SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) Co., a subholding company of shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co., launched its first vessel construction project in the Philippines on Tuesday, the company said. The company held a steel-cutting ceremony at HD Hyundai Subic Shipyard in Subic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un departed Pyongyang on Monday afternoon aboard his special armored train, a source familiar with the matter said, with Kim expected to make his debut on the multilateral diplomatic stage at a military parade in Beijing. “Kim left Pyongyang aboard a train this afternoon and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Force Lt. Gen. Jin Yong-sung has been tapped to lead South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the defense ministry said Monday, in the first major military reshuffle under the Lee Jae Myung government. Jin, who has led the Strategic Command as its inaugural chief, was promoted to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Former first lady asked for the Unification Church’s cooperation in backing a specific candidate in the People Power Party’s (PPP) leadership election in March 2023, an indictment written by special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team showed Monday. The team suspects that the Unification Church sought to request various policy favors from the administration [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The justice ministry on Monday submitted a request to the National Assembly for its consent to detain Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party embroiled in bribery allegations. Last week, special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team filed for an arrest warrant for Kweon suspected of receiving 100 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry held a joint meeting with overseas diplomatic missions Monday to review measures to protect its nationals in Indonesia, as nationwide protests escalate over lawmakers’ privileges. Yoon Chu-sok, director general for overseas Koreans and consular affairs, urged officials in the meeting to closely monitor developments, maintain constant [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Monday launched a new public-private consultative body aimed at fostering cooperation in the future mobility sector together with government agencies, businesses and research institutions to address transportation challenges. The launch ceremony for the alliance, named the Next Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMA), was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading contemporary artist Lee Bul, who is arguably more well known outside South Korea than within her home country, will be the subject of a major career survey at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul. The museum will present “Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now,” which it described [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential Office of National Security held a cybersecurity response meeting Monday to strengthen defenses against evolving cyber threats driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Oh Hyun-joo, the third deputy national security officer, chaired the session attended by officials from 10 government agencies, including the National Intelligence Service and the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Britain’s Trade Minister Douglas Alexander paid a rare visit to an artificial intelligence (AI) research center of LG Group on Monday as the South Korean company prepares to launch a new financial service with the London exchange. Alexander visited the AI research center in western Seoul with officials from [...]