SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands gathered at the world’s largest K-pop festival held for the first time in the Middle East last week, its host said Monday. More than 8,000 people came from all over the region, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, to attend KCON 2016 Abu Dhabi at the city’s largest outdoor venue, du [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) – Normally, a 100-person-deep queue in front of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul would hardly raise any eyebrows. After all, it’s the most iconic attraction in the city. In a wintry March evening, though, it very well may have — not only because palaces are often closed after dark, but because these [...]
SEOUL, Oct.13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced that it has developed a system that can continue to manage foreign patients who visit Korea to treat their illness even after they return to their homes abroad. The system will be called ‘Smart After-Care’. The hospital launched the system first at the Marina Health [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Employees of ADNOC, the largest oil company operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as their families, will now be able to receive medical treatment at Korean hospitals. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) and ADNOC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to migrate patients, cooperate on [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean energy firm GS Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has won a 3 percent stake in an oil concession in the United Arab Emirates, joining major players from Japan and France to pump oil from the largest oil field in the Middle East country over the next four decades. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced on September 24 that the hospital signed an agreement with VPS Healthcare Group in the United Arab Emirates on September 22 to establish an Abu Dhabi medical checkup center. The agreement is the first case for a private medical clinic to enter the UAE medical market [...]