Topic: Economy

Korean Transit Cards Now Cut Express Bus Fares Too, by Up to 20%

hy Launches Two 'Haru Yachae Fiber Maxing' Juices With 13g of Fiber a Bottle

Chicken Meat Is 29% Cheaper, but Korea's Fried Chicken Prices Stay Put

Samsung's Q3 Operating Profit Hits 107.4 Trillion Won, a First for a Korean Company

Cheap in Search, Pricier at Checkout: Korea's Fair Trade Watchdog Issues Dark Pattern Guidelines

Domino's Pizza in Korea Raises Pizza Prices 4.4% on Average From October 12

Naver's Secondhand Market Will Let Buyers Pay by Credit Card, Under 1.5 Million Won a Time

Korea's September Exports Top $120 Billion for the First Time, With Chips Alone at $60.3 Billion

Kakao Launches a 4,900 Won Monthly Membership Bundling Emoticons and Shopping Points

Samsung Raises Galaxy S26 Prices in Korea, by 149,600 Won for 256GB Models

Kia Posts Its Best Third Quarter at 846,764 Cars as Korea's Car Exports Dip

Chinese Tea Brand CHAGEE Opens Its 10th Store in Korea, Five Months After Arriving

K-Beauty Sales on Musinsa's Global Store Grow 5.3-Fold; Nine of the Top 10 Are Small Brands

Winter Snacks Arrive Early at Korean Convenience Stores, Up to a Month Ahead

K-Food Exports Reach $9.52 Billion in January to August, With Europe Growing Fastest at 24.5%

Korea's K-Expo Runs in Mexico City From 24 to 27 September, With 120 Korean Firms at the Trade Meetings

Baskin-Robbins Moves to Raise 46 Items by 5.9% on Average, With a Single Regular Going From 3,900 to 4,300 Won

Seven-Eleven Launches Four Snacks for Foreign Tourists on 23 September, From Nurungji to Yakgwa

AI Voice Firm Neosapience Jumps 168% on Its First Trading Day After Pricing 27.5% Below Its Own Range

Kakao Friends Teams Up With 'Crayon Shin-chan' for 20 Goods, Digging Sweet Potatoes on Ryan's Farm

Doosan Fuel Cell Wins a Further 322 Billion Won Order for US Fuel Cells Powering AI Data Centres

K-Food Exports Pass 10 Billion Dollars 19 Days Sooner Than Last Year; Ramen Up 27.2%

Haitai Raises 25 Snack Brands by 7.8% on Average; Honey Butter Chip Goes to 1,800 Won

A Gangnam Flat Is Listed 500 Million Below Its Record as Gangseo Sets New Highs

GS25 Launches a Canned-Grape Highball and a 햇반-Branded Makgeolli

Duty-Free Shops Cut Their Rate to 1,350 Won; Foreigners Made 77.3% of July Sales

Samsung Biologics Signs a 350.8 Billion Won Manufacturing Deal With a European Drugmaker

Hair-Mask Searches Rose 68% in Olive Young's Sale, With Sanrio and Hello Kitty in the Top Three

iPhone 18 Pro Goes on Sale in Korea on 18 September, 200,000 Won More Than Last Year

Korea's Cumulative Exports Reached 709.4 Billion Dollars, Passing Last Year's Annual Record 117 Days Early

Apartment Prices in 분당구 Rose 29.5 Percent in a Year, the Highest in the Country, and All Ten Top Districts Are in the Seoul Area

Food Prices Went Up on September 1, and Samlip's 정통보름달 Bread Went from 1,800 Won to 2,000 Won

The Korean Plant That Makes Ketotop Puts AI Cameras on the Packing Line, and Draws 16% of Its Power from Solar

Korea's Convenience Stores Compete on Food: CU Sells the Daegu Chimac Festival's Winning Chicken, GS25 Brings Back Its Chicken Lunchbox

Olive Young's Sales to Foreign Shoppers Pass 1 Trillion Won Three Months Earlier Than Last Year, One Purchase Every 0.9 Seconds

NC Outlet's EXCO Store in Daegu Closes on August 31, 14 Years After It Opened

Bank of Korea Raises Its Base Rate to 3.00%, a Second 0.25-Point Hike in a Month

Department Store Sales Rose 17.9% in July While Big-Box Sales Fell 11.2%

467,840 People Moved in July, the Fewest for a July in Four Years

Dongwon F&B Raises Canned Tuna Prices by an Average of 9% from September 1

Exports Reach 55.2 Billion Dollars in the First 20 Days of August, With Semiconductors at 26 Billion

Q2 Regional Economy Report: Exports Rose, the Employment Rate Fell

Chuseok Gift-Set Pre-Orders Open at Three Department Stores, With Discounts Up to 75%

Bars and Fried-Chicken Shops Shrink in Seoul While Skincare Salons and Side-Dish Stores Grow

Korean Won Closes at 1,397.7 to the Dollar, Back Under 1,400 After About 11 Months

KDI Raises This Year's Growth Forecast to 3.2% and Sees a $360 Billion Current-Account Surplus

Bank Household Lending Grew 5.4 Trillion Won in July, a Smaller Rise Than the Month Before

Four in Ten Community Credit Cooperative Customers Are Now Over 60

Business Closures Fell, Yet Closure Payouts Rose 15.8%

July Export Prices Rose 49.1%, the Highest in 28 Years and Four Months

Nexon's Q2 Revenue Is 1.139 Trillion Won, and MapleStory Posts Its Best Quarter Yet

Some 700 Trillion Won in Crypto Has Left Korean Exchanges, With 5 Trillion Won in Fees Last Year Alone

Naver's Q2 Revenue Hits a Record 3.39 Trillion Won, but Operating Profit Slips

Korea's June Current-Account Surplus Hits $49.73 Billion, a Record Month for the Second Time Running

Korea to End Hybrid Car Tax Break at Year's End; EVs Left Out of New Production Tax Credit

World Food Price Index Rises Again in July as Sugar and Grain Climb

Korea's Workers Aged 55 to 79 Top 10 Million for the First Time

Korea Finalizes 2026 Tax Reform: Tougher Property Tax, Revenue Seen Rising Over 3.4 Trillion Won by 2031

Korea's July Inflation Slows to 2.8%, but Core Inflation Hits 31-Month High

Korean Banks Tighten Lending as Household Loans Jump 7.6 Trillion Won

Korea Moves to Give Regulators Emergency Power to Cut Single-Stock Leverage Multiplier

KOSPI Jumps 1,001 Points to 6595.45 in Its Biggest Single-Day Rally on Record

'Yellow Umbrella' Mutual Aid Cap Raised to 18 Million Won a Year for Korea's Small Businesses

Korea's August Retail Treasury Bonds: 150 Billion Won; 20-Year Returns 161.8% at Maturity

SK Hynix Posts Record Quarterly Profit as Memory Chip Demand Surges

Korea's Consumer Sentiment Rises a Third Month to 106.8 in July 2026

Korea's Economy Grows a Surprise 0.6% in the Second Quarter of 2026

Korea's Semiconductor Exports Hit Record High in July 2026

Bank of Korea Raises Rate to 2.75%, First Hike in 3.5 Years

2025 Census Marks 100 Years of Korea's Population Survey

Coupang's Rocket Delivery Fuels Korea's Online Shopping Boom

Namdaemun Market, Korea's Historic Traditional Marketplace

Semiconductors: The Industry Driving Korea's Economy

Jeonse and Wolse: Korea's Unique Deposit-Based Rental System