SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Minister of Science and ICT Yoo Sang-im will visit the United States later this week to discuss ways to expand cooperation with Nvidia Corp. in securing advanced graphic processing units (GPUs), the ministry said Tuesday. The announcement came during a meeting of the government-led special committee on [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched its official “Korea Day” celebrations at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo on Tuesday with a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of a replica ship reenacting the historic Joseon Tongsinsa diplomatic mission. The Joseon Tongsinsa were official diplomatic envoys sent by the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to Japan [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Marine Corps will hold its first-ever joint drill with the Japanese army in the Philippines next month, foreign media reports said Tuesday. The joint exercise will take place during KAMANDAG, an international military exercise in the Philippines, slated for June, according to Kyodo News Agency and [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks ended more than 1 percent higher Monday as the United States and China wrapped up their first high-level tariff negotiations, boosting hopes the two countries may reach a trade deal. The local currency was weak against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean families of those abducted by North Korea have sent large balloons filled with leaflets to the North, urging the regime to repatriate their loved ones, a group representing such families said Friday. Three giant latex balloons were flown northward from a South Korean border area in Gangwon [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia’s World War II victory over Nazi Germany, pledging steady development of relations with Moscow. Accompanied by his daughter and top party and state officials, Kim visited the Russian Embassy [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday met with a North Korean military delegation during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II held in Moscow. Following his speech and the conclusion of the military parade in Moscow’s Red Square, Putin greeted [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top military officer on Thursday called for maintaining “overwhelming” readiness against North Korean threats, hours after Pyongyang’s launch of ballistic missiles into the East Sea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. JCS Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo made the call as he visited the Air Force’s [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will break ground on a new home appliance factory in India, reinforcing its commitment to the fast-growing South Asian market. A groundbreaking ceremony of the plant in Sri City, an industrial hub in the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, will be attended by [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in what could be a performance test aimed at exporting arms to Russia. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch, involving various types of multiple short-range ballistic missiles, [...]