Fancy coffee, early-bird produce, and 'Culinary Class Wars' at Market Kurly's food festival

Market Kurly's annual food festival in Seoul showcases 230 food brands, offering early morning deliveries and samples. The event, themed 'Merry Kurlysmas,' expects more than 30,000 visitors.

2024-12-19

FTC says Coupang tricked users into staying subscribed

Korea's FTC has completed an examiner's report of Coupang for allegedly using deceptive design to retain WOW subscription users, potentially leading to legal actions against the e-commerce giant over consumer protection violations.

2024-12-02

Market Kurly greets 20,000 visitors with first offline cosmetics trade show

Market Kurly held its first offline cosmetics trade show since launching its beauty business, hosting over 90 brands from Oct. 10 to 13.

2024-10-13

Kurly sees first-ever operating profit as straight shot to listing

The operator of Market Kurly posted its first-ever operating profit in the first quarter of the year, leading to hopes of a public listing.

2024-05-21

Home comforts

Visitors peruse an array of home meal replacement products at the 2023 Kurly Food Festa held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza on July 7.

2023-07-06

High-flying world of start-ups sees turbulence, crashes

Start-ups, which Korea hoped would show the way to a prosperous future, are in a slump. Direct investments by venture capital firms and so-called angel investors are down, and so are IPOs.

2022-10-08

Kurly denies rumors of IPO postponement

Kurly, operator of the online grocery shopping and delivery service Market Kurly, denied rumors on Friday that the company would postpone its IPO.

2022-10-07

APFS funds make investments in agriculture and food tech

The Agricultural Goods Fund of Funds has invested in a wide range of food tech companies in Korea over the past 12 years, bringing together private and public money to promote promising businesses.

2022-09-20