SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire)- South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc. on Friday came under fire for mislabeling two Ukrainian cities as part of Russia on its in-flight infotainment system, drawing criticism from Ukrainian nationals and social media users. According to a passenger who shared a photo on Instagram, the cities of Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and [...]
SEOUL, April 18, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major battery manufacturers are delaying or scrapping joint ventures with Chinese companies as geopolitical risks, regulatory uncertainty, and market stagnation force a strategic rethink in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain. According to industry sources on April 17, LG Energy Solution has postponed construction of two planned [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. civilian aviation agency has dismissed North Korea’s request to investigate its claim of South Korean drones infiltrating Pyongyang’s airspace last year, a Seoul official said Thursday. Earlier this year, North Korea submitted the request to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for a probe into the alleged [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint large-scale air exercise Thursday, the South’s Air Force said, in efforts to bolster their interoperability and combined readiness posture against North Korean threats. Some 1,100 troops and 90 aircraft from both sides were mobilized for the semiannual Freedom Flag [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia is planning to deploy North Korean soldiers on Ukrainian territory in the ongoing war between the two countries, dressing them in Russian uniforms, a Ukrainian security official has claimed. Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation, posted the claim on [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Acting President Han Duck-soo said Wednesday that strengthening shipbuilding cooperation with the United States could provide an opportunity for the South Korean shipbuilding industry to “make a leap forward.” Han made the remark during his visit to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Co.’s shipyard in Ulsan, 305 kilometers southeast [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior Air Force officials from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday signed a letter of intent for comprehensive cooperation on the South’s homegrown fighter jets, the South Korean Air Force said. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su and Maj. Gen. Rashed Mohammed A. [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea was behind a massive distribution of phishing emails to South Koreans between late last year and early this year, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Tuesday. The agency said a North Korean hacking group sent 126,266 fake emails to 17,744 people in South Korea from last [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States on Tuesday staged joint air drills, involving at least one U.S. B-1B bomber, over the Korean Peninsula, the defense ministry said, in a show of force against North Korean military threats. The drills, which also mobilized South Korean F-35A and F-16 fighter jets [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) and Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Economy and Finance held a bilateral meeting on cooperation in public procurement and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the Central Asian country last week, the PPS said Monday. The meeting between PPS Administrator Lim Ki-keun and Uzbekistan’s [...]