South Korean-based retail giant, the Lotte Group, opened on Tuesday its first duty-free shop outside Korea at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. Lotte Duty Free CEO Choi Young-soo said during his speech at the inauguration that the 880-square-metre shop was Lotte's first international duty-free shop, and was set to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.

Lotte also has duty-free outlets in 10 locations in Korea.

Soekarno-Hatta's Lotte Duty Free marketing director Novita Wibowo said Lotte Group's rapid business expansion in Indonesia was the reason why the retailer chose Indonesia for their first global duty-free branch location.