Seongmin (Mike) Sohn is the general manager and principal consultant at global regulatory compliance consulting firm REACH24H Korea. Mike, who is based in Seoul, Korea, talks to editor Tim Probert about the latest cosmetic regulations, as well as K-beauty trends
Mike Sohn (MS): Since 2020. My undergraduate major is biotechnology, and I studied public health for my Master's degree.
MS: We are a consulting firm that helps companies comply with chemicals regulations, including for cosmetics. We help Korean companies, for example, to enter the US market by registering their products and complying with the regulatory issues.
MS: Many countries are increasingly utilising regulations as a sort of barrier, a trade wall. Over the past four or five years, it's been changing quite rapidly. They have become harsher, in China, in the European Union (EU), in the US, even Korea.
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