Drinks all round

Article Abstract:

South Korea has opened up the bottled-water market to foreign suppliers as of May 1, 1995, to compete with the domestic companies legalized in Mar 1994. The 15 domestic suppliers had 1994 sales of $117 million, expected to rise 50% in 1995, and 20 foreign companies plan to enter the market. They have complained about several restrictive regulations, however, claiming they favor domestic suppliers. These include a six-month shelf-life for bottled water and a requirement for glass bottles (both now partially lifted).

Bottled Water, Bottled Water Manufacturing, Bottled and canned soft drinks, Cover Story, Bottled drinking water, Bottled water industry

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Pulp fiction: high newspaper prices mean little to Korean producers

Article Abstract:

S Korean newsprint producers are caught between rising inport prices, govt limits on domestic sales prices, and uncompetitiveness in the overseas market. Newsprint prices have soared in 1995 to roughly $800 per tonne, but the govt limits the price in S Korea to $820 and newspapers buy at a discount from that. Furthermore, the govt is pressing newspapers to cut back on production to avoid higher inflation. Finally, papermakers in S Korea are expanding capacity, nearly doubling it from 1994 to 1997.

Paper mills, Newsprint, Newsprint Mills, Prices and rates, Newspaper publishing, Periodicals, North Korea

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Interior motives: architect ushers plants and light into Seoul's concrete jungle

Article Abstract:

Jusuck Koh, an architect from South Korea, is committed to building structures that include a lot of greenery. Koh returned to Korea in 1989 after studying and working in the US for more than a decade. He was unsure about the response his unorthodox style will receive. He believes that Seoul has not developed as a city centered on people and he hopes to help in making it more people friendly. Koh states that his focus on light and greenery in buildings in in line with the Buddhist tradition.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architects, Koh, Jususk

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