SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is launching a major tourism campaign in Paris, just weeks before the French capital hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizers said Friday. The campaign, titled the “K-Tourism Roadshow,” marks the first large-scale Korean tourism promotion event aimed at French consumers. The two-day event, starting Saturday (French time), [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Friday it plans to continue to engage in negotiations with the French government on its new electric vehicle (EV) subsidy policy with “unbiased data,” after it excluded domestically produced models from the program. “The government, along with local companies, will proactively address the French [...]
PARIS/SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A French news channel has received a deluge of criticism from viewers around the world after it aired an image of South Korea’s national flag with the wrong symbol in the middle that appears similar to the red circle in the Japanese flag. The private TV broadcaster LCI used [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry held talks with business officials on Thursday to explore ways to address France’s subsidy policy for electric vehicles (EVs), which excluded models with high carbon emissions in the entire process including shipping. The discussion came after the list of EVs eligible to win subsidies in [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District Office said Wednesday the Banpo-Seorae Korean-French Music Festival will be held in Seorae Village, commonly referred to as “little France.” The festival attracts approximately 2,000 local residents and foreigners annually and is considered one of Seocho District’s most significant events. Preliminary activities will include cultural booths [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – “Jikji,” the world’s oldest extant book printed with movable metal type, will be put on public display in France for the first time in half a century. The National Library of France will present “Jikji” as part of its exhibition on the history of printing technology, set to run [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Maison de la Corée at the International University Campus in Paris is turning into a promotional venue for South Korea. The dormitory is the latest building to be built on the campus. At the South Korea-France Summit in 2011, France made the first offer to improve housing conditions [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Led by the popularity of K-pop and K-dramas, learning the Korean language is rising as a new trend in France. The Ministry of Education said that the number of elementary, middle and high schools in France offering Korean classes jumped from 17 schools in 2018 to 60 schools last [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online webtoon service providers have launched their European operations in France as a test bed to target the European content market, industry data showed Monday. Naver Webtoon, an online platform for digital comics run by Korea’s leading portal operator Naver, in March announced its plan to establish [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Capital Services Inc., South Korea’s leading auto finance company, said Tuesday it has launched a joint venture with CGI Finance, a subsidiary of France’s Societe Generale Group. Hyundai Capital France will provide auto finance, including lease, loan and insurance, for customers of Hyundai Motor Group — Hyundai Motor [...]