[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] On the 29th, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 with 181 passengers on board crashed into the outer wall of the runway while landing at Muan International Airport and caught fire, killing 179 of the 181 people on board and only 2 were rescued. With no survivors other than the two crew members, the accident remains the deadliest domestic airline accident. Before the Jeju Air disaster, the deadliest domestic airline accident was the Asiana Airlines Haenam crash in 1993, which killed 66 people. The Jeju Air accident at Muan Airport was recorded as a major disaster, ranking
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Starbucks Korea (CEO Son Jeong-hyeon) has revealed the top 10 drinks that were most loved by customers throughout the year. This year, three tea beverages made it into the TOP 10, showing that clean-tasting tea beverages continue to grow. In fact, looking at beverage sales data from the past three years, the number of tea beverages in the TOP 10 increased from one in 2022 to three in 2024. In particular, 'Starbucks Classic Milk Tea', which was first introduced in October of last year, attracted attention by making it to the TOP 10 just one year after its rele
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] It has been reported that Dongsun Kim, Vice President and Head of Future Vision at Hanwha Hotels & Resorts, is pushing for the acquisition of Our Home. Attention is being paid to how he will create synergy in the food tech sector, which he has selected as a future food source, and whether the acquisition will be successful. Recently, Hanwha has completed its due diligence on Our Home and is focusing on establishing detailed transaction terms with shareholders (former Our Home Vice Chairman Koo Bon-sung and Our Home Chairman Koo Mi-hyeon) who own approxima
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Celltrion's breast cancer and stomach cancer treatment drug 'Herzuma' (ingredient name: trastuzumab) has proven its strong competitiveness in Japan, a key Asian pharmaceutical market, recording a 74% market share as of November this year. Since surpassing the original product in market share for the first time in the second quarter of 2021, Hejuma has maintained the lead for three consecutive years, and is currently widening the overwhelming gap with competing products with a market share of over 70%. This achievement is interpreted as the result of a synergy
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Crown Haitai Confectionery Chairman Yoon Young-dal has been appointed as co-chairman of the 2025 Yeongdong World Traditional Korean Music Expo. The Yeongdong World Traditional Music Expo Organizing Committee has appointed Chairman Yoon Yeong-dal as the civilian co-chairman of the organizing committee to successfully host the world’s first traditional music expo in Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do in September next year. The appointment ceremony held at the Chungcheongbuk-do Provincial Office on the 26th was attended by Governor Kim Yeong-hwan of Chungcheongbu
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] SPC Group's Paris Baguette has entered the Vancouver area by opening its 9th Canadian store, 'Coquitlam', and its 10th store, 'Alberni St.' Paris Baguette is rapidly expanding across Canada, opening stores in major cities including Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. In the case of the Coquitlam branch, a long line of nearly 100 people formed before business began on the opening day, the 20th (local time), and the response was so hot that about 4,500 pieces of bread and cake were sold. Vancouver stores introduced pastries such as chausson aux pommes, a French-st
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Among the major Asian stock markets this year, Taiwan ranked first with remarkable strength. On the other hand, the Korean stock market, represented by KOSPI and KOSDAQ, showed the lowest rate of return. The US broadcast CNBC reported on the 23rd (local time) that the Taiwan Straits Times Index rose 28.85% this year, the largest increase among 11 major Asia-Pacific stock indices. Following the Straits Times Index, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (+16.63%), Singapore Straits Times Stock Exchange (+15.78%), Japan Nikkei 225 Stock Average (15.65%), and China CSI 3
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Group New Jeans and singer Lim Young-woong took first place in the singers in their 30s and under and 40s and over, respectively, for the year 2024. Gallup Korea conducted a three-stage survey from July to November 25, asking 5,281 people nationwide (excluding Jeju) aged 13 to 39 and 3,110 people in their 40s or older, to name up to three of their favorite Korean pop singers/groups who were active this year. Gallup Korea divided the survey into those in their 30s and younger and those in their 40s and older to compensate for the shortcomings of the low birth
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The industry with the highest sales per franchise in Korea is pharmacies that sell medicine, which was tallied at 1.3 billion won per year. In addition, convenience stores were found to have the largest number of franchise stores. On December 24, Statistics Korea announced the '2023 Franchise (Franchise) Survey Results (Tentative)' containing the above information. The number of franchisee employees last year was 1,012,452, a 7.4% increase from a year ago (942,705). The number of franchisee employees increased by 24% in five years from 816,420 in 2018. Total
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] South Korea has entered a 'super-aging society'. The proportion of the registered population aged 65 or older has exceeded 20%. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on December 24, the number of registered residents aged 65 or older as of the previous day was 10,244,550, accounting for 20.0% of the total registered residents (51,221,286). The United Nations (UN) classifies a society as an aging society when the population aged 65 or older accounts for 7% or more of the total population, an aged society when it accounts for 14% or more, and a s