The government will legally intervene to resolve the issue of exorbitant commission fees levied by delivery platforms if the special committee assigned to the task does not pass a resolution within this month, the Fair Trade Commission Chairman said.
Yogiyo plans to reduce delivery commission fees to 9.7%, aiming to regain market share lost to Coupang Eats and Baedal Minjok.
The government initiative to subsidize delivery fees for small business owners was largely met with cautious optimism, but some fear it will only benefit the platforms.
Celebrities Kong Hyo-jin, Uhm Ji-won and Choi Soo-young teamed up with secondhand trading app Bunjang to host a secondhand flea market in Seoul. Around 1,000 items went on sale.
Fans will buy just about anything so long as their favorite K-pop artist’s name is stamped on it — or will they?
Online streaming service Coupang Play surpassed 8 million monthly users for the first time for a domestic platform, mostly thanks to its exclusive partnerships with sports games.
YouTube has caught up to Korea's top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk in terms of monthly active users (MAU), with the difference only amounting to 336 users in December.
AliExpress's aggressive expansion in Korea is a tale of two cities as the Chinese giant boosts the country's delivery industry while spooking domestic retailers by chipping away at their market shares.
CJ ONE, a lifestyle membership service operated by CJ OliveNetworks, overhauled its membership service to add more benefits and came out with a new card and app design.
A growing number of women in their 50s and 60s are finding part-time work in caretaking and housekeeping services, while the number of men in delivery work has decreased compared to last year.
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