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Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins Oil Carrier Order in North America

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins Oil Carrier Order in North America

SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, said Wednesday it has clinched a deal to build two oil carriers for an unidentified company in North America. The shipbuilder said it is set to deliver the very large crude carriers to the shipping firm by the first quarter of 2020, without elaborating on the value [...]

Korean American Students Move Major US Educational Publisher

Korean American Students Move Major US Educational Publisher

SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Inspired by Korean American students’ efforts, one of the major American education publishers McGraw-Hill says it will consider adding more Korean culture and history to social studies textbooks used in in both primary and secondary education. In a letter from McGraw-Hill released by U.S.-based Korean interest group Echo-Korea, the publisher [...]

Post Offices to Provide Coding Courses

Post Offices to Provide Coding Courses

SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of post offices in South Korea will provide coding courses for free. Korea Post said on Tuesday that select post offices across the country will participate in its ‘Small University’ scheme, including Sangam Digital Post Office, Anyang Mail Center, Jochiwon Post Office, Gwangju Chungjangno Post Office, Busan Gupo-dong [...]

Lotte Duty Free Suffers Weak Earnings in 2017 Amid THAAD Row

Lotte Duty Free Suffers Weak Earnings in 2017 Amid THAAD Row

SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Hotel Lotte Co., a hotel and duty-free operator of South Korean retail giant Lotte, said the operating profit of its duty-free unit nosedived to a record-low level in 2017 amid a diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over a U.S. missile defense system. Lotte Duty Free’s operating income came to 2.5 billion won [...]