For the upcoming Chuseok holidays, Victorinox suggested special gift items that satisfy both in style and quality, including its iconic army knife, swiss-made watch and backpack. Victorinox said its Altmont Professional Fliptop Laptop Backpack is perfect fit for office workers, with its iconic design appropriate in business settings, and with great storage capacity. The flagship product Victorinox Swiss Army Knife will make as a special gift, as it come in different sizes and has a wide rang

As the majority of Koreans plan to stay at home during the upcoming Chuseok holiday, ready-meals and unique pandemic-related gift sets are selling like hot cakes. Homeplus, a local supermarket chain, said it saw an 83 percent increase in online sales of refrigerated convenient meal products from Sept. 1 to 8, compared to the same period in the previous month. The sales figure is up 159 percent on-year. The retailer said people are buying more ready-meal products that they can conveniently h

Hyunday Motor announced the launch of the overhauled version of its bestselling sport utility vehicle Tucson in a world premiere online event Tuesday. It is the fourth generation of the vehicle, released five years after the third generation. The all-new Tucson embraces a new exterior styling of Hyundai’s “sensuous sportiness” design identity, the automaker said. The Tucson‘s identity is emphasized through the “parametric dynamics” with kinetic jewel sur

To celebrate the country’s first Youth Day, Starbucks Coffee Korea said it organized an online event to give out 2,030 tumblers to customers from Tuesday to Friday. The Youth Law implemented from August designates every third Saturday in September as Youth Day. The presidential decree has set Youth Day as a public anniversary to encourage and support the youth and also raise awareness on issues related to young people. This year the day falls on Saturday. Jointly with the Prime Minist

YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- At this year’s Porsche World Roadshow, the automaker presented Taycan, the very first all-electric Porsche sports car, to South Korea for the first time. It was one of 26 vehicle models delivered from the German head office for the PWRS, which was held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10. Of the four sessions planned for PWRS, the automaker organized a session dedicated to the Taycan, to introduce the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S models. “Taycan is 100 percent el

Of the many streams that weave through the crowded city of Seoul, Hongjecheon one of the first tributaries of the Han River, passes many historic monuments.  The 13.92-kilometer stream starts in the mountains just north of the city, and courses through Seodaemun-gu and Mapo-gu districts in the west of Seoul before reaching the Han. Built on Hongjecheon is Hongjimun, a structure that connected Hanyangdoseong, or the Seoul City Wall, and Bukhansanseong, a nearby mountain fortress. Built du

Since the launch of its first store in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks Coffee has grown into an empire, making forays into more than 80 countries to operate some 30,000 stores across the globe. In South Korea, the coffee giant introduced its first store in front of Ewha Womans University in Seoul in 1999 in partnership with Shinsegae Group, a Korean retail conglomerate. Shinsegae initially acquired the operation license from Starbucks, and Shinsegae’s hypermart affiliate Emart and the coffe

Samsung Electronics said Sunday it has signed a partnership agreement with Hanssem, the country’s leading furniture maker, to seek business opportunities in the home interior remodeling market as consumers pay more atttention to their living spaces amid social distancing efforts. On Friday, the parties inked a memorandum of understanding and agreed to cooperate on expanding their house remodeling business; to explore new business models on retail sales; to develop smart home solutions.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has unveiled a plug-in electric sports utility vehicle, the Wrangler 4xe, and a revamp of a classic SUV, the All-New Grand Wagoneer next year. The automaker on Friday livestreamed the showcase held in Detroit on YouTube, to reveal the two new models. Jeep Wrangler 4xe is equipped with two electric motors and a 400-volt lithium-ion battery that can move up to 40 kilometers solely on electric power, cutting down both engine noise and carbon emissions. The automaker

Porsche Korea unveiled the brand’s first electronic sports car in the country, the Taycan, at the 2020 Porsche World Roadshow on Wednesday, where it also presented all of its other models, including ones that have not yet hit the Korean market. For this year’s Porsche World Roadshow, hosted by Porsche’s German head office, the automaker brought in all of its 26 vehicle models, including the Taycan, 911, 718 Boxster and Cayman, for participants to test-drive and fully experien

Joining in on the boom for pickup truck models in Korea, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has seen preorders for the latest All-New Jeep Gladiator sell out within two weeks, the automaker said Thursday. FCA Korea launched the All-New Jeep Gladiator, a versatile midsized pickup truck, on Aug. 17 in Korea with 300 units available to be preordered and delivered within this year. “The All-New Jeep Gladiator has proven its unrivaled presence winning many awards, and was chosen as the 2020 North Am

Sales of Japanese cars in South Korea increased for the first time since a nationwide boycott of Japanese products began here last year, data showed Thursday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, the number of Japanese automobiles newly registered in August was 1,413, up 1.1 percent from the same time last year, when it stood at 1,398. The increase comes 13 months after a trade conflict broke out between the two countries in July 2019 and triggered the b

Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco on Wednesday opened its two-day 2020 Posco Forum to diagnose the fast-changing business environment and assess the group’s future business strategies. According to the company, the livestreamed forum was organized with a limited number of in-person participants, including the presidents of Posco and affiliate companies in the Greater Seoul region alongside experts, following the strengthened social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. &

The owner of a 24-hour eatery in Mapo, Seoul, sat hopelessly in her near-empty kimchi stew restaurant, which on other days had bustled with customers around the clock. Lee, 50, said the “Level 2.5” social distancing rules had cut the number of customers in half, one day after they were imposed to curb a spike in COVID-19 infections. This includes a weeklong ban on food and drink consumption inside large chain cafes in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province and the forced closing of restaurant

Wellness-focused yougurt products by Binggrae are gaining popularity recently, amid rising demand from health-conscious consumers, according to the company on Sunday. Dairy food company Binggrae has introduced several yogurt brands to the Korean market, contributing to growing the market. Its flagship yogurt product Yoplait topped the local market in sales last year, selling about 360 million units and recording some 140 billion won ($119 million) in sales. Alongside the prominent Yopla

The government announced stricter social distancing measures Friday to ban food and drink consumption inside of cafes and restaurants in the Seoul metropolitan areas next week in efforts to curb the rapid spread of COVID-19. While the government had considered raising the social distancing rules to the highest Level 3 from the current Level 2 to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19, it decided instead to extend Level 2 measures for another week, with heightened rules. Starting from Sunday, eati

Global furnishing company Ikea and Lego Group on Friday introduced a new collaboration project Bygglek, which combines the concept of play and storage. The two companies said they have teamed up to develop a solution to facilitate playing with the lego bricks at home while lessening the burden of cleaning up and organizing. Bygglek is a box-shaped storage closet with the lego studs, allowing children to play, exhibit their work inside, and also store them after playing, Ikea explained. &l

Kia Motors launched the face-lifted version of sports sedan Stinger Meister on Thursday, with enhanced performance. Revealing a promotional video featuring actor Go Soo on YouTube and Naver TV, the automaker presented the upgraded model, which was first released in 2017. The new Stinger Meister is offered with two gasoline engines, the new Smartstream 2.5 Turbo and 3.3 Twin-Turbo. It is the first time for Kia to equip the Smartstream G2.5 T-GDI in its vehicle. The Smartstream 2.5 Turbo pr

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Thursday unveiled three new luxury sports utility vehicle models, expanding its premium SUV lineup to nine in the country. In the unveiling ceremony held via its official YouTube channel, the automaker presented Mercedes-Benz GLB, a “versatile” family SUV; the new Mercedes-Benz GLA, a dynamic sporty SUV; and the new Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe, a premium coupe SUV. Opening the unveiling event was interim President and CEO Kim Jee-seop, who was formerly vice pre

A Hyundai Steel social contribution project is finding ways to repurpose coffee waste and create jobs along the way. When someone brews a cup of coffee, only 0.2 percent of the coffee grounds ends up in the final product. The other 99.8 percent is discarded as waste. According to Hyundai Steel, about 150,000 tons of coffee waste are either buried or incinerated in South Korea. To find new uses for used coffee grounds, the steelmaker teamed with the Korea Productivity Center and Korea Green