The Company’s Taoyuan and Yangmei Manufacturing Facilities Have Been Recognized for Their Energy Management Systems CHANDLER, Ariz., Jan. 12, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — Isola Group S.a r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), announced today that its subsidiary, Isola Asia Pacific (Taiwan) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s carbon emission market was quiet on the first day of trading on Monday, with the initial price for allowances rising to a level similar to that of the European carbon exchange. The Korea Exchange (KRX) began the national cap-and-trade system to join the government’s efforts to curb [...]
NEW YORK and WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 9, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — Polish Power Exchange and Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the Polish Power Exchange (POLPX) will tap Nasdaq’s X-stream Trading technology platform. POLPX has been a Nasdaq customer since 2005, and the new agreement will extend this relationship beyond 2020. The new technology upgrade will give [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government on Friday pressured the oil and gas industry to further cut petroleum prices as it pushes to pass on the benefit of tumbling global oil prices to consumers to spur spending. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy asked for “cooperation” of petroleum industry officials [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will open a carbon trading system next week after years of delay, but the road ahead remains bumpy due to resistance from the business community and weak confidence in the nascent program. The Korea Exchange (KRX), the nation’s main bourse operator, will begin the cap-and-trade system on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – What would you do with huge piles of dead leaves along the streets? A slew of agricultural technology management authorities turn these useless fallen leaves into useful ones by using them to make compost. Seowon District in Cheongju City offers a service to this end in which the city [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is moving to waive the levying of surtaxes on emission rights trading starting in February to reduce the burden on companies and fuel the growth of related eco-friendly industries, the finance ministry said Tuesday. It said a decision has been made to include emission rights on the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea again denied its involvement in the hacking of South Korea’s nuclear power station operator Sunday, calling the allegation “a trumped-up plot against the communist country.” The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has suffered a series of cyber attacks that has raised safety concerns in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corp. responsible for operation of nuclear and hydroelectric power plants, has insisted that the internal documents it was stolen by hackers were nothing important. But it is still unable to find out how the documents were leaked out [...]
SEOUL, Dec 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning next year, the government will increase its level of subsidies given to electric vehicle buyers while extending the time limit for tax benefits by 2017. It will also support the auto industry to improve its EV capabilities so that the electric cars can drive up to 300 kilometers [...]