SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will actively seek ways to deal with Japan’s planned discharge of water contaminated as a result of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid concern storage space will soon run out. The treatment of radioactive water stored in tanks in Fukushima [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday welcomed the World Trade Organization’s decision to rule in favor of Seoul’s import restrictions on Japanese seafood in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and said it would keep the ban in place going forward. The WTO appellate body overturned several points of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will appeal the World Trade Organization’s ruling on its import restrictions on Japanese seafood after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and keep them in place until a final decision is made, Seoul’s trade ministry said Friday. Japan officially lodged a complaint at the WTO in 2015 to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinhan Financial Group held a signing ceremony on November 14 with six institutional investors who will invest in the 200-billion-won “Shinhan BNPP Japan Solar Power Fund.” The targeted blind fund will specialize in investing in companies in Japan’s solar power industry. This is a 23-year closed private equity trust fund [...]