CHEONAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bold marketing move, South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province has unveiled a promotional video that reimagines its 2.2 million residents as superheroes, garnering significant attention for both its creative concept and its charismatic narrator. The campaign has sparked particular interest online due to the compelling narration by actor Jung [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it has donated eight Ioniq 5 electric vehicle (EV) units and EV-charging infrastructure funds to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as part of its strategic partnership with the humanitarian aid agency. A hand-over ceremony was held at WFP’s fleet center in Dubai [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers third baseman Kim Do-yeong authored a historic season in his domestic league this year. On Thursday in Taipei, Kim put on a show in front of an international audience, helping the South Korean national team to its first win at the ongoing World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min resumed his assault on the South Korean football record book as he marked his return to international duty with his 50th career goal in a World Cup qualifier in Kuwait on Thursday. The goal came in a 3-1 victory over Kuwait in the teams’ Group B match [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — For the second consecutive match in South Korea’s World Cup qualifying campaign, rising offensive stars made their presence felt, while also masking the team’s defensive problems Thursday night in Kuwait City. The starting striker Oh Se-hun scored for his second straight match while midfielder Bae Jun-ho scored as a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday promoted Jose Munoz, the company’s global chief operating officer (COO), as its new CEO, appointing a foreign national to the top post for the first time since its foundation more than five decades ago. Munoz has served as global COO of Hyundai Motor and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Engineers & AHEAD (Samsung E&A), formerly Samsung Engineering Co., said Friday it has received a 301.9 billion-won (US$215 million) deal to build a petrochemical plant in Qatar. Samsung E&A has set up a joint firm with Taiwan’s engineering services provider CTCI Corp. to obtain the deal from Ras [...]
JEJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Province has initiated plans to introduce a unique “Jeju-style Digital Nomad Visa” that would combine the island’s existing visa-free entry program with workation visa benefits. The province and the Jeju International Convention Center (ICC Jeju) announced on November 14 that they recently hosted a “Jeju Workation with Global Digital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the performance test of suicide attack drones, and stressed the need for prompt full-scale mass production, the North’s state media reported Friday. Kim provided on-site guidance for the tests of various types of suicide attack drones, produced by an affiliated institute of [...]
LIMA, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru on Friday, the presidential office said Thursday. It will be their second summit since their first meeting in Indonesia in November 2022. “The two [...]