The move reinforces their commitment to adopting innovative insurance technologies to enhance policyholder outcomes MUMBAI, India, Aug. 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited (HDFC ERGO), India’s leading private sector general insurer, has become India’s first insurer to use Duck Creek’s suite of cloud-native SaaS core solutions to design, underwrite and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced on Wednesday that its four branches — in Seoul, Gwacheon, Deoksugung, and Cheongju — will host an array of exhibitions, markets, and performances as part of the 2025 Korea Art Festival. Timed to coincide with major art fairs such [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Employers across Vietnam are navigating a talent market that hires fast and moves faster, where finding the right people, keeping them, and aligning five generations inside one workplace has become the new baseline for organisational risk. New data shows voluntary turnover in Vietnam reached [...]
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Fluence Energy, Inc. (“Fluence”) (NASDAQ: FLNC), a global market leader delivering intelligent energy storage, services, and asset optimization software, and ACE Engineering, today announced the completion and opening of a state-of-the-art, automated production facility in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. The future-ready site is designed to manufacture Fluence’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The runaway success of KPop Demon Hunters, a U.S. animated film released on Netflix in June, is driving a sharp rise in global curiosity about South Korea, with ripple effects expected across food, cosmetics and tourism. Google search data show that worldwide queries for “Korea” reached their highest level [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s millennial and Gen Z generations begin raising families, pregnancy and childbirth are taking on new cultural forms, blending tradition, technology and social media. Once marked by simple customs — such as hanging peppers or charcoal on a straw rope outside a home to signal the birth [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will launch a nationwide refund program this fall that reimburses consumers for part of their credit card spending in an effort to revive household demand and support small businesses. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Wednesday that the “Coexistence Payback” scheme will run from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Wednesday sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of dollar-pegged stablecoins, warning lawmakers that the trend poses risks to monetary sovereignty and financial stability. In a written response submitted to Rep. Park Sung-hoon of the People Power Party, the central bank urged swift [...]
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor made its debut at Gamescom, the world’s largest gaming convention, unveiling a retro-style arcade game inspired by its latest concept car. From August 20 to 24, the automaker is hosting a booth in the “Retro & Family” section of Gamescom 2025 at the Koelnmesse exhibition center. [...]
PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]