According to Pulse, Kakao Pay made the Chinese retailer available to Korea-based users for the first time in July 2020 and went full scale on 31 August 2020.
Moreover, since Chinese-made products are sold at a cheaper price than their Korean counterparts, with little to no delivery charge, South Korea is considered one of AliExpress’ major markets. Besides, in March 2020, the site added a logistics route devoted solely to Korea to speed up the delivery process.
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