MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean food festival held in San José, Costa Rica, drew significant attention, attracting over 20,000 attendees to celebrate the rich flavors and cultural heritage of Korea. The 3rd Korean Gastronomic Festival (K-Festival Gastronomico) took place on November 16-17 at San José’s National Park, bringing a vibrant showcase of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A plaza named after Seoul’s Mapo Ward will be established half way around the world in Costa Rica, officials said Friday. Yoo Dong-gyun, head of the Mapo Ward office, and Costa Rican Ambassador to South Korea Alejandro Rodriguez Zamora discussed the creation of Mapo Plaza in San Jose earlier [...]
JEJU, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Electric Power Corporation has signed an agreement with Costa Rica that could see its smart energy city project adopted by the Central American country. Officials from KEPCO and ICE, a Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider, met earlier this month to sign a letter of intent [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will work with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide educational robots to Costa Rica, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said under the US$2.4 million deal reached in Washington, SK Telecom will provide 1,500 robots [...]