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Hwacheon Ice Festival Draws Over One Million Visitors, Turning a Mountain Town Into a Winter Capital

Hwacheon Ice Festival Draws Over One Million Visitors, Turning a Mountain Town Into a Winter Capital

HWACHEON, South Korea, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In this small mountain town near the border with North Korea, winter has once again become a spectacle. The annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, one of the country’s most celebrated seasonal events, has surpassed one million visitors just two weeks after opening, organizers said Saturday — a milestone that [...]

U.S. Defense Strategy Signals Shift in Korea Alliance as Focus Turns to China

U.S. Defense Strategy Signals Shift in Korea Alliance as Focus Turns to China

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A newly released U.S. defense strategy is signaling a subtle but consequential shift in Washington’s approach to the Korean Peninsula, raising the prospect of changes to the American military footprint in South Korea and placing new expectations on Seoul to assume greater responsibility for its own defense as the [...]

Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. Announces Proposed Offering of Convertible Preferred Shares to raise up to USD 300 Million

Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. Announces Proposed Offering of Convertible Preferred Shares to raise up to USD 300 Million

This proposed capital raise is expected to fuel the prop-tech, asset-light HBNB business model towards its next growth stage of worldwide expansion SINGAPORE, Jan. 23, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: HBNB) (“HBNB,” “Hotel101 Global” or the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors (the “Board”) has approved the proposed intention [...]

Corporate Updates and 2026 Calendar: Iveco Group N.V.

Corporate Updates and 2026 Calendar: Iveco Group N.V.

Iveco Group to present 2025 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results on 12th February 2026 Transactions progressing as planned with the expected dividend for the Defence separation remaining at €5.5-6.0 per share EGMs for Defence and the Tata Motors tender offer expected to be held in March and early May 2026, respectively Despite ongoing challenging conditions, [...]

Countdown for a Cure Partners with Dr. Taz Bhatia M.D. and hol+ to Advance Mitochondrial Research and Awareness

Countdown for a Cure Partners with Dr. Taz Bhatia M.D. and hol+ to Advance Mitochondrial Research and Awareness

Dr. Taz to Host Countdown for a Cure’s 2026 Evening of Energy Gala ATLANTA, Jan. 23, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) –  Dr. Taz Bhatia M.D., a nationally recognized integrative medicine physician, author, and founder of hol+, has partnered with nonprofit Countdown for a Cure (CFAC) to help advance awareness, education, and funding for mitochondrial research. As [...]

EU AI GRID Launched at Iconic Vilnius TV Tower

EU AI GRID Launched at Iconic Vilnius TV Tower

Singapore-based Embedded LLM brings AI sovereignty solution to Europe VILNIUS, Lithuania, Jan. 23, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking AI infrastructure project between Telecentras and technology partner from Singapore, Embedded LLM will see the first EU AI GRID network offering GDPR data and EU AI Act compliance as well as full digital sovereignty. Yesterday, the [...]

Quantexa Claims Accelerator Now Available on Guidewire Marketplace, Bringing Real-Time Decision Intelligence to Insurance Claims

Quantexa Claims Accelerator Now Available on Guidewire Marketplace, Bringing Real-Time Decision Intelligence to Insurance Claims

Integration with Guidewire ClaimCenter on Guidewire Cloud helps insurers reduce leakage, accelerate time-to-value, and make smarter claims decisions using trusted, connected data LONDON, Jan. 23, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Quantexa, a global pioneer in Decision Intelligence (DI), today announced that its Quantexa Accelerator for Decision Intelligence for Guidewire ClaimCenter is now globally available on the Guidewire [...]

Battery Stocks Rebound as Investors Bet on the Rise of Humanoid Robots

Battery Stocks Rebound as Investors Bet on the Rise of Humanoid Robots

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) —  Battery stocks, long sidelined by a global slowdown in electric vehicle demand, are staging a sharp comeback in South Korea’s exchange-traded fund market, buoyed by growing investor optimism around the emerging humanoid robot industry. Data released Friday by Koscom show that battery-related ETFs dominated the top of last week’s [...]

Hanwha Aerospace Nears Decision in Norway’s Multibillion-Dollar Rocket Bid

Hanwha Aerospace Nears Decision in Norway’s Multibillion-Dollar Rocket Bid

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) –Hanwha Aerospace Co., widely viewed as a leading contender for a major Norwegian long-range rocket procurement project, could end up securing the deal in the very near future following a vote by the Norwegian parliament on the multibillion-dollar project early next week, industry watchers said Friday. An authorization bill for [...]