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The rise of K-Beauty: Can South Korea overtake France?

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English August 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM

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South Korea’s beauty industry is booming, surpassing the US this year to become the world’s second-largest cosmetics exporter, behind only France. Al Jazeera’s Jack Barton reports from Seoul.

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