PARIS, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Renowned Korean soprano Sumi Jo received France’s Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday in recognition of her contributions to French arts and culture. The 62-year-old soprano was awarded the highest rank of the three-tier honor from the French Ministry of Culture during an award ceremony [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Heo Ga-young’s “First Summer” has won First Prize in the La Cinef section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said Friday. Heo is the first Korean director to receive the top honor in the section, which is dedicated to showcasing exceptional short and mid-length [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun was appointed Monday as the new music director of Italy’s Teatro alla Scala, news reports said. Chung, 72, is the first Asian to assume the role at the famed opera house, based in Milan, the Associated Press reported. Chung will succeed Riccardo Chailly [...]
ULSAN, April 30, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have created an advanced artificial tumor model using 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate the internal environment of cancer patients’ bodies, offering a breakthrough in personalized cancer prognosis. The joint research team from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – SK bioscience Co., the biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea’s SK Group, said Wednesday it has achieved a “final victory” in a patent invalidation case against Moderna, the global developer of the messenger-RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine. SK bioscience filed a nullity suit in 2023 challenging Moderna’s patent on modified nucleosides, [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Corp., a smaller affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., said Thursday its all-electric EV3 has been named 2025 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show. The EV3′s achievement brings Kia’s number of wins at the World Car Awards to six [...]
POHANG, South Korea, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has developed a groundbreaking sensor capable of detecting all major variants of COVID-19 in real time, offering a significant advancement in the field of infectious disease diagnostics. The research team, led by Professors Oh Seung-soo and Woo Sung-wook of POSTECH’s Department [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Motor Group’s special electric vehicle platform, E-GMP, has achieved impressive sales of over 500,000 units. Both Hyundai and Kia reported that they collectively sold 517,290 electric vehicles using the E-GMP platform globally. This achievement began in 2021 when the first model, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, hit the market and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai was named the brand that Indian dealers are most satisfied with. On Tuesday, Hyundai Motor Company announced that it secured the top spot in the overall automobile brand category in the 2023 Dealer Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Federation of Automobile Dealers of India (FADA). They surveyed 1,821 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Corp.’s EV6 GT topped this year’s evaluation of electric vehicle models by a leading German automotive magazine, Auto Motor Und Sport, beating Ford Motor Co.’s Mustang Mach-E SUV, Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday. Hyundai Motor Co.’s independent Genesis brand’s GV60 SUV ranked second in the competitive EV evaluation [...]