Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Former Estee Lauder boss to head YG's cosmetics
Jang Jae-yong
By Bahk Eun-ji
Codecosme International, YG Entertainment’s cosmetics affiliate, has named Jang Jae-yong, a former Asia-Pacific general manager of Estee Lauder Group, as president. Jang also was with Burberry Korea.
YG Entertainment took over Codecosme in November to move into the Chinese market with its Moonshot brand.Jang successfully launched Bobbi Brown, an American makeup brand, in Korea in 1999. He also headed Bobbi Brown Asia-Pacific for seven years from 2005. After serving at the brand, he moved to Burberry Group, a British luxury fashion house, as general manager in Korea for three years.