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Cosmetics prices on the rise

Cosmetics prices are on the rise as major companies like LG Household & Health Care try to boost profits. Other goods, including food and beverages, are also becoming more expensive.

2023-10-31

Sale of Warren Buffett portrait can’t match $19 million lunch bid

The auction of a high-tech portrait of Warren Buffett didn't come close to matching the $19 million someone paid earlier this year for a private lunch with the billionaire, but it still raised $75,100 for one of his favorite charities. The ...

2022-09-01

Customers ditch a la carte for all-you-can-eat buffets

Buffet restaurants have been heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but are now seeing an increase in demand following the easing of social distancing rules.

2022-07-12

Buffets face bust as food prices surge

"When the owner of a restaurant that I had been going to since 2020 stopped me at the door, I was baffled," a customer of an all-you-can-eat barbeque chain in Daejeon said last week during a phone call with…

2022-03-24

Discounts for vaccinated extended to those not vaccinated

Discount programs for the vaccinated continue to be rolled out across the land, with some doing away with all that jazz about actually getting a shot.

2021-06-21

Businesses reopen after months closed

Entertainment and dining establishments closed due to Level 2 social distancing restriction were allowed to reopen Monday following the government's relaxing of restrictions to Level 1.

2020-10-12

Buffet restaurants adapt to pandemic by nixing the buffets

With their popularity in a free fall amid the pandemic, buffet restaurants are now trying to claw their way back to profitability by abandoning buffets.

2020-10-01

Buffets, deemed as risky as noraebang, are miffed

Buffet operators are stumped and a bit insulted that their restaurants have been classed together with clubs and bars with table hopping and labeled as high risk locations for coronavirus transmission.

2020-08-24

Coupang, Kurly distribution centers are shut down

A new cluster of coronavirus infections at a distribution center of the e-commerce company Coupang surged to at least 36 patients by Wednesday, with health officials warning of more as contact tracing and Covid-19 testing continues.

2020-05-27