SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean business tycoons held a series of meetings with Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, during his visit to Seoul this week, discussing various agenda items from business ties to corporate social responsibility projects, industry sources said Friday. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Gates earlier [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung plans to meet Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation and Microsoft Corp. co-founder, in Seoul on Thursday, the presidential office said Wednesday. Gates, who has spearheaded initiatives on climate change, poverty reduction and global health through the foundation, is visiting South Korea to reportedly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said Tuesday that he will meet with Bill Gates during the chair of the Gates Foundation’s visit to South Korea later this week. Kim announced the plan at a press conference when asked about the possibility of such a meeting, but gave no further details. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has successfully wrapped up a project with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a prototype toilet for the world’s poorest communities. The South Korean tech giant held a closing ceremony at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), its research and development [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Wednesday he hopes to see “a more generous” South Korea in its global aid contribution to help address global health challenges and provide the right help to those in need in developing nations. Gates, a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday called for South Korea to become a “leader” in global health cooperation to help end infectious diseases like COVID-19. “Korea is poised to be a leader in this work,” Gates said in his address to the parliamentary budget committee at the National Assembly, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Beom-su, the founder of South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp., said Thursday that his role model is Bill Gates and that he wants to further benchmark the steps of the U.S. business magnate following his donation pledge. In an online conference with employees, Kim, who recently [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has sent a letter to President Moon Jae-in to express hope to beef up joint work between South Korea and his foundation in responding to the new coronavirus, the presidential office said Sunday. The chief of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said in the [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates agreed Friday to expand cooperation in efforts to develop vaccines and treatments against the new coronavirus during their phone talks, Cheong Wa Dae said. In their 25-minute conversation, made at Gates’ request, they focused on ways to tackle COVID-19 sweeping through [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical firm, said Monday that it has received a US$33.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new combination vaccine. The grant will be used to develop the 6-in-1 vaccine for simultaneous protection against six serious diseases — [...]