Announces Human Rights and Environmental Management Charter Alongside Annual Implementation Strategies within its Mid-to-Long-term ESG Roadmap Strengthens Eco-friendly Policies, Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plans from the Initial Factory Design Stage SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LOTTE BIOLOGICS is embarking on full-fledged ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management.  On August 30, LOTTE BIOLOGICS, under the leadership of CEO Richard

Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. Garners Prestigious Enterprise Asia Linchpin of Asia Award 2023, Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence and Innovation in the Beverage Industry SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On its 34th year of operations, Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) is poised to face a post-pandemic world with a renewed clarity of purpose and passion for action. Guided by its core values of Integrity, Innovation, Care & Respect, Empowerment and Excellence

  Business leaders from South Korea and the United States signed dozens of non-binding deals and discuss ways to enhance cooperation in semiconductors, future vehicles and clean energy on Tuesday. During President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the US marking the 70th anniversary of the US-South Korean alliance, two events hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries – the Korea-US Business Roundtable and the Korea-US Business Forum were held at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washingt

Busan, Asia's top maritime cultural city, is busy getting ready to stand tall as a world-class tourist city in the post-COVID-19 era. The Busan Tourism Organization lies at the heart of this aspiration. The corporation has recently developed a new Busan tourism brand identity. The brand identity incorporates the image of Busan as a city where people love to play, work and live, based on market research and expert opinions targeting 30,000 tourists. This reflects part of its efforts to bolst

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Business Agency (SBA) coordinated the Seoul Pavilion in one of the world's largest technology conventions, CES 2023, hosted in Las Vegas, for four days from Thursday, January 5th to Sunday, January 8th. They presented Seoul's vision for the future and promoted its world-class innovative technology for the global market. Seoul Pavilion operated two exhibition halls: "Seoul Tech Pavilion," in

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced its development plan to turn massive idle land near Yongsan Station in central Seoul into the “Asian Silicon Valley” and a city transportation hub. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said the government will transform the area into an “international business district as a new center for global urban competitiveness and technological innovation.” The Seoul city government will develop the area, which is a 4

20,000 expected at Southeast Asia's largest Oil, Gas, Energy, and Petrochemicals event in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy professionals from across the globe will gather in Kuala Lumpur at one of the most comprehensive industry events supporting the Oil, Gas, Energy, and Petrochemicals industry in Southeast Asia when OGA x MOGSEC and the inaugural Petrochemicals Sustainability Conference (PSC) 2022 are staged together from September 13 to 15, 2022.

Poland-Korea cooperation is flourishing and Poland is ready to accommodate more Korean investments, Polish Charge d’Affaires Arletta Brzozowska said during her opening remarks at the second edition of The Korea Herald’s Global Business Forum on May 11 in Seoul. The forum, a 13-week event held every Wednesday, is aimed at sharing and enhancing knowledge of the international community, and for exploring overseas investment opportunities and expanding business networks. “Poland

More South Korean conglomerates relying heavily on manufacturing and retail networks for growth are turning to the bio and health care industries to secure future growth engines and expand areas of business. Retail and confectionary giant Lotte Group officially announced that bio and health care businesses will be its new growth engine at the shareholders’ meeting last month. Lee Dong-woo, CEO of Lotte Holdings, said the firm plans to directly invest in the bio and healthcare businesse

  Lotte Group has hired Kim Sang-hyun, former vice president of market rival Homeplus, to lead Lotte Shopping, which controls all the group’s retail business, officials said Thursday. The group’s hotel department will be led by Ahn Se-jin, former CEO of the Korean restaurant chain Nolboo. Kim Gyo-hyun, former head of Lotte Chemical, was promoted to vice president in recognition of his achievements in restoring the fortunes of the group’s chemical business to pre-pandemic

Morgan Stanley Capital International announced Wednesday that it has added four South Korean stocks -- HMM, Hybe, SKC and GC Pharma -- to its global and regional equity index, as part of May rebalancing. The US company also removed seven listed firms -- Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, Hanwha, GS Retail, Samsung Card, Lotte Corp., Korea Gas Corporation and Ottogi -- from the MSCI Korea Index. As a result, the regional equity index’s constituents of large- and mid-cap stocks fell to

Fila Korea is staying silent on the ongoing controversy surrounding Xinjiang cotton after its Chinese unit vowed to continue using the fabric. When asked about Fila China’s statement on Chinese social media platform Weibo last week confirming its support for Xinjiang cotton, a representative of the company acknowledged the existence of backlash but refused to comment. In a statement on Weibo last week, FILA China said it “has always purchased and used cotton produced in China inclu

The number of South Korean companies that have suffered credit rating downgrades has reached its highest level since 2016 as the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on their finances this year, industry data showed Monday. The debt ratings of 39 companies have been cut down by more than one of the three local credit rating agencies -- Korea Investors Service, NICE Investors Service and Korea Ratings Corporation -- as of Thursday, according to data compiled by Yonhap Infomax. In 2016, the figur

When the novel coronavirus made its appearance across the world earlier this year, optimistic market observers anticipated that “revenge spending” would eventually rebound to counter the damaging effect of the initial outbreak. South Korea, which had successfully retained its domestic virus spread in the first half of the year, had hopes for a while of seeing its domestic market get back on track within the year. But with a third wave of infections here and the stronger social dist

A Seoul court ruled Friday in favor of Shin Kyuk-ho, the late founder of retail giant Lotte Group, in a lawsuit he filed against the tax authority over hundreds of billions of won of gift taxes. The Seoul Administrative Court ordered a district tax office to revoke 212.6 billion won (US$196 million) of gift taxes imposed on the honorary chairman of the nation's fifth-largest conglomerate, who died in January at the age of 99. The taxes were levied after the prosecution charged Shin with tax e