LVMH hopes to sell more Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Bulgari products in S. Korean department stores

LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault met with top executives of three South Korean department stores to discuss potential partnerships as the French luxury empire is seeking to boost its presence in the country. The...

Arla opens 1,620 MW solar power plant in Poland following Ukraine-war-induced power cuts

Arla Foods has opened a 1,620 MWh per year solar power plant in its repackaging facility in Tychowo, Poland, providing 85 percent of the sites energy consumption. The company invested 3 million in the solar power...

SsangYong Motor renamed KG Mobility after emerging from bankruptcy

SsangYong Motor Co. has been struggling for years before it declared bankruptcy and underwent restructuring. It was also put up for sale in an attempt to save the company, and it succeeded after facing many issues. Now,...

McDonald’s to offer 'one of most Japanese' items ever: Strawberry Daifuku Pie

McDonalds is releasing what is described as one of their most Japanese items ever the Strawberry Daifuku Pie. The new pie has strawberry daifuku, a tremendously popular sweet in Japan, as a filling for the McDonalds...

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy visits troops near Bakhmut

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops stationed near the key city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The visit comes amidst continued fighting for control of the city, the bloodiest since Russia...

South China Sea: Philippines president says new military bases under US agreement 'scattered' around the country

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the additional military bases under the countrys defense agreement with the United States would be in various parts of the Philippines. The US was granted access to four...

Russia-Ukraine war: Blinken calls on ICC members to comply with arrest warrant for Putin

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on countries that are members of the International Criminal Court to comply with the courts arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. This follows the courts...

Russia-Ukraine war: Wagner chief says Ukraine is planning offensive

The leader of the Russian Wagner mercenary group warned the Russian defense minister that Ukrainian forces were planning an offensive that would aim to cut off his fighters from the rest of the Russian troops. The warning...

S. Korea’s sleep-inducing lettuce to be grown in Australia

A South Korean lettuce variety called heukharang or black harang, which serves as a natural treatment for insomnia is set for cultivation in Australia. Jeollanamdo Agricultural Research Extension Services (JARES)...

How amateur scientists are still helping make important discoveries

What images does science conjure up in your mind? You may well be visualising a laboratory, equations scrawled on a blackboard. Figures are surrounded by glassware filled with coloured liquids. Maybe someone, with...

Drinking Coke, Pepsi could increase testicle size, testosterone level: study

A study by the Northwest Minzu University in China has revealed that drinking Coca-Cola and Pepsi can lead to larger testicles and higher testosterone levels. The university was determining the impact of carbonated...

Japanese tourism startup Iwaya Gikento offer balloon rides into ‘space’

Japanese startup Iwaya Giken is launching a space tourism business to take sightseers on balloon rides 25 kilometers into the stratosphere Iwaya Giken noted that while passengers need not undergo special training to...

Panera Bread adds Amazon palm recognition scanner to its stores

Panera Bread, an American chain store of bakery-café fast-casual restaurants, announced it would be adding Amazon Ones contactless technology to its 200 stores across the country. Amazon also said that the bakery is...

Logitech expands retail reach in Singapore with Watsons rollout

Logitech and Watsons are collaborating to sell lifestyle and technology items in-store throughout Singapore. Watsons will sell Logitechs K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard, Pebble Wireless Mouse M350, Lift Vertical...

Samsung to invest $230 billion in building mega chip cluster

Samsung Electronics will invest $230 billion over the next 20 years chip-making mega cluster, which will be established in Gyeonggi Province by 2042. Samsungs five new semiconductor plants would anchor South Koreas...

Samsung steals Xiaomi’s crown in India’s smartphone market

Samsung Electronics took a 20 percent market share in India in the last quarter of 2022 to take the top spot in the worlds second-biggest market for devices over erstwhile leader Xiaomi Corp., who had an 18 percent market...