SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than four in five South Koreans consider China to be a security threat, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the poll of 1,000 people conducted in March by Seoul-based Hankook Research for the U.S. think tank Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA), 83 percent cited China as a [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean American high school students in the United States have stepped up to take action against false claims by China that hanbok, Korean traditional attire, actually originate in China. The Asian American Youth Council (AAYC), a youth organization active in the U.S., announced Sunday that municipality of Tenafly in [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s seventh-largest tiremaker by sales, said Monday it has been supplying tires for Chinese EV company NIO’s models since last year. Hankook Tire has provided the high-performance Ventus S1 evo 2 tires for NIO’s ES6 and EC6 SUV models since 2020, the company [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis, the independent luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., said Friday it will debut its flagship sedan and sports utility vehicle (SUV) in China to target the high-end segment in the world’s largest vehicle market. Genesis showcased G80 sedan and GV80 SUV in a media event in Shanghai, which [...]
BRISBANE, Australia, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Analytica Limited (ASX:ALT), the Australian manufacturer of the PeriCoach pelvic floor exercise system for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to manufacture, distribute and market the system in China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Analytica partners with Hebei NACOL Bio-Technology [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Producers of the popular Korean TV series “Vincenzo” said Wednesday that they will remove the controversial scene featuring a Chinese product from overseas streaming services amid rising domestic anger over Chinese sponsorship. In the eighth episode of the dark comedy that aired on March 14 on tvN, an instant [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese internet search behemoth Baidu has listed Korean traditional chicken and ginseng soup, or “samgyetang,” as having originated in China. Baidu’s encyclopedia claims that samgyetang is a ‘Guangdong-style’ soup made with Korean ginseng, pullet, and glutinous rice that was ‘handed down’ to Korea to become one of the country’s [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — An extraordinarily strong yellow dust storm originating from the inland deserts in northern China and Mongolia blanketed all of South Korea on Monday, prompting authorities to issue a yellow dust warning for Seoul and almost all parts of the country for the first time in a decade. The density [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. has said it will be sold to a Chinese private equity fund for about US$1.4 billion. Magnachip, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Wise Road Capital Ltd. and its partners to sell [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Tension between South Korea and China is escalating as the latter presents groundless claims that elements of the former’s inherent culture such as hanbok, kimchi and pansori originated in China. Against this backdrop, a new South Korean drama is under fire for featuring a string of scenes that have [...]