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Korea.net takes a look at a range of long-lasting brands and successful firms, companies that have won over the hearts of domestic consumers and are now branching out overseas.
HJC captures world's attention with motorcycle helmets

HJC captures world's attention with motorcycle helmets

When people talk about a "hidden champion," there is one company not to be missed. It is HJC, a firm that has been leading the global motorcycle helmet market. Its helmet...

Nov 06,2014

Morning Glory adds design, quality to world of stationery

Morning Glory adds design, quality to world of stationery

School supplies such as notebooks, pencils, pens, mechanical pencils, erasers and pencil cases fill the backpacks of students as they trudge off to class. Among these sta...

Nov 05,2014

Monami writes history of Korean stationery

Monami writes history of Korean stationery

In every office and atop every desk in Korea, there is a ballpoint pen of the same design. It has a long, white hexagonal body, a black, blue or red button at the end and...

Oct 28,2014

Ottogi Curry brings Indian cuisine to the table

Ottogi Curry brings Indian cuisine to the table

It’s been many years since the Indian staple of curry and rice became one of the most popular dishes served in the Korean kitchen. How is it that the taste of curry has c...

Oct 24,2014

Agabang helps with happy birth, smart caring

Agabang helps with happy birth, smart caring

Parents hope to give the best things to their children at all times. When choosing an article of innerwear for their babies, they check every centimeter of it to see from...

Oct 22,2014

'Korean cuisine can delight palates across the globe'

'Korean cuisine can delight palates across the globe'

"I thought about how I could contribute to society, more so than simply thinking about how to make money. After long consideration, I realized that I could create high-qu...

Sep 30,2014

The globalization of soy sauce: Sempio Foods Company

The globalization of soy sauce: Sempio Foods Company

More than 600 years ago in the year 1411, a great famine struck the land of Joseon and the people suffered from severe hunger. In November of that year, King Taejong (r. ...

Sep 30,2014

Hidden champion of pepper paste: Jinmi Foods Company

Hidden champion of pepper paste: Jinmi Foods Company

Some foodstuffs are always on the Korean table, next to the kimchi. Pepper paste, or gochujang, is perhaps the most common of these.It is a fermented red chili paste. To ...

Sep 26,2014

Packaging is our product: Won Chang industries

"Packaging is our product": Won Chang industries

  Various colored boxes produced by Won Chang Corrugated Packaging use direct printing technology and are 30% cheaper than existing products. Arriving on custom...

Aug 28,2014

Chungho Nais develops world's first water purifying coffeemaker

Chungho Nais develops world's first water purifying coffeemaker

Can a water purifier make coffee? Most people would think it impossible, but Chungho Nais' Whi Caffe can do it. The home appliance can not only purify tap water to p...

Jul 24,2014