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[Best Brand] Making it with good brands

In this day and age, a flood of new products and technologies bombard consumers with millions of choices daily, leading to word-of-mouth marketing and social media becoming influential tools for the ...

Jun 29, 2018
Economy
[Best Brand] Vornado Korea thrives in Korean market

Vornado Korea, which has imported air circulators from the US since 2007, continues to thrive in the Korean market. The US-based company Vornado dates back to 1945 in Kansas, where two men experimen...

Jun 29, 2018
Economy
[Best Brand] Coway launches innovative CIROO direct water purifier

South Korean company Coway introduced the CIROO (Coway Intensive Reserve Osmosis) direct water purifier on June 18, moving to change the concept of water purifiers. The new product aims to resolve c...

Jun 29, 2018
Economy
Trumps touts revised trade deal with S. Korea

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump took credit Thursday for turning the US free trade agreement with South Korea into a "wonderful deal" for both countries. Trump was referring to a revision th...

Jun 29, 2018
Economy
Concerns raised about unchecked fiscal spending

Warnings have been raised against the increasing reliance of President Moon Jae-in’s government on fiscal spending to carry on what critics say is a mixture of misguided policies. Economists worry t...

Jun 27, 2018
Economy
Rival parties stand apart over government's drive for 'income-led growth'

Opposition parties have ratcheted up their criticism against the government's drive for "income-driven growth" following their crushing defeat in the recent local elections, calling for an outright r...

Jun 27, 2018
Economy
Govt. calls off scheduled meeting, prompting suspicions over whereabouts of Moon

The government called off a scheduled meeting on deregulation at the last minute on Wednesday, prompting suspicions over the whereabouts of President Moon Jae-in who had been set to attend the meetin...

Jun 27, 2018
Economy
Govt. vows ‘soft-landing’ of shorter workweek amid confusion

South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-yeon stressed Tuesday the need for a soft landing of a policy to shrink the workweek to 52 hours from 68 hours, amid overflowing reports of confusion at wo...

Jun 26, 2018
Economy
Emerging trade war weighs on Korea’s exports

An emerging trade war between the US and China is weighing on Korea’s exports, which have been losing traction this year. A 25 percent US tariff on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods is set to take ...

Jun 25, 2018
Economy
Electronic payments in S. Korea rally in Q1

The amount of payments made electronically in South Korea continued to rally in the first quarter of this year as a growing number of people are using mobile shopping and remittance services, central...

Jun 25, 2018
Economy
Burdened by child care, working mothers work less than fathers

Working mothers in South Korea work fewer hours than fathers on average, the latest government data showed, a phenomenon that carries deeper patriarchal significance of role imbalance at home. Emplo...

Jun 24, 2018
Economy
Korea's fiscal contribution to income distribution among lowest in OECD in 2015

South Korea's fiscal spending was found to make less contribution to narrowing income inequality compared with other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2015, data...

Jun 24, 2018
Economy
Average monthly income of single-person households below spending

One-person households are spending more than their income on average, data showed Saturday, in a sign of economic trouble for a growing number of such households. The average monthly income of one...

Jun 23, 2018
Economy
S. Korea, Russia to conduct joint studies on cross-border energy projects

South Korea and Russia will conduct a joint study to check the feasibility of cross-border energy projects involving North Korea and prepare negotiations for a trade deal to bolster bilateral economi...

Jun 22, 2018
Economy
S. Korea’s sovereign rating remains at AA-: Fitch

Macroeconomics and resilience score additional points, peninsular volatility and low productivity countervail.

Jun 22, 2018
Economy

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