansae CEO on the Manufacturer’s Expanding Global Footprint and Vertical Strategy
Kyung Kim, CEO of Hansae Co., Ltd., spoke with Sourcing Journal about some of the company’s 2024 highlights and what is next for its vertical development and nearshoring ventures. SOURCING JOURNAL: Could you outline Hansae’s global growth and acquisition strategy?
South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, with both supporters and opponents sending hundreds of wreaths to government buildings since his December martial law declaration.
South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation
The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy. The policy reform comes after domestic and international criticism of biomass energy's link to deforestation.
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One of South Korea’s Most Popular Pot Rice Chains Opens in Los Angeles
DamSot is the latest arrival in a wave of restaurants and cafes from South Korea opening in Los Angeles. In May 2024, South Korea-based coffee shop Camel opened its first U.S. location in Silver Lake, immediately drawing lines down the block. In June 2024, one of South Korea’s biggest spicy noodle chains, Jjampong Zizon, opened in Koreatown.
Bitter Boardroom Feud for Korea Zinc Takes a Dramatic Turn
An eventful shareholder meeting provided the latest twist in the dispute between the families whose deceased patriarchs founded the company 50 years ago.
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South Korea investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon for insurrection, abuse of power
SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short ...
2 Families, in Business for 50 Years, Wage War in a South Korean Boardroom
Control of Korea Zinc, the world’s largest producer of zinc, is at stake in a battle challenging the country’s entrenched chaebol system of powerful conglomerates.
South Korea says denuclearising North Korea still goal after reports Trump called it nuclear power
South Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the denuclearisation of North Korea must continue to be the goal necessary for lasting global peace, after reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had called Pyongyang "a nuclear power.
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The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea
Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.
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North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
South Korea’s military said Friday it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers fighting in the Russian-Ukraine war suffered heavy casualties.
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South Korea braces for Trump’s policies with biggest-ever export finance support
SEOUL - South Korea pledged on Jan 20 a record amount of financing support for exporters to mitigate any negative impact from changes in US trade policies as Donald Trump was poised to be sworn in ...