Morning temperatures in Seoul fell to minus 11 degrees Celsius on Friday as frigid weather continued to grip the country a day after Christmas, the weather agency said.
K-beauty didn’t just have a good Black Friday on Amazon; it took center stage. Korean products claimed the top three spots in Amazon's beauty and personal care category in the United States during the Black Friday sales period from Nov. 20 to Dec. 1.
Major disruptions lasted throughout the Friday morning commute after heavy snow accompanied by thunder and lightning fell across Seoul and the greater metropolitan area on Thursday evening.
Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year's holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online.
Ticket booking platform Skyscanner is set to hold a special Black Friday airfare promotion from Monday until the end of this month.
E-commerce giant Coupang is holding a weeklong “Rocket Overseas Summer Black Friday” event from Monday, offering steep markdowns of up to 70 percent on over 20,000 products from more than 800 global brands.
Products stamped with the "Made in China" tag and known for their low prices dominated overseas shopping consumers' wallets this Black Friday, one of the year's largest e-commerce events, according to data published on Tuesday.
Korea recorded 52,987 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down by more than 700 from the same day a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The largest-ever annual shopping event in Korea will take place next week amid the government's effort to curb high prices and boost private spending, the Industry Ministry said Wednesday.
There were 23,583 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea on Friday, down by more than 3,300 from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
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