SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the country’s overseas aid agency, said Monday that it will launch a project to improve the health and human rights of female Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh. About 1 million Rohingya refugees are living at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is planning to spend about 23.2 billion won (US$19.5 million) in next year’s official development assistance (ODA) projects for war-torn Afghanistan, a document showed Wednesday. The Office for Government Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister’s Office said in the document submitted to Rep. Tae Young-ho of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are extending assistance to Indonesia, which is facing a severe shortage of medical oxygen amid an explosive COVID-19 surge. Hyundai Motor Co. presented the idea that it can directly produce medical oxygen through its automobile assembly plant located in Delta Mas City, Bekasi on the outskirts [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency will begin supporting farmers in Guatemala’s western highlands that suffer from periodic drought and rain storms. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF) have established plans for 11 projects on climate change and environmental protection and delivered them [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Polymers India, an affiliate of South Korean chemical giant LG Chem Ltd., has delivered medical relief goods to India with the country reeling from a surge of new COVID-19 cases. The company delivered 80 tons of Zeolite, a core material for oxygen generators, to the municipal government of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military unit based in Lebanon provided additional emergency relief items to the Middle Eastern country on Friday to help with recovery efforts in the wake of a recent deadly explosion, Seoul’s defense ministry said. A total of 4,000 sets of medical supplies and 17,000 face masks were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military unit based in Lebanon provided emergency relief items to the Middle Eastern country on Saturday to help recovery from a recent deadly explosion, Seoul’s defense ministry said. A total of 6,000 sets of medical supplies and other relief items were handed over by the Dongmyung Unit [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Two major South Korean companies on Thursday joined international efforts to help support Indonesia, which was hit by a deadly earthquake and tsunami last week, amid rising concerns over the safety of survivors in the region. South Korea’s largest carmaker, Hyundai Motor Group, said it will donate US$500,000 worth [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will provide Honduras and Guatemala with US$550,000 in humanitarian aid as the countries are troubled by frequent disasters caused by climate change, the Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. The government has decided to offer $300,000 to Honduras, which is reeling from the worst drought in half a century. [...]