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Beanpole’s face masks for safety and for style

July 27, 2020

Samsung C&T Fashion Group’s traditional casual brand Beanpole has launched its own three-dimensional fashionable face masks fitted with filters that can be washed and re-used, bringing together all the necessary elements of a mask that is not only practical, but also attractive. In designing the mask, Beanpole used 3D pattern technology including incisions and lines […]

Everland succeeds in natural birth of giant panda

July 22, 2020

Giant Pandas are famous for their cute appearance and as the protagonist of many popular animations. Everland Zoo in South Korea received a pair of pandas, Ai Bao (爱宝, age 7, female) and Le Bao (乐宝, age 8, male), four years ago. And now, Everland announced on July 22 that the happy couple had given […]

Samsung C&T Q2 2020 earnings

July 22, 2020

Samsung C&T’s efforts to improve profitability in addition to performance gains at subsidiary BioLogics have led to an increase in quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) operating profit, despite a drop in year-over-year (YoY) revenue due to COVID-19 and completion of large-scale projects, etc. KRW 7.223tn in revenue and KRW 238bn in operating profit, QoQ decrease in revenue by […]

Juun.J takes S/S 2021 collection online for Paris Fashion Week

July 20, 2020

Global fashion brand Juun.J unveiled its Spring/Summer 2021 collection digitally this week at Digital Paris Fashion Week. This event, held from July 9 to 13, was the first of its kind ever held by France’s La Fédération de la Haute Couture et la Mode. Part of Samsung C&T’s Fashion Group, the youth and street culture-inspired […]

Passion & Expertise: Fertilizer for life

July 17, 2020

It seems fertilizer not only helps crops grow, but can be the source of a fruitful career too. Having been with Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group for nearly 30 years, Principal Professional Park Hun-bae has spent those decades accumulating expertise in the fertilizer business. In 1992, Park joined what is now known as the […]

Caribbean Bay’s extraordinary measures keeping visitors as safe as possible

July 15, 2020

It has been a month now since Caribbean Bay re-opened with a greatly enhanced focus on safety and security. The way that the water park has approached public health has created an experience quite different from what park-goers are used to and has even attracted international attention. It illustrates that Caribbean Bay is committed to […]

When is a curtain not a curtain? When it’s a wall!

July 13, 2020

According to one old saying, clothes make the man. If this principle can be extended to a building, then the exterior of a building “makes” the whole structure. When you think about the simplest kind of an enclosed building, there are four walls with a roof on top where the walls hold up the roof […]

What were Korean fashion and lifestyle like in the 1950s and 60s?

July 7, 2020

What were the fashions and lives of Koreans who lived in the 1950s and 60s like? By the 1970s the nation would come to rise, phoenix-like from the ashes, to become the Miracle on the Han River, but in the period immediately after the 1950-53 Korean War, the country was still working overtime to rebuild […]

Out of the woods: Turning waste into energy

July 6, 2020

As the world continues to seek sustainable energy solutions, some of the answers have been lying around us all the time – like wood pellets! Wood pellets are a source of bioenergy, natural waste that has been broken down and reprocessed into pellets typically between 1-3 cm in length. In this article, we will explore why […]

Who is the true king of Everland’s Zootopia?

July 3, 2020

One of Everland’s most interesting attractions is Zootopia, which is a full zoo that about 300 animals of 30 species call home. Aside from the lions, tigers, and bears that live there, there are giraffes, elephants, penguins, monkeys, and even a giant tortoise! Zootopia makes up about one fifth of the park’s entire land area, […]