(Photo=Pixabay) The South Korean government is partnering with food makers and retailers to offer steep discounts on grocery staples this summer, aiming to ease the burden of rising food prices. Shoppers can save up to 50% on popular items like ramen, kimchi, bread, coffee, and ice cream at major supermarkets and convenience stores through July and August. The South Korean

Photo=Lotteria Lotte GRS, the operator of Korea’s leading fast-food brand Lotteria, is set to make its debut in the U.S. — the birthplace of the hamburger. This expansion, coming 45 years after Lotteria opened its first store in Sogong-dong, Seoul, in 1979, represents more than just the opening of another branch. It signals a symbolic step toward the globalization of

(Photo=Starbucks) A Starbucks where visitors can sip coffee while looking into North Korea has become a popular attraction, drawing more than 123,000 customers in seven months, Starbucks Korea said on July 7. The store, which opened on November 29 inside Aegibong Peace Ecological Park in Gimpo, sits just 0.87 miles from North Korea’s Gaepung County. From there, visitors can see

(Photo=AliExpress) As Netflix’s hit original series Squid Game continues its global success with Season 3, controversy is growing over unauthorized merchandise being sold on Chinese online marketplaces. On AliExpress, a global shopping platform operated by China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group, users can still easily find bootleg items such as costumes featured in the series, T-shirts printed with actor Lee

Photo=Amazon Amazon’s Project Kuiper Eyes Korean Market… Job Posting for Country Manager Appears Amazon’s satellite internet service, Project Kuiper, is considering entering the Korean market and has begun recruiting local personnel.This move will put it in competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink, which is also preparing to launch services in Korea. On July 3, Amazon’s official job site (amazon.jobs) showed that