SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea should enhance cooperation with India, a state think tank said Tuesday, amid Chinese retaliation against Seoul over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. India has already became the world’s seventh-largest economy and is on track to become No. 5 by 2020, according to South [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Acting President Hwang Gyo-Ahn’s leadership is being questioned as public criticism grows over the government’s passive attitude towards China’s THAAD retaliation. Critics in South Korea are voicing concern over the apparent lack of countermeasures and complaints from government officials in the face of a series of retaliatory acts from Beijing, [...]
BEIJING, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean embassy in Beijing has issued a safety warning to football fans planning to attend an upcoming World Cup qualifying match between the two countries, scheduled amid a wave of anti-Korean sentiment here over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. According to sources privy to the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With China taking a hard line against South Korea amid the ongoing political dispute over the THAAD missile defense system, South Korean companies are beginning to divert their attention towards Southeast Asian countries that offer more certainty and stability for their business. Companies from East Asian countries – namely [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has stepped up efforts to overhaul its dependence on China for its tourism trade by shifting the focus to other Asian countries to cope with the fallouts triggered by the stationing of an advanced U.S. missile defense system here, sources said Friday. The country’s tourism is bearing [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean travelers are increasingly wary of China as their destination, with anti-Korean sentiment rising among the Chinese over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense battery in South Korea, industry and public officials said Wednesday. Lately, a growing number of Korean middle and high schools have canceled [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is keeping a close watch on China’s next moves that may work to further hurt its industries, as Beijing’s travel ban to its neighboring country came into effect Wednesday, the latest hostile measure taken in protest of Seoul’s stationing of a U.S. anti-missile system. China-based travel agencies, [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korea-Chinese film co-production project starring Korean actor Ha Jung-woo has been canceled apparently in the fallout from China’s anger over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system known as THAAD in South Korea, the actor’s talent agency said Wednesday. “Ha was scheduled to film the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies must be better prepared to protect their intellectual property (IP) rights, especially when doing business in China, a report said Wednesday, citing a recent rise in IP-related disputes in China. According to the report from the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the number of IP-related [...]
TORONTO, ON, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Axiom Real-Time Metrics, the premier provider of eClinical software solutions and services to small to mid-sized life sciences organizations, is celebrating the further expansion of its international footprint with the establishment of its office and team in Beijing, China. Founded in 2001 with headquarters in Toronto, Canada, Axiom [...]