Same T-Shirt, Five or Six Colors at Once At Space H Seoul, the Hedges flagship store in Seoul’s Myeongdong shopping district, it’s not unusual to see a customer pick up …
J. Haan
J. Haan
I'm J. Haan, the writer and editor behind KoreaUpClose. Each story is built from vetted local and international reporting, official sources, and public data — not just trend recaps.
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K-Beauty & Fashion
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K-Food & Dining
Sales Up 10%, Profit Down 18%: What CJ CheilJedang’s Q2 Reveals About the Other Side of K-Food
by J. Haanby J. HaanSales Grew by Double Digits. Profit Didn’t Follow. CJ CheilJedang reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of 4.195 trillion won and operating profit of 161.9 billion won on August 11. The figures …
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Dating Culture
A Meeting Deducted Before It Happened — Three Years, 1,236 Matchmaking Complaints
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Meeting Deducted Before It Ever Happened She had only received a profile — no actual meeting ever took place — yet one of her contracted matches had already been …
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Variety & Reality Shows
They Said Their Diagnosis Before Their Name — What ‘My Remaining Love’ Leaves Behind
by J. Haanby J. HaanThe First Episode, Where Cast Members Named Their Illness Before Their Name On the debut episode of SBS’s dating reality show “My Remaining Love,” which aired on August 3, the …
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K-pop & Fandom
15 Million Followers, One Year In — What’s Actually Behind CORTIS’s Record
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Year After the Account Opened, 15 Million CORTIS’s official Instagram account passed 15 million followers on August 5. Big Hit Music, the group’s agency, announced the milestone on August …
