SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Germany saw its imports decline last year due to the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the country’s imports from South Korea turned out to have increased. The Frankfurt office of the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency analyzed data from 2020 released by the Federal Statistical Office [...]
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 [...]