Korean chinaware firms are expanding aggressively overseas to cope with falling domestic demand from newly married couples amid the sluggish economy and the rising number of imported chinaware brands. Hankook Chinaware, a leading manufacturer of ceramic tableware in Korea, said at the end of 2013 that it planned to expand stores in Europe, particularly in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, by the end of last year, as well as open shops in department stores in the Middle East, including in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Egypt by January.
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