SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A popular South Korean travel vlogger with over 2.3 million YouTube subscribers was the victim of a daring theft while filming in Ethiopia, losing cash worth around 400,000 won in a well-executed scam by a local man, according to footage from the incident. In a video posted on April 4 [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2024 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in South Korea will feature a splash of Ethiopian culture for the second year in a row, as Hwacheon County announced the operation of an Ethiopian promotional pavilion at the festival site on January 10. At the pavilion, Ethiopian youths adorned in traditional attire [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with Ediya Coffee, has initiated a fundraising campaign to provide support to the families of Ethiopian veterans who played a crucial role during the Korean War in 1950. This conflict marked a significant historical moment as Ethiopia was the sole African [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Ethiopia have agreed to increase flights between the two countries from the current seven to nine a week, a move that will help further promote people-to-people exchanges, Seoul said Sunday. Under the agreement reached with the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, there will be two more passenger [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The descendants of Ethiopian veterans who fought in the Korean War are coming to South Korea to introduce coffee from the world’s largest coffee-producing country. Gangwon Province’s Hwacheon County announced Thursday that an Ethiopia promotional hall and cafe will be set up at the Hwacheon Mountain Trout Festival from Jan. 7-29 [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Forest Co., a Hwaseong-based major forestry company, is teaming up with the Korea Forest Service to establish a sustainable coffee farm in Ethiopia. The company announced Wednesday that it plans to develop a tree nursery that covers an area of 10,000 square meters inside a coffee farm located [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it delivered clothes along with other donations to veterans of the Korean War in Ethiopia in line with its charity projects in Africa. Under the project, the South Korean consumer electronics giant delivered warm jackets to 186 Ethiopian veterans in the capital city of [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday it has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to construct a community center in Addis Ababa for its nationals who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War. It’s one of Seoul’s friendship projects for the people of Ethiopia, the only African country that dispatched ground [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s disabled veterans’ association said Friday they will visit Ethiopia next week to meet soldiers who fought in the Korean War (1950-53). “Starting this year, we are planning to visit the countries that sent their soldiers to the Korean conflict one by one to meet the veterans who [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of the drama ‘Descendants of the Sun’ has been so widespread that it even grasped the hearts of many in Ethiopia, halfway around the world. In addition to the drama itself, K-pop and even the Korean language have become popular in Ethiopia. Young girls fell in love with [...]