Costco will increase membership fees in Japan on May 1, with the basic Gold Star membership rising 9 percent.
Political turmoil in Korea is delaying construction projects, including Costco's plans for a new store, increasing bankruptcies in the industry.
Costco Korea's country manager Cho Min-soo vowed to enhance labor conditions and prevent a recurrence of the death of a worker in his 20s due to heatstroke in June during a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
Costco Korea is under fire after its country manager allegedly made blunt remarks at the funeral of an employee who died while working as a cart pusher at a local Costco branch due to dehydration.
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