The report found that tourists are now spending less per purchase but buying far more often. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea has become an international powerhouse over the past 20 years: K-pop, high tech, kimchi. The Republic has built a ...

The change is expected to ripple across clinics, brokers and the broader tourism market. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

South Korea to drop cosmetic surgery tax incentives that have fuelled wave of medical tourism - Lobby group warns ...

The termination of VAT refunds for foreign visitors undergoing cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures on Dec. 31 has ...

The Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons warned that ending the VAT refund scheme could drive foreign patients to rival ...

A sudden surge of Chinese tourists into South Korea has reshaped Northeast Asia's winter travel flows, following Beijing's ...

Political tensions shifted Chinese tourists from Japan to South Korea, boosting arrivals and sparking competition, local ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Some 110 people aboard a South Korean sightseeing ship were rescued by fishing boats after the vessel ran aground near a rocky island on Tuesday, reviving tragic memories of a ferry ...

South Korea is set to discontinue its 10 per cent VAT refund for foreign patients undergoing cosmetic surgery, with the ...

Kirsty Coventry, Chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), visited South Korea for the first time since taking office in June and affirmed ...