RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Civil 20 Virtual Summit has convened today with more than 4,000 civil society leaders representing 109 countries at the biggest non-government organizations gathering in the G20 history, channeling their concerns and demands ahead of the G20 Virtual Leaders’ Summit next month. The Civil 20 Communiqué released [...]
WASHINGTON, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The G20 countries adopted a Leaders’ Declaration today in Osaka. The American Chemistry Council issued the following response, which may be attributed to Steve Russell, vice president of ACC’s Plastics Division: “America’s plastic makers welcome the G20’s Osaka Blue Ocean Vision to end plastic leakage into the ocean, and [...]
BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – China renewed its opposition on Wednesday to South Korea’s planned deployment of a U.S. advanced missile defense system on its soil, saying that its security interests should be respected. In July, South Korea announced a plan to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in the country [...]
WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take additional stimulus measures in the second half of 2015 if the need arises to prop up the slowing economy, the nation’s economic czar has said. Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan, who is in Washington to attend a G20 ministerial meeting, made the remarks in an interview [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has pledged US$300 million to the World Bank for its program to build critical infrastructure in developing countries and deal with their environmental and energy issues, the government said Thursday. The finance ministry said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) reached in Washington on Wednesday calls for the [...]
BEIJING, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL) conducted strategy sessions on May 5-6 with China’s Top 500 Foreign Trade Enterprises Club, China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China Association of International Trade (CAIT), ASEAN-China Center (ACC) and China-ASEAN BAC (CABC). The strategic discussions addressed China’s leadership in [...]