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About

“Is this worth
carrying?”

Every part of what SH&StarGlobal does begins with that one question.

We are a Seoul-based import and distribution company working in a single category: camping and outdoor. Our roots are in backpacking, and they taught us what those hours are worth — pitching the tent, cooking, sitting with the night sky. That understanding of the field is what we bring to putting an overseas brand into the Korean market.

We do not judge a product from a spec sheet. Before we propose a brand, we go through in detail how your product fits Korean campsites and how Korean users actually behave. The point is not to find fault — it is to carry what your gear genuinely does, and the thinking behind it, into Korean in the most accurate language we can find. We pass on what has been confirmed, and we do not make inflated or premature promises. That is the standard we hold ourselves to with a brand.

SH&StarGlobal works as a local partner rather than an importer alone. We build localised content that carries the brand's own thinking, manage the distribution channels on steady stock operations, and feed the Korean market's real reactions and data back to the brand — which is what makes a partnership that grows both sides.

A backpacker walking a grass ridge above the sea on a clear day — The company started on walks like this one.

Core values

01

We carry the brand, not just the box

Translating the copy is not the job. The job is to rebuild why a brand made something the way it did, in the language and context a Korean buyer actually reads.

02

Say only what we checked

Certification status, lead time, stock, sell-through. A number we have not confirmed does not go into a deck or onto a product page.

03

Judged in the field

A product page can be staged. Wind, rain and a cold morning cannot. We form our view of a product where the product gets used.

Vision

Three years from now, we want to be the first call a camping brand makes when it starts looking at Korea — not because we carry the most brands, but because the ones we took on are still selling.

Founder's note

What made that night possible
was the gear in the pack.

I took up camping to get away from a routine that kept repeating itself. What drew me in was that everything rested on my own two feet and shoulders. That was where I learned to carry only what was necessary and leave the rest in the city.

A night in a tent, out in the open, gives a kind of rest that is hard to find in a city. What let me have that time properly, through changeable weather and rough ground, was the gear in my pack doing its job. One piece of equipment decides the temperature of a night, and that night is what carries you back into the week. I confirmed that over many trips in the field.

SH&StarGlobal started from that experience. As a camper who has done this first-hand, I will introduce — honestly — only the gear that has earned its place in your pack.

Eunbyeol Hong Founder · SH&StarGlobal

From the field All photographs taken by our founder.

A backpacker standing on a grass headland, facing islands across open water — Everything a night needs, carried on one back.

Two tents and folding chairs pitched on a stony shore beside a pine tree at dusk — Pitched by the water, an hour before dinner.

Tents on a mountain terrace at night with city lights spread out below — The view you only get once the tent is up.

What we do

From the first price review to reorder,
one brand at a time.

Every Korean channel asks for different paperwork, and every product type sits under a different regulation. Managing that from abroad is hard for a brand. That is the part we take on.

Price & Assortment Review 01

Whether the price point works for Korean buyers, which SKUs go in first, and which channel opens first — settled before the first order. Built per brand, not run off a template.

Import & Korean Compliance 02

KC safety certification, radio conformity, food-contact import declaration, HS classification, customs clearance and Korean labelling — whichever the product's classification calls for, completed before the first container moves. The brand is not chasing Korean procedure from abroad.

Channel Launch & Reorder 03

We choose the channels that suit the brand, handle the listing, and run the pages and the stock. Korean product pages and spring/autumn campaigns build visibility; sell-through, returns and channel feedback are shared as they are, and the next order is planned together.

Korean regulations by product type

Electrical & Household Product Safety (KC)Lanterns, LED lighting, rechargeable items — safety confirmation or supplier's declaration
Radio Waves Act — conformity assessmentProducts with Bluetooth or wireless functions
Imported Food Safety Control ActCook sets, cups, tableware — import declaration and standards testing
High-pressure gas / LPG regulationsButane stoves, fuel lanterns — inspection and approval confirmed before import
Children's Products Safety ActCamping items marketed for children — separate certification
Korean labelling & origin markingImporter details, country of manufacture, materials, use and storage cautions

Which procedure applies depends on how a product is classified. We confirm the classification with the competent authority or a certification body before quoting a timeline or a cost.

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