SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has postponed ticket sales for the European leg of its new world tour, “Map of the Soul Tour,” set for July, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Due to recent events, BTS ‘Map of the Soul Tour – Europe’ ticket sale will be rescheduled,” the British [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of tourists choosing Europe as a travel destination for Lunar New Year holidays has soared since last year. Mode Tour Network Inc., a leading tour agency, reported on Wednesday that the number of travel reservations to Europe has increased by 38 percent since last year. Travel to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales of SUVs in Europe by South Korea’s top two carmakers — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. — may hit a record high, probably surpassing the 500,000-unit mark, aided by its diversified portfolio and strong demand, industry sources said Sunday. According to the sources, the two [...]
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — For twenty-five years, Invivoscribe has improved the quality of healthcare worldwide by providing high quality, standardized reagents, tests, and bioinformatics tools to advance the field of precision medicine. The LeukoStrat® CDx FLT3 Mutation Assay may now be used as an aid in the assessment of AML patients for treatment with XOSPATA® (gilteritinib) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s biggest automotive group, said Monday it has invested in Europe’s largest fast electric vehicle (EV) charging service provider to further push up sales of its battery-powered cars in the continent. The group, which owns Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., signed a deal [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), jointly with other South Korean government agencies, held a K-beauty promotion event in Belgium on Friday. The event, titled ‘K-Beauty in Belgium’, took place to promote the South Korean cosmetics industry in the European market. Nature Republic Co. and 11 other South Korean [...]
PARIS, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Tens of thousands of fans traveled from all over Europe to Saint Denis, just north of Paris, where the K-pop boy band BTS performed for the second night on Saturday. Following the band’s concerts at Wembley Stadium last weekend, the septet came to rock France on Friday and Saturday, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is considering a second plant in Europe to meet growing demand, industry sources said Monday. LG Chem already has an electric car battery production plant in Poland. In November, LG Chem decided to invest 651 billion won (US$577 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. filed the largest number of patents related to self-driving cars in Europe, data showed Monday, far above traditional automobile manufacturers. According to the data compiled by the European Patent Office (EPO), the number of applications related to self-driving cars filed in Europe came to 3,998 in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) asked the South Korean government on Tuesday to expand the range of qualified test centers for automobile emissions. The ECCK, in the recently published 2018 ECCK White Paper, asked South Korean authorities to accept European authorization centers as viable test facilities [...]