Korean cosmetics firms claim that countries like China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are copying the designs of their K-beauty products. Photo: Shutterstock
Watch out for fake K-beauty products – made-in-China copycat items are flooding Southeast Asia
Counterfeit product manufacturers copy a brand’s image or design and sell them at lower prices. Chinese brokers register the trademarks of the copied products
Korean companies complain there is little they can do to stop the fakes. Among those affected are Clio, maker of Eye Palette and Kill Cover, and Holika Holika