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South Korea’s biggest theme park is making sure visitors keep cool this summer by adding refreshment at every opportunity – from the mist of Everland’s Tropical Summer Garden to a downright drenching, courtesy of special interactive performances. Operated by Samsung C&T’s Resort Group, Everland is presenting its Summer Water Fun festival through the country’s most […]

Now in her 14th year with Samsung C&T, Jamie Shin is making tremendous strides with the company’s Trading & Investment Group. As a Senior Professional, Shin’s passion and expertise are inspiring her colleagues, but she just takes it one day at a time. “It’s not like I set a specific period to work when I […]

Samsung C&T (KL) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Samsung C&T Corporation on June 28 received the Letter of Award for the construction of a podium building for Lot L, L1 and M, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (“KLCC”) from Arah Moden Sdn Bhd, a whollyowned subsidiary of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd. The awarded contract amount is […]

Marble has been prized for thousands of years as an expression of luxury and the material that helped produce some of the world’s greatest artistic sculptures. Like fine wines, marble varieties and their features have become strongly associated with their locations. One such example is statuario marble, which can only be quarried in the Italian […]

There was good news recently for Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group’s palm plantation in Indonesia, which received an eco-friendly stamp of approval when it was certified by the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in May. This is the first time that a Korean company operating an Indonesian palm plantation has been awarded […]

Paris Fashion Week witnessed a synergy of the past and future this month when Korean brand Juun.J unveiled its avant-garde Spring/Summer 2020 collection in the historic surroundings of the Ecole de Medecine. In trademark fashion, Juun.J’s creative director Jung Wook-jun demonstrated 40 outfits through his reinterpretation of traditional tailoring elements with bold combinations under the […]

A spectacular show of light, sound and fireworks is filling the night sky at Everland this summer as South Korea’s biggest theme park has launched Time Odyssey, a new illumination fantasy performance. The multimedia show, featuring thousands of flames, mapped images, and other special effects, centers on the theme of life’s race through time and […]

An unhurried cultural revolution is working its way across the world, one that is defying the received idea that faster is better. It is about “savoring the hours and minutes rather than just counting them,” Carl Honoré wrote in his book “In Praise of Slow.” The so-called slow movement can be traced back to Italy […]

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort,” Jane Austen wrote in her 1815 novel Emma. That may ring true for many people, but it does not mean that every house or apartment offers the comfort of home. That kind of comfort is made up not only of furniture but also memories – […]

Following last year’s record high temperatures, South Korea was given an early reminder of summer when May warmed up earlier than usual. With local temperatures already reaching the mid-30s Celsius, authorities have been issuing heat advisories earlier than ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfImE79dhx4 As the region is expected to see more hot weather early in the summer, there is welcome news from Caribbean Bay, […]