[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Jeju Samdasoo maintained its undisputed No. 1 position by recording a 40.4% share of the domestic drinking water market in the first quarter of 2025. Jeju Samdasoo has built a solid trust by staying with consumers for 27 years based on clean raw water collected from a single water source on Mt. Halla. The thorough quality management system, which has not had a single case of unsuitable water quality or administrative action since its launch, is considered a key factor in driving consumer trust. Brand marketing was also effective. This year, the brand message
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] As confusion spreads due to the SK Telecom hacking incident, it has been confirmed that over 20,000 pieces of personal information were leaked from Albamon, a part-time job recruitment platform operated by Job Korea (CEO Hyun-jun Yoon). Albamon announced on its homepage on the 2nd that "on April 30, we detected and responded to signs of abnormal access to the Albamon system, and in the process, a total of 22,473 temporarily saved resumes were leaked." Albamon said that as soon as they became aware of the hacking attempt, they blocked the account and IP that a
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] On April 21 (local time), Nongshim opened its first “Shin Ramyun Snack Bar” near the world-renowned tourist destination, Machu Picchu in Peru. With this move, Nongshim aims to expand contact points with global consumers visiting Machu Picchu and offer them an experiential introduction to the Nongshim ramyun brand. The Shin Ramyun Snack Bar in Peru is located in Aguas Calientes, the essential gateway to Machu Picchu, and spans three floors. The first floor serves as an experiential space where visitors can cook and taste ramyun themselves. The second and third
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] It was revealed that more than 6 out of 10 of the top 500 companies in Korea in 2024 will have a debt ratio exceeding 100%. Among individual companies, Hyosung Chemical was the only one among the companies surveyed to fall into a state of 'complete capital erosion'. The debt ratio of Hansung Motors, the official importer of imported cars 'Mercedes-Benz', reached 2,000%. The debt ratio is the value of the total amount of debt of a company divided by the total amount of capital. If the debt exceeds the capital, the debt ratio increases, but if the capital incre
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Kolmar Korea has developed a 'Reverse Aging' cosmetic technology that makes skin cells younger. This technology is an innovative technology that helps to strengthen the skin barrier and relieve inflammation while inducing skin cells to rejuvenate themselves, making the skin look younger. Korea Kolmar announced that it has developed an anti-aging peptide (small protein fragment) 'PTPD-12' using AI technology. The research team used AI to select 10 candidates from tens of thousands of peptides and found PTPD-12 that is effective for sensitive skin. The existing
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] LG Energy Solution has established a battery recycling joint venture (JV) with Derichebourg (DBG), France's No. 1 metal recycling and environmental service company. It is the first Korea-Europe recycling joint venture in Europe. Construction is expected to begin in 2026 in Bruyères-sur-Oise, in the Val d'Oise region of northern France, and full operation is expected to begin in 2027. It will have the capacity to process more than 20,000 tons of used batteries and scrap per year. The new joint venture is a specialized preprocessing plant that safely crushes an
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Global biopharmaceutical company Medytox (CEO Jeong Hyeon-ho) announced on the 29th that it had carried out various promotional activities, including attending the international academic conference 'ICLAS (International Conference of Laser, Aesthetic medicine and Surgery) 2025' held in Bangkok, Thailand for two days from the 25th to the 26th, and revealing the plan to launch products approved at the end of last year in the first half of the year. 'ICLAS 2025', held for the fifth time this year, is an international academic conference co-hosted by the Korean S
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Infurness (CEO Kwak Seong-moon), which imports and sells the expensive premium bed 'VISPRING (UK)' used by famous celebrities and tycoons, saw its sales decrease last year, operating profit increase, but net profit for the period plummeted by about 70%. Notable changes include the expansion of short-term trading securities valuation losses in 2024, a sharp increase in short-term borrowings, and a reduction in dividends. In particular, exposure of investment assets to market volatility, dependence on CEO transactions, and liquidity management burden are emergi