SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has seen a sharp gain this year in the student inflow from Taiwan and Hong Kong who came here on a school trip, amid a faltering tourism stemming from a steep decline in Chinese visitors, government data showed Friday. The cumulative number of student groups on school [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines Inc. and Hong Kong Airlines have begun codeshare flights that offer more options for passengers flying to and from Hong Kong, the company said Thursday. Asiana currently offers three to four daily flights on the Incheon-Hong Kong route. Hong Kong Airlines operates one daily flight on the [...]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (“TOMI”) (OTCQX:TOMZ), a global decontamination and infection prevention company that specializes in disinfection/decontamination sales and services, including the manufacturing, sale and licensing of its SteraMist™, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist/fog that is registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), announced today that it [...]
LONDON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVG), a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced today the appointment of a leadership team in Asia. Jon Doherty has been appointed as Managing Director of Asia; Sang Kyoun (S.K.) Kim as Chief Underwriting Officer; and Paul D’Souza as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been almost two weeks since China’s ambitious Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched, but the trading link has so far failed to drum up much excitement, at least from the point of view of Korean investors. According to the Korea Financial Investment Association, the aggregate trade volume [...]
HONG KONG, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) - X-Spatial Media Technology Ltd held the grand launch of its “X-Spatial 4D Psychoacoustics” technology with the movie premiere of “Beyond Skyline” at UA Cine Times, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on 7 December 2016, indicating that such epoch-making audio optimization technology is officially available here, with the highest regard [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – After years of downturn, the Korean art market is prospering once again. According to the Asian Art Market 2015 report, last year’s total bids at seven domestic art work auctioneers totaled 189.23 billion won ($165 million). Revenue was close to 2007’s 192.66 billion, which was the most prosperous year [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will provide a large quantity of public rental housing so that young city dwellers will not be forced to move to suburbs due to high rent. If high-density development of areas near important subway stations is allowed like in Japan or Hong Kong, more than 40,000 units [...]
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 [...]
HONG KONG, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The 20th Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), ended today. This year’s FILMART welcomed more than 7,300 buyers during the four-day fair, up 3 per cent over the previous year. There was a significant growth of buyers [...]