SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in Argentina on Tuesday (local time) held an opening ceremony for the exhibition “Illustrations for Korean Picture Books” by acclaimed author and illustrator Baek Heena. The exhibition was presented under the title “Reading Korean Stories through Pictures.” Baek, the 2020 laureate of the Astrid Lindgren [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin of the K-pop megaband BTS made a guest appearance at Coldplay’s concert in Buenos Aires on Friday (local time) for his first live performance of his solo debut single, “The Astronaut,” with the British rock band. According to music industry sources here, Jin appeared from the opposite side [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steel giant POSCO said Thursday it has broken ground on a lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina. The US$830 million project calls for the establishment of the plant near the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt lake in northern Argentina, with an annual production capacity of 25,000 tons of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steel giant POSCO said Thursday it plans to spend US$830 million on a lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina. Its board of directors approved a plan to establish the plant near the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt lake in northern Argentina, whose annual production capacity is at 25,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean language courses are spreading throughout Argentina in the pandemic era driven by the so-called ‘Korean Wave’. The Korean Cultural Center in Argentina said that the number of Korean language courses, which stood at eight classes in 2019, jumped to 30 in 2020 and 66 in 2021, soaring more [...]
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Bybit, one of the fastest growing cryptocurrency exchanges with operations around the world, is the new global main sponsor of the Argentina national football teams, including the men’s international football side captained by Lionel Messi. Through this two-years agreement, Bybit’s brand will have maximum visibility in all Argentine [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO plans to begin producing lithium in a salt lake in Argentina in 2023, a company official said Thursday, as the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker has been aggressively moving to secure the key metal for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Last year, POSCO completed its demo plant near the Salar del [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO said Wednesday that its salt lake in Argentina contains more lithium reserves than its original calculation, allowing the company to safely secure a key commodity for making electric vehicle batteries. POSCO said its latest exploration of the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt lake in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean farmers will be able to export pears to Argentina starting next year, as the two nations have agreed on new quarantine protocols, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. South Korea requested that Argentina give it access to its market for fresh pears in 1997, and the two sides agreed on quarantine standards and other issues last week, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Since October 4, the Korean Culture Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina has put on display a number of productions crafted by Argentinian artists from materials typically used in Korean traditional fans. The display, ‘Vientos de Abanicos’ (The Fans’ Winds), will be in place until November 17. Its theme is [...]