SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Council on Climate and Air Quality, South Korea’s pan-national body on fine dust air pollution, released a statement claiming that public opinion relies too much on criticizing China based on incorrect information related to air pollution and fine particulate matter. “South Korean citizens are finding it difficult [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that a Chinese broadcasting company has stolen the concept of a South Korean show and even sold the program to foreign markets. According to the broadcasting industry, Hunan TV, China’s largest satellite broadcaster, aired a show called “Super–Vocal” late last year, which copied South Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a two-year absence, several Chinese TV series are scheduled to compete in an upcoming annual drama awards event in Seoul, a possible sign of a thaw in the suspended TV content exchange between the two countries, sources said Friday. China has recently voiced its intention to submit several [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Huawei Technologies Co. opened its first 5G lab in South Korea on Thursday to expand its presence in the South Korean market, but the ceremony was held in a low-key mode amid a tussle with the United States over its telecom equipment. The Chinese telecom equipment and handset giant [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S.’s decision to ban Huawei Technologies and pressure its allies to follow suit is sending a ripple effect through the South Korean tech industry that has contracts and connections with the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker, analysts said Monday. President Donald Trump’s administration last week placed Huawei [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of smartphones, is expected to solidify its position in the global smartphone market as troubles surrounding China’s Huawei Technologies Co. deepened amid an escalating trade feud between Washington and Beijing, Fitch Ratings said Monday. Google has said it will stop supplying its [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has stressed to South Korea the security of fifth-generation mobile network equipment, an official at Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday, in an apparent move against China’s telecom giant Huawei. A local newspaper reported earlier in the day that the U.S. Department of State has called on [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The landscape of the tourism industry has changed since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile crisis in 2017 that put a damper on Chinese tourist visits to South Korea. According to the Korea Tourism Organization on Saturday, China still remains at the top of last year’s 15.35 [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner, said Wednesday it will invest 580 billion won (US$487 million) to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in China. In a regulatory filing, SK Innovation, a latecomer to the EV battery sector, said that it will set up a new [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has granted low-cost carriers (LCCs) rights to sharply increase the number of their flights on much sought-after routes to China, heralding stiffer competition with full-service rivals. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided Thursday to allow budget carriers to operate an additional 118 flights on 30 [...]