SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The KDI School of Public Policy and Management announced its launching of a completely revamped website of K-Developedia (www.kdevelopedia.org) in commemoration of the second anniversary of a comprehensive DB on Korean development. It has largely updated the DB in two years since its first official launch on [...]
NEW YORK, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, has been nominated to be the next Chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). President Yudhoyono accepted the nomination at the GGGI Leaders’ Gathering, which was held on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Summit 2014 in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Governor Hong Joon-pyo, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Jeffrey Godsick, president of Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, and Tim Fisher, CEO of Village Roadshow Theme Parks, announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreements to plan for Korea’s first international theme park and resort destination, Twentieth Century Fox World, at [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) ― In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with the Foundation for the Global Compact held on June 10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, LG Corp., the holding company for manufacturers such as LG Electronics, LG Display and LG Chem, strengthened its collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, April 11, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced that it has successfully completed the Russian physician training program for six months from October 1, 2013 to March 30, 2014. The trainees from Russia were selected by a Korean professor. It was their first time being [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, April 11, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will be in Korea next week leading a delegation of 30 agriculture associations and companies to boost trade ties. The mission comes after the conclusion of Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) negotiations announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President of the Republic of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar. 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon Metropolitan City will participate at Korea Market Focus Pavilion at the 43rd London Book Fair. Incheon will be the only Korean city that exhibits in the pavilion. In particular, it will promote Incheon as World Book Capital 2015 named by UNESCO, targeting visitors from all around the world. They have [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The CEO and President of Coex Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, part of the city’s World Trade Center, flew to Russia this week to sign an MOU with the President of the World Trade Center St. Petersburg. The MOU outlines ways in which the two World [...]
SEOUL, Korea, 17, Jan. (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Institute of Environmental Technology & Industry (KEITI) under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced on the 16th that it will provide the environmental policy fund of 182.5 billion KRW to help business stabilization of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of environment. The fund hits [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation has published an architecture textbook for elementary school children. Titled “My First Architecture Book,” it is intended to motivate the youths to be interested in architecture at an early age. It took three full years for the ministry to publish the book since 2011 [...]