SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group reached a double-digit market share in the auto market in Britain for the first time in 40 years. In the January-August period, Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp.’s market share in Britain marks at 12.3 percent, up by 3.4 percentage points [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Gunn, South Korean ambassador to Britain, on Tuesday (local time) submitted a letter of credence to Queen Elizabeth II. The ambassador and his wife headed over Buckingham Palace in London in a carriage and joined a video conference to meet with the Queen at Windsor Castle. Kim wore [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. cars are up in Germany and Britain, the two largest economies in Europe with strong automobile industries. The German Association of the Automotive Industry reported an 8.7 percent increase in Hyundai and Kia car sales from last year with 129,257 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korea Day festival was held at Coventry University in Britain, gaining a positive response from both local residents and students. The event was co-hosted by the Korea Centre at Coventry University and the Korean Cultural Center in the U.K. last week to introduce Korean culture for the first [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band NCT 127 has made it onto Britain’s Official Charts with its latest album “Sticker.” Its third studio album debuted at No. 40 on the Official Albums Chart Top 10 on Friday (local time), just one week after its release on Sept. 17. The nine-piece K-pop [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizcwire) — South Korea is expected to receive one million doses of vaccines, produced either by Pfizer or Moderna, from Britain in stages starting this weekend, as leaders of the two countries had discussions on the matter during their summit talks here, according to a Cheong Wa Dae official. “It [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will lift a ban on direct flights from Britain on a limited basis from next month for the convenience of Korean residents living in the European nation, the transport ministry said Monday. South Korea has banned passenger flights arriving from Britain since Dec. 23 to block a [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Foundation has opened a new Korean language course at an university in Britain that uses the latest curriculum “Learn Korean with BTS” gaining massive popularity. The University of Sheffield’s Korean language course boasts 40 years of history. There are currently 130 students enrolled in the Korean language [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Tuesday that the ban on flights from Britain will be extended by one week again and arrivals from Brazil will have to prove that they are virus-free as the country stepped up measures against new coronavirus variants that are known to be more transmissible. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities on Monday confirmed the country’s first cases of a more transmissible variant from three arrivals from Britain, and decided to extend the suspension of flights from the European nation by one more week. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the three members [...]