[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Dong-A Pharmaceutical (CEO Baek Sang-hwan) announced on the 10th that its cold medicine brand Panpyrin was ranked first in the cold medicine category of the '2025 Korea Brand Power Index (K-BPI)' hosted by the Korea Productivity Association Consulting (KMAC) for the second consecutive year. The Korea Brand Power Index (K-BPI) is a system in which the Korea Productivity Association Consulting selects and certifies brands that represent Korean consumer life through consumer surveys and evaluations every year. This year, a survey was conducted on a total of 235
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] 14 companies listed on the Korea Exchange and 43 companies listed on KOSDAQ are facing the risk of delisting. The Korea Exchange has released the 'Current status of market measures related to the settlement of accounts for corporations with fiscal year ending in December 2024' for listed companies on the Korea Exchange and KOSDAQ. As a result of this settlement, the stock market took market measures, including ▲14 companies experiencing reasons for delisting, ▲4 companies newly designated as management stocks, and ▲3 companies having their designation lifted.
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Singer G-Dragon's music is going into space. This is through a project in collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), where G-Dragon is a visiting professor. Galaxy Corporation, G-Dragon's agency, announced that G-Dragon will be carrying out the 'G-Dragon Space Sound Source Transmission Project' at the KAIST Space Research Institute, where he will be transmitting his music and music videos into space. G-Dragon's music video to be sent into space on this day was produced using 'Sora', a video generation AI model by OpenAI
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] On April 9, Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) signed an agreement with Euro Invest Holding LLC, the developer of the new city development project in Khrodok, Ukraine, in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, with the main contents being smart city development. This agreement is a follow-up measure to the MOU signed with the Horodosi local government in January of last year to specify the new city development project plan and participation method. Horodox is a logistics hub located in the Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine, and a new city development of 57.7㎢ is plann
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Estige24 (CEO Kim Il-soo), which operates the beauty and healthcare brand Cellreturn, is experiencing a serious liquidity crisis amid rapidly declining sales and widening deficits. It is pointed out that rapid restructuring and risk management are essential to maintain the possibility of survival as a going concern. Currently, Estige24's major shareholders are CEO Kim Il-soo with 86.64%, CEO Kim's spouse Kim Na-yeon with 10.00%, Kim Sol-hyun with 0.01%, and Celltrion Holdings with 3.35%. According to the audit report of the Financial Supervisory Service's ele
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] HY (formerly Korea Yakult, CEO Byun Byung-gu) saw a decline in both sales and profitability in 2024 due to the economic downturn and difficulties caused by rising raw material costs. In particular, net loss reached KRW 56.4 billion, up 250% from the previous year. According to the audit report of the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 4th, hy recorded sales of 1.355 trillion won and operating profit of 58.2 billion won last year. Sales and operating profit fell 4.7% and 14.9% year-on-year, respectively. In particular, net loss
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] SYS Retail (CEO Kim Hyung-young, hereinafter referred to as Electronic Land), which once created the legend of home appliance retailers together with Lotte Hi-Mart, is facing significant uncertainty as a going concern after recording deficits for four consecutive years and net losses for three consecutive years last year. In addition, current liabilities are about 80 billion won more than current assets, raising concerns of a liquidity crisis. According to the audit report of the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 7th, E-Land'
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Hansung FI (CEO Youngcheol Kim), which had been holding a dividend feast despite a 70% drop in operating profit in 2023, turned to a deficit last year. Hansung FI is currently selling 'Taylormade Apparel', 'Renoma Golf', 'All For You', and 'O'Neill' brand products in Korea. According to the audit report of the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system on the 4th, Hansung FI's sales in 2024 will be 204.7 billion won, a 7.5% decrease from 221.2 billion won the previous year. In 2023, it also decreased by 7% compared to 2022 (237.9 billion won
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] OB Beer's Cass, which has boasted the number one spot in the domestic beer market share for 13 consecutive years and is called the 'nation's beer', is suffering humiliation on the world stage with embarrassing evaluations and report cards, such as receiving a failing grade from the 'Beer Michelin'. There are growing voices of criticism that rather than pursuing profits through successive price increases, efforts should be made to improve the quality of products for customers. The 'national beer' with a 40% domestic market share was compared to domestic compet
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Global total medical aesthetics company Hugel Co., Ltd.'s own clinical derma cosmetic brand 'WELLAGE' has officially entered Costco Canada. This is the company's first offline market entry into North America. The product being sold is Wellage's Real Hyaluronic Blue 100 Ampoule' planning set, which has been recognized for its excellent moisturizing effect and quick-drying improvement effect since its launch in 2020, and has become a brand steady seller both domestically and internationally. In Korea, it is continuously growing through online and offline channe