HWACHEON, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwacheon County in Gangwon Province invited Santa Claus and elves from the original Santa Village in the Finnish city of Rovaniemi for a three-day visit from last Friday to Sunday. The county decided to hold such event as it is home to the one and only Santa Claus Post [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups signed a memorandum of understanding with the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to establish a Korea Startup Center (KSC). The ministry also plans to conclude a similar agreement with the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation on Saturday. Finland [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The original ‘Santa Claus’ from Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland will be visiting Hwacheon, Gwangwon Province as the city prepares for the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival scheduled for next month. Hwacheon-gun announced that Santa Claus and his elves will be visiting Santa’s Post Office for the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Finland has become a new tourist destination as more South Koreans are being charmed by the European nation’s sustainable food culture. The Finnish Tourist Board held a press conference yesterday at Space M in the Hongdae district to introduce efforts by Finns to bring natural foods to the dining [...]
TORONTO and HELSINKI, Finland, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) (TSX:CIGI), a global leader in commercial real estate services, today announced the divestiture of its residential property management operation servicing apartment housing companies (“Finland AHC”), which manages over 30,000 apartments throughout Finland. This transaction allows Colliers Finland to focus entirely on [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Santa Claus is coming to the ice fishing festival in Hwacheon, all the way from his “official” hometown of Rovaniemi in Finland. According to Hwacheon County officials, the mythic figure has graciously accepted their invitation, and has agreed to make a string of appearances from January 12 through 14. [...]
TORONTO, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) and (TSX:CIGI), a global leader in commercial real estate services, today announced the acquisition of Ovenia Group (“Ovenia” or the “Company”), Finland’s leading real estate management and service company. For the last twelve months, the Company generated revenues of over US$50 million. Financial details [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s economic growth ranking among major advanced and emerging economies plunged 10 spots in the second quarter from three months earlier as its recovery lost ground, data showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy expanded 0.6 percent on-quarter in the April-June period, compared with a 1.1 percent expansion for the [...]
Helsinki, Finland, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Euroloan Group PLC issued new shares on Privanet Group PLC’s crowdfunding platform Around. The statutory maximum limit of EUR 4.995 million for the issue was reached on Thursday, June 8, eight days early. The subscription was at termination at 5,599,031 EUR, i.e. 377% of the minimum target of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean TV sensation “Descendants of the Sun” has been exported to 27 countries and the number is set to grow, its production company said Wednesday. Next Entertainment World said that the burgeoning attention the drama has been attracting overseas raised the possibility of sealing more broadcasting contracts in the [...]