GWANGJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Buk-gu municipality in the city of Gwangju announced plans yesterday to transform the entire neighborhood of Jasan-ro, 15 beon-gil in Sinan-dong to feature small but charming village streets, the likes of alleyways found in the popular region of Provence in the south of France. Although the floating population [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is delighted that the governments of Senegal and France will co-host its financing conference, which will take place on February 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d3003cff-ee20-409f-9729-9a9cef1d4d3e A video accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0a7eebb6-66b3-438b-904e-efeff83d94cf The announcement of the co-hosting was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The domestic shipbuilding industry was engulfed in a wave of low spirits as shipping publication “Tradewinds” and eBest Investment and Securities (eBest) both reported that French company CMA CGM had signed a letter of intent with two Chinese shipbuilding firms for nine container ships. The reason for the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition for medical patients has gone up another notch as major hospitals are releasing advanced technological services to stay a step ahead of their competitors. According to industry sources, since April Hallym University Medical Center in Dongtan has revamped the existing model of providing medicine to patients in an effort to [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The French minister for government reform said Monday his nation will maintain its cooperative relationship with South Korea regardless of the result of the upcoming presidential election here. “France wants the best possible relationship with South Korea … the subjects for desired bilateral cooperation include every issue ranging from tourism, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — No toxic chemicals linked to cancer have been found in widely used baby diapers sold by a global brand, South Korea’s trade ministry said Monday, a result that followed a French study that claimed they contain harmful compounds. A test conducted jointly by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and France sought to expand their ties in the aerospace sector on Monday in an effort to further develop related technology and pioneer the emerging market. The agreement came at the “Korea-France Space Forum,” organized by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, which brought together [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean museum on Friday rejected the results of a French inspection that concluded one of its most famed artworks is fake. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) argued in a statement that the French art experts Lumiere Technology drew the conclusion based on a [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and France will invest a combined 3 billion won (US$2.65 million) in the coming three years to develop self-driving technology, the trade minister here said Wednesday. In a Seoul forum, the two sides agreed on the project to jointly study traffic jam assistant (TJA) technology, which helps [...]
TORONTO and PARIS, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) (TSX:CIG) announced today the acquisition of ICADE Asset Management and ICADE Conseil (“ICADE”), a leading asset management and investor advisory services platform in France with more than €2 billion of assets under management. The acquisition will enhance Colliers’ existing asset management business [...]