
Korea Flags 26 Diet-Food Advertisers: The Pattern Behind 'Edible Wegovy' Claims
Korea's food and drug regulator flagged 26 online weight-loss food advertisers. Some 600,000 units worth KRW 11.5 billion, with markups reaching 27.5x cost.
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Korea's food and drug regulator flagged 26 online weight-loss food advertisers. Some 600,000 units worth KRW 11.5 billion, with markups reaching 27.5x cost.

Naver will pause ADVoost Shopping and catalogue sales campaigns for two hours on 27, 28 and 30 July. Ads keep serving, but product data and creative edits are frozen.

Alphabet posted USD 119.8 billion in Q2 revenue, up 24% year over year, with cloud surging 82%. But capital expenditure of USD 44.9 billion pushed free cash flow negative.

Korea's privacy regulator fined TikTok KRW 10.3 billion. Some 71,000 companies deployed the tracking tool, collecting behavioural data on 9.45 million users. Here is the advertiser checklist.

TikTok launched a solution letting Korean businesses sell on TikTok Shop Japan without a local entity. The market already has 50,000 registered sellers, with 70% of transactions driven by content.

Kakao is widening AI commerce inside KakaoTalk, from gift suggestions to bookings. On top of KRW 10.6 trillion in annual transactions, the real test is whether recommendations convert to payment.

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to every logged-in US adult across all plans. Weekly health questions hit 300 million. Here is what marketers should take from it.

In AI search, generic claims make your brand invisible. Learn how GEO positioning — finding the empty slot competitors ignore — makes AI single your brand out.

These 15-second Korean ads show how short-form ad storytelling from Noscana, Coway, and Lotte Chilsung keeps viewers watching to the very end.

Korean unlisted stock valuation relies on a supplementary method blending profit and net-asset value — essential knowledge for startup equity and tax planning.

Employee onboarding retention is decided in the first 90 days. Here's how psychological safety, role clarity, and relationships turn new hires into stayers.

Weather-based travel marketing is reshaping summer 2026, as cool-cations, weather-linked refunds, and hyper-personalization replace destination-first booking.
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