BANGALORE, India, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, the world’s leading framework for enterprise agility, today announced the company has appointed a new Partner Development and Enablement Manager in Bangalore, India to support the growth of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) there as well as in ASEAN member countries. The new operation [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) became the second-largest export market for South Korean agricultural and livestock products last year as the country’s trade with China was hit by a diplomatic row, a report said Wednesday. South Korea exported $1.22 billion worth of agricultural and livestock products to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will assist local cosmetics makers in expanding their presence in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will expand education programs for local manufacturers, covering topics such as customs procedures and product registration, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in found himself at the center of attention after his speech at the Asian Business and Investment Summit in Manila, when he was beset by requests for selfies from excited attendees all around. Held at 2 p.m. at the Solaire Resort in Manila, Moon gave [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite news continuing to filter out about South Korea and China’s mending relationship post-THAAD disagreement, the political and business sectors are taking the lessons learned from an overreliance on China to heart by ramping up efforts to establish a foothold in ASEAN member countries, or what some in South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – International students hailing from ASEAN member countries think South Koreans and their country are “friendly”, “kind”, “hardworking” and “difficult”, according to a joint survey conducted by the ASEAN-Korea Centre and the Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. From March to May, the two organizations spoke to 1,004 South Koreans [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean beauty products to Southeast Asian countries soared 31.6 percent last year, amid surging demand for skin care and makeup items, a report showed Wednesday. The outbound shipments of Korean cosmetics products to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reached US$406 million in 2016, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Increasing roadblocks on the path towards the Chinese economic heartland and a disquieting back and forth with the United States over the KORUS FTA has pushed the South Korean government to grow its trade with India and South Asian nations. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and five Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Mekong River agreed on Friday to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation during an annual high-level meeting in the southern port city of Busan. The 7th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting adopted a new action plan outlining the long-term vision [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday vowed to upgrade his country’s relations with Indonesia and other Southeast Asian nations to the level of its ties with the world’s most powerful countries. “I am very happy to see that South Korea-Indonesia relations are expanding,” Moon said, according to his [...]