SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Yellow sand was observed on an island off the western coast of South Korea early Friday, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The meteorological phenomenon, which originated in northeastern China and Inner Mongolia the previous day, arrived at Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea and is expected to affect many [...]
BEIJING/SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police confirmed Thursday they are seeking cooperation from Chinese law enforcement in the probe of a nightclub tied to former BIGBANG member Seungri. The request was made to verify various speculation surrounding a Taiwanese businesswoman, who is said to own a large stake in the nightclub Burning [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — For some time, China has been copying Korean entertainment shows, a practice that has become more explicit since China banned Korean content. Now, many Chinese are concerned about the malpractice. A new Chinese entertainment show, “Me and My Manager”, which first aired on March 17, has recently been accused [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A large tourist group from Hong Kong is scheduled to visit South Korea next week, raising speculation that foreign visitors arriving here on incentive tours with their companies will further increase down the road, a trade promotion agency said Tuesday. According to the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), some [...]
SUWON, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment (GIHE) released a report that suggests that fireworks that took place in various locations in China during national holidays were the cause of increased heavy metal concentrations in fine dust sweeping over Gyeonggi Province. The institute, using a real-time heavy metal analyzer [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is about to set up a national organization to address one of its most pressing issues that is considered new but has been around for hundreds or thousands of years — dust coming from China. South Korea is seeing a clear increase in both the density and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Wednesday that it is considering production of electric vehicles (EVs) at one of its three plants in China amid faltering sales there. “The company is considering halting the production of existing models such as the Sportage sport utility vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s Huawei Technologies Co. narrowed its gap with Samsung Electronics Co. in the global smartphone market last year, data showed Sunday, with the smaller rival expected to beat the South Korean tech giant in 2019. According to the data compiled by industry tracker Strategy Analytics, Samsung Electronics took up [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Corporate governance has been getting more attention in China as the country takes the prominent stage in global economy. While most listed companies in China are making efforts in improving their accountability and transparency, a report released by the Hong Kong-based non-profit organisation Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, will halt operations at one of its five plants in China due to its low utilization rate, an industry source said Friday. Hyundai Motor plans to stop production at its No. 1 plant in Beijing within a couple of months [...]