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 [...]
CINCINNATI, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) was awarded 1st place for innovation in emergency treatment and point-of-care testing for its illumigene® Malaria test at the 2016 JIB/ACNBH Conference this summer. Innovations from worldwide companies contributing to the development of the Medical Biology industry were put under the spotlight at this year’s [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday it will hold working-level talks with France this week on promoting a partnership in the nuclear energy field. The two-day bilateral “joint coordinating committee” meeting is due to open in Seoul later in the day, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. [...]
PARIS, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged Thursday to further facilitate startups by young people from South Korea and France as Seoul seeks to expand trade and investments with the European country. She said the two countries are set to sign a cooperation deal on creative economy following her summit [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and a French state school of landscape architecture have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to set aside space for Korean vegetables in a French royal kitchen garden, officials here said Thursday. The move is part of bilateral efforts to bolster environmentally friendly agricultural cooperation [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Kopan’, a dessert-snack bread from South Korea’s leading confectionery Paris Baguette, has won over customers in Korea after explosive popularity first in France, a company official said on Tuesday. Short for Korean pan, Kopan was served as a dessert at the Korea-France summit dinner in Paris held in November last [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Ten South Korean designers will open a pop-up store at a renowned concept store in Paris next month, a local design foundation said Tuesday. The Seoul Design Foundation said the store, named “Seoul’s 10Soul,” will open at L’eclaireur in Paris on June 22 and run for three weeks. The [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Jindo sitgimgut’, a shamanist ritual for cleansing dead person’s soul that originated on Jindo Island, will be staged at the Imagination Festival in France. Art Council Korea announced that Jindo’s funeral rites were selected for the official program of France’s Imagination Festival. The ceremonies will be staged at the Comedie-Francaise, [...]