SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior Czech official in charge of nuclear energy affairs has said that financial support from South Korea is “not on agenda” for his country’s nuclear plant construction projects, dismissing speculations that the Seoul government may have offered such assistance in a bid to win the country’s multibillion-dollar nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol will send special envoys to the Czech Republic to discuss follow-up measures on the European country’s selection of a South Korean consortium as a preferred bidder for a nuclear power plant project, his office said Tuesday. Sung Tae-yoon, the presidential chief of staff for policy, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said Thursday that the country’s recent winning of a nuclear power project in the Czech Republic will pave the way for its active advance into the broader European nuclear energy market. On Wednesday, the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) was selected [...]
BERLIN, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A music concert was held in a Czech city inmemory of Emil Kapaun, a Czech-American priest and war hero who died in captivity during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South Korean Embassy in Prague said Tuesday. South Korean Ambassador to the Czech Republic Moon Seung-hyun took part in the concert organized by the municipal government and archdiocese in the eastern city of Olomouc. Born in a small hamlet in Kansas, Emil Kapaun served as a U.S. military chaplain during the war. In August 1950, Kapaun was [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Nexen Tire declared its plan to advance into the European market by constructing a local factory for the stable tire supply. Nexen announced that it would invest 1.2 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to build a new plant in Zatec, the Czech Republic to advance into the European market by [...]