Kim Hae-yeon

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Kim Hae-yeon

Korean food export company The O Global has signed a landmark agreement with Beisia, one of Japan’s top retail distributors, to export 200 tons of Korean rice to help ease Japan’s ongoing rice shortage. The contract represents the largest volume of rice ever exported by a private Korean company for general consumer sales in Japan. Shipments of premium Saecheongmu rice, cultivated in Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, began on Monday and will continue over the next four weeks.

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Kim Hae-yeon

Kim Dong-sun, vice president of Hanwha Galleria and third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn, on Friday launched premium ice cream brand Benson with its first store, Benson Creamery Seoul, in Apgujeong. All eyes are on whether it can challenge market leader Baskin-Robbins. Betterscoop Creamery is a new Hanwha Galleria subsidiary led by Oh Min-woo, who also oversaw the launch of the hamburger chain Five Guys in Seoul in 2023.

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Kim Hae-yeon

Global premium rum brand Bacardi Korea has partnered with Starbucks Korea to roll out a limited-time summer beverage series, aimed at offering customers a fresh and elevated cafe experience. Under the campaign titled, “A Moment Between,” the collaboration, which runs through Sept. 30, represents Bacardi’s first co-branded initiative with Starbucks in the Korean market.

2 weeks ago | koreaherald.com | Kim Hae-yeon

South Korean builder Daewoo Engineering & Construction said Friday that Chair Jung Won-ju met with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Wednesday to discuss potential collaborations on new business ventures in the country. “Since entering the Indonesian market in 1986, Daewoo E&C has maintained a long-standing partnership through various projects," Jung said at the meeting.

2 weeks ago | koreaherald.com | Kim Hae-yeon

Employees of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines participate in a tree-planting volunteer activity during the Korean Air Forest project in the Baganuur District of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Tuesday. The initiative, which began in 2004, marked its first joint event this year following Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines. Around 260 new hires and current employees from both companies took part in the program, which is being conducted in two phases over a two-week period starting Monday.