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Japan Travelers Choose Korea At Record Pace

It was found that more than one in four Japanese tourists who traveled abroad this year chose Korea as their destination.According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism…

  • 2.28 million Japanese tourists visited South Korea in the first half of the year.
  • This represented 28.0% of all Japanese outbound travelers.
  • Korea's tourism growth attributed to expanded flights and K-culture.

Samsung Heavy Industries Lands Two-Ship Order

Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed on Aug. 31 that it has won an order for two container ships from an African shipping company for a total of 444.5 billion won ($336.74 million).

  • Samsung Heavy Industries secures two ship contract worth $336.74M
  • Company achieves 107% of commercial ship order target at 36 ships
  • Focus on high-value-added ships like LNG, crude oil carriers

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