SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The veterans affairs ministry published a new edition of its book on the history of the international medical assistance rendered to South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War to add the long-forgotten contribution of Germany, officials said Sunday. U.N. “Sending States” had long been defined as 21 countries — [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has added air cargo to its business portfolio, establishing a strategic base of operations in Germany. The company announced on Wednesday that it recently opened a branch for a new air freight forwarding division at Frankfurt Airport. This move [...]
BERLIN, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of people staged a rally in Berlin on Tuesday to protest a district office’s order to remove a statue in the German capital symbolizing victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery. Some 300 activists and citizens gathered near the statue, formally called “The Statue of Peace,” in Berlin’s Mitte [...]
SEOUL/BERLIN, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activists based in Germany are planning to apply for an injunction Monday against Berlin city authorities’ removal order for a statue erected in the German capital of a girl symbolizing Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery, informed local sources said. The injunction application will be filed by Korea [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank – HoSE: HDB) today announced the signing of an agreement to issue convertible bonds and enter into a strategic tie-up with DEG – DEUTSCHE INVESTITIONS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (“DEG”). DEG will invest in convertible [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Q Cells, a South Korean solar cells and modules manufacturer, said Friday that it has won a patent infringement suit in Germany in a case that could boost its presence in the European country. The Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany has ruled that three companies — JinkoSolar [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Last Friday, the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s leading daily newspaper, covered the painful story of a Korean student couple. The article shed light on the racist violence that the couple suffered on the subway in Berlin on April 27. Lee Se-jin and his wife, Kim Hyun-eum, suffered [...]
CALGARY, Alberta and MUNICH, Germany, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Eavor is pleased to announce Enex Power Germany GmbH (“Enex”) and Eavor Technologies Inc. (“Eavor”) have entered into a letter of intent to form a geothermal project development company to construct Eavor-Loop™ heat and power projects within Enex’s existing geothermal license area in Bavaria, Germany. [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Wandsbecker, a small German city on the outskirts of Hamburg, is home to a small building with a red sign that says ‘Seoul Station’. At first, it looks like a Korean restaurant, but it is in fact a dance studio specializing in K-pop choreography. This studio was opened by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Consulate-General in Germany and the K-Move center held a joint conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 30 to talk with young South Koreans about looking for jobs overseas. The meeting invited some 10 young South Koreans to talk about the difficulties in getting a job overseas, [...]