SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has opened a showroom for its luxury built-in kitchen appliance brand in Europe to better expand its presence there. The first European showroom of LG’s Signature Kitchen Suite was opened in Milan, Italy, according to the company. The 1,100-square-meter facility is near the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s small-sized construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat Co. said Thursday that its European unit Doosan Bobcat EMEA Ltd. has held a virtual event to launch its new product line as part of efforts to expand sales in Europe. The line of 12 new products includes a compact wheel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., said Wednesday it will start exporting the XM3 sport utility vehicle to Europe next year. Renault Samsung manufactures the XM3 at its sole plant in Busan, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, and the compact SUV will be sold [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday that it has exported four units of a hydrogen fuel cell system to Europe, paving the way for further shipments of the environmentally friendly energy solution. The hydrogen fuel cell system will be delivered to GRZ Technologies Ltd., a Switzerland-based company specializing in energy [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea may travel to Europe for men’s football friendlies during an international match window in November, a national team official said Saturday. Because of travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the South Korean men’s national football team hasn’t played an official match in 2020. An official with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Samsung Bioepis Co. said Friday it has won approval from European authorities for the sale of its anticancer biosimilar drug, Aybintio. The European Commission (EC) accepted Samsung Bioepis’ application to sell the bevacizumab biosimilar, also known as SB8, which references Switzerland-based Roche Holding’s blockbuster pill [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi, a traditional fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings, is drawing significant attention in Europe where healthy food choices are gaining popularity. According to a report released by the Paris branch of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) on Saturday, a [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Sunday began conducting new coronavirus tests on all arrivals from Europe and requiring even those with negative results to undergo a 14-day self-quarantine as part of efforts to prevent any inflow of the virus from outside. Starting at midnight, the government set in motion the screening [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will conduct new coronavirus tests on all arrivals from Europe and require them to self-isolate for two weeks as part of ongoing efforts to guard against imported cases of the novel coronavirus, the country’s health authorities said Friday. The measures, to be effective starting Sunday, are the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies operating in Europe are on high alert after the European Union (EU) imposed a 30-day entry ban on travelers outside the bloc to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, industry sources said Thursday. The European Union (EU)has decided to shut its borders and enforce travel [...]