BTS album 'Proof' sells 2.75 million copies in first week

Big Hit Music said Friday that BTS's latest album "Proof" (2022) has sold a total of 2,752,496 copies, according to data by the Korean music chart Hanteo, from June 10 to June 16. “It’s the top-selling album so far this year and the second...

2022-06-17

Watermelon you waiting for

A watermelon discount event is held at an E-mart branch in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul. As warm weather started earlier this year, sales of summer products such as watermelons increased in March through May.

2022-06-16

Industrial production sees solid 4.5% growth in April

Industrial production rose 4.5 percent in April, Statistics Korea reported Tuesday.

2022-06-01

[THINK ENGLISH] 르세라핌, 케이팝 걸그룹 데뷔앨범 판매량 신기록 세워

Le Sserafim set a new record for a K-pop girl group’s debut album sales, according to Source Music and Hanteo Chart on Monday. Le Sserafim’s debut EP “Fearless” which dropped on May 2 sold 307,450 copies in the past week, the most for any debuting...

2022-05-20

Sales of concert tickets surge amid eased Covid restrictions

With Covid-19 regulations continuing to ease up, the concert industry is seeing a significant increase in ticket sales. For concerts held in Korea between April and June this year, ticket sale revenue increased by 267 percent compared to the same...

2022-05-13

Users positively review Renault’s after-sales service

Renault Korea Motors’ after-sales service has been strengthened to new levels. Users can make reservations after getting an estimate for repairs to their vehicles in advance through the application as the system provides them with the prices of...

2022-04-14

'Pachinko' book sales soar following series release on Apple TV+

Following the release of Apple TV+’s Korean-language original series “Pachinko” on March 25, the sales of the original novel from which the story was adapted have increased. Online bookstore Aladdin said Thursday that sales of the Korean-translated..

2022-03-31

Samsung's top tier pulled in $5 million each last year

Samsung Electronics' top executive directors took home an average of 6 billion won ($5 million) in compensation last year. A total of 32.3 billion won was paid to 11 registered executive directors last year.

2022-02-18

Up and down

LG Electronics products displayed at a shop in Seoul on Thursday.

2022-01-27

FTC fines shipping companies $80.7 million

Korea's antitrust regulator said Tuesday it is imposing a combined fine of 96.2 billion won $80.7 million) on 23 Korean and foreign shippers for 15 years of collusion to fix freight rates.

2022-01-18

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