SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports to Vietnam surged nearly 50 percent in the first seven months of 2017, customs data showed Wednesday, an increase that is likely to put the Southeast Asian country among the top three shipment destinations for locally made goods. According to Korea Customs Service, exports to Vietnam [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The New South Wales (NSW) state government has provided a venue for intensive Korean language education for the first time in Sydney, Australia. The Korean Hana Centre, the exclusive space for Korean education at the NSW School of Languages, a state run foreign language remote education institution, opened on [...]
SYDNEY, Australia, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — There was collective concern expressed this week amongst members of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) over the impact of recent changes to immigration regulations. It was agreed the changes may detrimentally affect Australia’s ability to attract high calibre global talent. The AESC members are [...]
Perth, Australia, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Medgate client Woodside Energy, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, was recognized for its world-class capabilities in health and safety, being awarded the prestigious Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Safety Excellence Award. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) is a national body representing Australia’s [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and MELBOURNE, Australia, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSFT), a global market leader in cloud business software for unified communication, collaboration and contact center (UCaaS), has introduced the BroadSoft Business BroadCloud managed cloud platform to the Australian market, securing Optus as its first customer. BroadCloud will provide Optus with a proven [...]
PERTH, Australia and SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Curtin University has selected Hitachi to deploy an internet of things (IoT) solution to advance its vision of a smart campus that enhances the student experience, improves classroom learning and ultimately attracts more industry to collaborate on data-driven research. Curtin is achieving this by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s central bank said Wednesday it has extended a currency swap agreement with its Australian counterpart, a move that could further strengthen bilateral financial cooperation. The three-year deal, which went into effect earlier in the day, allows for the exchange of up to 9 trillion won or AU$10 [...]
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute will become the first organization in Australia to migrate to Brocade® Gen 6 Fibre Channel storage networking solutions. Brocade G620 switches will be deployed to provide the speed and performance the Queensland Brain Institute needs [...]
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Cyberinc, an Aurionpro Company, a global leader in enterprise security today announced Melbourne as its official headquarters for the Australia-New Zealand region (ANZ). Cyberinc is a Silicon Valley based global leader in Cyber Security. Its IAM solutions have secured over 100 million identities worldwide and its new ISLA(tm) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Rotem Co., the train-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said Thursday that it has signed a deal to supply trains to Australia, worth up to 1.1 trillion won (US$995 million). Under the agreement signed with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of New South Wales, the South Korean [...]