[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The North Face, a global outdoor brand of Youngone Outdoor (CEO Seong Ki-hak), has maintained the top spot in the fashion category for the 12th consecutive year in the '2024 Korea's Top 100 Brands' announced by Brandstock, a brand value evaluation company. The 'Top 100 Brands of Korea' announced by Brandstock since 2003 is a brand value evaluation model selected annually by the 'BSTI (Brand Stock Top Index)' score, an evaluation index that combines the brand stock index (70%) and consumer index (30%) formed through simulated stock trading on the Brandstock Ex
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Osstem Implant (CEO Kim Hae-seong) received the '300 Million Dollar Export Tower' award at the '61st Trade Day' ceremony held by the Korea International Trade Association on the 5th. This year's Export Tower reflects export performance for one year from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. During this period, Osstem Implant's export performance increased by 18% compared to the same period last year, reaching KRW 347 million, more than sufficiently meeting the requirements for the USD 300 million Export Tower award. The history of Osstem Implant's export tower award
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Pulmuone will appoint a new CEO who will oversee all domestic and overseas businesses as of January 1st of next year and will launch a new 2nd term of professional management. At the regular board meeting held on the 6th, Pulmuone appointed Lee Woo-bong, head of Pulmuone Strategic Management Center, as the next CEO as of January 1st of next year. Pulmuone announced that the next CEO was finally selected from among several candidates through a fair and transparent process of one year of candidate recommendation, screening, verification, and selection by the CE
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Lotte Group has requested the police to investigate and punish those who created and distributed false information leaflets about a liquidity crisis, etc. The intention is to find the person who first distributed the information and set things right, as the content of the false information has spread like wildfire and caused significant damage. According to Lotte Holdings on the 2nd, the group’s law firm requested an investigation by the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul, asking them to find and punish the person who wrote and distributed the rumor for credit d
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] In the global electric vehicle battery market in the third quarter of 2024, the market share of the three Korean battery companies (LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK On) decreased compared to the previous quarter. In particular, China's CATL and BYD remain strong, and fierce competition continues. According to market research firm SNE Research on December 2, LG Energy Solution ranked second with 14.1% of the global battery sales market share (M/S) in the third quarter of this year, Samsung SDI ranked fourth with 5.7%, and SK On ranked fifth with 3.6%. T
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] With the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States and the aftermath of the war in Europe, the global economy is becoming increasingly difficult, and the Korean economy, caught in a sandwich situation, is facing increasing uncertainty. Due to the issue of the extramarital child of movie actor Jung Woo-sung, there is a heated debate among the younger generation about non-marriage and childbirth in Korean society. This issue is ultimately in line with the issues of low birth rate and aging society that Korean society is facing. From an
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, is being promoted to Vice President. Vice President Shin plans to take full charge of new and global businesses. Attention is being focused on his role as a relief pitcher who will save Lotte Group from crisis. Lotte Group, which is experiencing a liquidity crisis, is replacing 21 CEOs as part of a personnel reshuffle. This is the largest personnel change ever, at 36% of all CEOs. In addition, 22% of all executives will also resign. Accordingly, the total number of executives will decrease b
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The most preferred national technical qualifications in the job market last year were ‘Forklift Driver Technician’ and ‘Korean Cuisine Technician.’ On the 27th, the Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Industry announced the results of the ‘Analysis of the Utilization of the National Technical Qualification Recruitment Market’, which analyzed 1,674,560 corporate job postings posted on the government’s employment portal, Employment 24, last year. Looking at the top 20 qualifications for preferential hiring, forklift driver skills were the most with
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] On November 24th, the internet became abuzz when it was revealed that Jung Woo-sung was the biological father of Moon Ga-bi's recently born son. The perception of illegitimate children is changing in Korean society, as Japanese national and broadcaster Sayuri has decided to become a "voluntary single mother" by giving birth through sperm donation. Along with pros and cons such as "the birth of a new family," "a modified polyandry system," "a rite of passage to becoming an advanced country," "a solution to the low birth rate problem(?)," and "a full-fledged si
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Seoul's Myeong-dong was revealed to be the 9th most expensive place to rent among major city commercial districts around the world. On the 21st, global real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield Korea announced in a report titled 'The World's Major Retail Districts' that analyzed the rents of commercial districts in 138 major cities around the world that Myeongdong's average annual rent (based on 1㎡) was 10,319,652 won, ranking 9th. Compared to last year, the rent went up 3%, but the ranking remained the same. First place went to Via Montenapoleone i