Financial services, drone delivery possible at convenient stores
BGF Retail, which runs South Korea’s convenient store chain CU, opened a store in eastern Seoul this week where customers can deal with banking services.
Under the business alliance with Hana Bank, the...
Korean telecom operators to offer Disney+ to mobile customers
Disney+, the streaming service of the U.S. entertainment powerhouse, attempts to challenge the dominance of Netflix in South Korea together with the country’s telecom operators.
KT, South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, announced...
GM Bolt recall weighs on profitability of Korean electronics company
South Korea’s LG Electronics saw its third-quarter operating profit almost halve from a year ago due to costs related to GM Bolt’s recall of battery cells.
The Seoul-based company announced on...
Mass production of advanced memory chips begins
South Korea's Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 12 that the company has begun churning out 14-nanometer (nm) five-layer memory chips based on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology.
The Seoul-based company, which shipped EUV DRAM in...
Employees complain about workload
Employees of Starbucks Korea expressed their complaints against the company’s frequent customer events on Oct. 7 and 8 by mobilizing trucks in Seoul.
They criticized that Starbucks Korea treats them in an inhumane way through the unprecedented...
Korean defense powerhouse to show off sophisticated techs at AUSA 2021
Hanwha Defense announced on Oct. 8 that the company will promote its sophisticated land defense systems at the AUSA 2021 Annual Meeting & Exposition running during October 11-13 in...
Up to 600 million euros will be spent in South Korea in five years
Merck said on Oct. 7 that the technology giant will spend more than 3 billion euros over the next five years in the electronics business, including...
Online business forum takes place
Entrepreneurs convened on Sept. 29 to offer advice to start-ups, the event that was co-hosted by J1 Business Center, Opus E&C, Officehub, Seongbuk Business Support Center, and Dongduk Women’s University.
A total of four entrepreneurs took...
CJ Onstyle will reply to all customer questions during or after streaming
Live commerce has been dubbed as revolutionizing the retail industry by combining streaming video and e-commerce, thus allowing viewers to watch and shop at the same time.
South Korea’s...
BR Korea questions authenticity of whistle blower's video footage
BR Korea, which runs Dunkin’ Donuts in South Korea, asked the police late this week to investigate video footage, which showed its unsanitary factory south of Seoul.
The company hinted that an...
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