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South Korea's overseas direct investment fell for the first time in three years in 2023 amid an economic slowdown in China and geopolitical uncertainties, the finance ministry said Friday. Investments made by South Korean companies declined 22.2 percent on-year to come to $63.38 billion last year,...
With increasing complaints from Korean consumers regarding the quality of products and the prevalence of knock-off items they purchased from Chinese e-commerce platforms, the country’s antitrust regulator vowed to strengthen the monitoring of foreign operators’ unfair business practices and uphol...
The Korean stock market rallied early Wednesday, with the benchmark Kospi breaking above 2,700 points during trading hours for the first time in nearly two years as the market tracked overnight Wall Street gains. The local benchmark Kospi touched 2,701.45 points during trading hours. The peak came...
South Korea's antitrust regulator said Wednesday it will strengthen the monitoring of unfair business acts by foreign platform operators and equally apply relevant domestic laws to them for swift and stern punishment for any illegalities. They are part of a set of measures presented by the Fair Tr...
Sales of imported cars from luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Bentley have plummeted in South Korea during the first two months of 2024, coinciding with the government's implementation of lime green license plates for corporate-owned luxury vehicles worth over 80 million won ($61,50...
The government’s measures aimed at increasing shareholder returns to boost Korea's undervalued stock market have sparked much debate on their effectiveness due to the lack of motivational drivers for companies to join the program. In the Corporate Value-up Program announced by the Financial Servi...
South Korea’s fruit consumption has diminished by almost 20 percent over the past 15 years amid supply shortages and soaring prices, government data found Sunday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the nation’s per capita fruit consumption declined by 19 percent to...
South Korea's antitrust watchdog has taken steps to penalize Meta Platforms for allegedly failing to protect local consumers on its e-commerce platforms of Facebook and Instagram, sources said Friday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded its investigation into Meta's purported violations ...
Fair Trade Commission Chair Han Ki-jeong on Thursday shared the key policies of the antitrust regulator for this year, including the controversial anti-monopoly platform bill, at a conference hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea. “The Fair Trade Commission will strive to establish ...
With the unprecedented global rally of bitcoin seen earlier this week, the “kimchi premium,” referring to the price discrepancy in cryptocurrency between Korea and other international markets, has soared as well. The gap had widened to 12 percent as of 5 a.m. Wednesday, meaning the bitcoin that ...
Consumer price growth resurged to above 3 percent in February, showing that Korea may be facing stickier-than-expected inflation. Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, advanced 3.1 percent on-year last month, according to data from Statistics Korea. Though price growth fell to 2.8 percent in...
South Korea’s gross national income per capita rebounded to over $33,000 in 2023, marking a 2.6 percent rise on-year, while the national economy grew by 1.4 percent, preliminary data from the Bank of Korea showed Tuesday. The GNI per capita, a measure of the amount of money earned per person in a...
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, formerly Facebook, on Thursday to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in cutting-edge technologies, especially artificial intelligence, upon the US tech giant’s request. The presidential office confirmed that Yoon and Zuckerberg met a...
Inflation could rise over 3 percent in South Korea in February on high prices of global oil and fresh food items, the Finance Ministry said Thursday, vowing all-out efforts to curb inflation. In January, consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.8 percent on-year, marking the first fall be...
March 3, also known as "Samgyeopsal Day" in Korea, is approaching, with anticipation building for promotional events planned by local supermarkets. Most supermarkets and e-commerce platforms will offer discounts ranging from 40 to 50 percent on pork belly from Feb. 29 to March 3. But there is a c...
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