All posts tagged "China"

  • Paris Baguette opened its third outlet in Tampines, Singapore, Monday. / Courtesy of Paris Baguette
    Paris Baguette grows into global brand

    By Chung Hyun-chae The nation’s bakery giant, Paris Baguette, has been faring well in the global market, especially in China, the U.S., Vietnam and Singapore, thanks to its localization strategy. “If the major strategy during the past...

    • Posted November 26, 2013
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    Shilla opens more shops in Asia

    By Lee Hyo-sik Shilla Duty Free, Korea’s major player in duty free shopping, has been expanding its presence in Southeast Asia over the past few years to capitalize on the rapidly growth of the sector there. It...

    • Posted November 25, 2013
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  • Ediya Coffee CEO Moon Chang-ki
    Ediya goes after Asian coffee drinkers

    Home-grown franchise aims to open 2,000 stores by 2017 By Lee Hyo-sik Ediya Coffee, the only coffee franchise that operates over 1,000 stores in Korea, has written an unparalleled success story over the past 13 years in...

    • Posted November 18, 2013
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  • Seen is an image captured from miss A’s “Hush” music video, released on Wednesday. The group recorded the song in Korean and Chinese in a move to enter into the world’s most populous nation. It will start performing in China from the middle of December. / Courtesy of JYP Entertainment
    miss A lures China with ‘Hush’

    K-pop band put to test to save JYP Entertainment By Park Si-soo K-pop girl group miss A has returned to the stage after a 14-month hiatus with a second full-length album “Hush,” led by a single of...

    • Posted November 12, 2013
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  • Sales of face masks shot up in Korea recently. (Korea Times file)
    Smog from China sparks face mask sales in Korea

    (Yonhap) Sales of face masks and detergents shot up in Korea as smog from China hit the central part of South Korea. Gmarket Inc., South Korea’s top online retailer, said sales of face masks that protect against...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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  • Korean children pose at Korean language school based in Los Angeles in this photo taken in 1930. Ahn Hyung-joo, a Korean emigrant, donated this picture for a photo exhibition at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in the southwestern city of Gwangju. / Courtesy of Ahn Hyung-jo
    Professor preserving legacy of emigrants

    By Kang Hyun-kyung A photo exhibition featuring the lives of early Korean emigrants overseas opened Tuesday at Kim Dae-jung Convention Center located in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Professor Lim Chae-wan of Chonnam National University, who has...

    • Posted October 30, 2013
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  • JYP partners with Chinese company

    By Chung Hyun-chae JYP Pictures, an affiliate of the nation’s leading entertainment agency JYP Entertainment, is set to co-produce a film with Dongbang Entertainment Group. This will be the first joint production between the two firms. Dongbang...

    • Posted October 30, 2013
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