Culture
Fashion·Beauty
Consumers Scrutinizing Ingredients and Efficacy… Dermal Beauty Is on the Rise
In the domestic cosmetics (beauty) market, which has entered a mature phase, “derma beauty”—a category emphasizing ingredients and efficacy—is experiencing rapid growth. It has maintained an average a…
Travel·Leisure·Golf
One in Five Foreign Visitors Enters the Country via Regional Airports… Increasing Spending and Length of Stay Remain Challenges
Following efforts to revitalize regional airports, increasing local spending and length of stay after arrival have emerged as new challenges. While demand for entry via regional airports has grown due…
Travel·Leisure·Golf
"Service Sector Driving Growth and Employment; 15-Year-Old Service Industry Promotion Act Must Be Passed"
Arguments have been raised that it is urgent to establish a legal and institutional foundation to foster the service industry as a future growth sector. Amid rapid changes in the industrial structure …
Travel·Leisure·Golf
Seoul International Medical Tourism Travel Mart Opens on the 8th
The "Seoul International Medical Tourism Travel Mart" (SITMMT 2026) will be held on the 8th and 9th at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel (2nd floor) in Jangchung-dong, Jung-gu. Organized by the Seoul…
Fashion·Beauty
'Roadshops' That Broke the Mold: Changing Their Approach Proved Successful
Cosmetics “road shops,” which once packed major commercial districts including Seoul’s Myeongdong, are closing their doors. Major brands such as Innisfree, TONYMOLY Co., Ltd., and Skinfood are aiming …
Travel·Leisure·Golf
Why Did Design Miami Choose Seoul as Its Asian Hub?
The world-renowned collectible design fair “Design Miami” has identified Seoul as a market to cultivate over the long term. Following last year’s inaugural event in Seoul—the first in Asia—the fair ha…
Wellness·Food
"No wonder they've been disappearing one by one"... What's happening to the neighborhood gimbap shops?
The average price of a single gimbap roll in Seoul has approached 4,000 won. As ingredient and labor costs have risen consecutively, the price burden has increased, and the number of snack bars nation…
Fashion·Beauty
"Right in the U.S. Shopping Cart"... K-Beauty Takes Center Stage at Target Beauty Studio
U.S. retail giant Target has unveiled its own dedicated beauty space, the “Target Beauty Studio,” putting K-Beauty front and center. This move comes as Target features the second-largest number of K-B…
Fashion·Beauty
Fall Is Short and Winter Is Unpredictable… 'Lightweight Down Jackets' Have Shed Their 'Middle-Aged Guy' Image and Become Trendy
As late-summer heat shortens autumn and erratic winter weather becomes the norm due to climate change, the outdoor industry is shifting its fall/winter (FW) flagship products toward lightweight down j…
Travel·Leisure·Golf
Smart Tourism Technology Integrated into MICE… Two Associations Launch Joint Project
The Korea Smart Tourism Association and the Korea MICE Tourism Content Association are setting out to identify joint projects that integrate smart tourism technology with MICE and regional tourism con…