Chanel Korea limits purchases to one bag per year to curb resales
Oct 14, 2021 23:52 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Chanel Korea has applied the one bag per person per year on its Timeless Classic flap bag, Coco Handle handbag, and small leather goods, mainly wallets, and pouches, to curb resales. The was an increasing number of...
Starbucks Korea sets restrictions on the number of purchases for Halloween goods
Oct 14, 2021 21:35 pm UTC| Life Economy
Starbucks Korea stores have set restrictions on how many of the 23 newly released Halloween goods and merchandise each customer could buy after employees protested its marketing strategy for imposing a heavy...
Desire for healthier food boosts Korea’s exports of kimchi by 13.8% in Jan.-Aug.
Oct 13, 2021 23:40 pm UTC| Life Economy
South Koreas exports of kimchi soared 13.8 percent to US$111.5 million in the first eight months of 2021 according to the data from the Korea Customs Service and the food industry. The robust growing kimchi exports were...
Heinz offers special edition ketchup that may be used as fake blood during Halloween
Oct 13, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Life Economy
Heinz is embracing its use as a fake blood childhood prop during Halloween by offering a special edition Heinz Tomato Blood Ketchup as part of a costume kit, which also includes vampire teeth and spooky eyelashes among...
With career path to airlines grounded by pandemic, S. Korean airfoce pilots stay put
Oct 13, 2021 03:27 am UTC| Life Economy
There were no expert-level Korean Air Force pilots who applied for discharge this year to work for private airlines due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic to the airline industry. The South Korean travel industry...
KFC fans in Japan to miss French fries due to potato shortage
Oct 12, 2021 22:40 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
KFC fans in Japan last weekend were deprived of the comfort food satisfaction theyd been craving for when the fast-food chain ran out of French fries due to potato shortage. The reason was the disruption of the supply...
S. Korean visitors to Saipan more than triples due to travel bubble
Oct 12, 2021 01:17 am UTC| Life Economy
South Korean visitors to Saipan more than tripled from 319 in August to 1,081 passengers in September due to the travel bubble agreement signed in June between the two countries. The number of South Korean visitors to...
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