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Private Credit Fund Manager ADM Capital Raises USD630m to Target Asia Pacific’s Small and Medium Enterprises; Hires Neil Harvey as Executive Chairman

HONG KONG, CHINA – May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – ADM Capital, the Hong Kong headquartered investment manager with specialist experience in Asia Pacific credit and sustainable investment, has raised USD630m in new assets, taking its total under management to USD2.4bn. These funds will be invested in the Asian credit markets and will target mid-sized companies. [...]

DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020

HONG KONG, CHINA, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) - Design thinking has become more important as the global citizens face new challenges every day. It is increasingly essential to challenge assumptions, redefine problems and identify alternative strategies as well as solutions that make a real impact in society, at a local and international level. With differences in [...]

LG Uplus to Supply 5G VR Content to Hong Kong’s Top Telco

SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Sunday it will supply 5G virtual reality (VR) content to Hong Kong’s largest telecommunication firm. LG Uplus’ VR content will be also available on Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Ltd.’s 5G service starting next month, the company said. This is [...]

S. Korea Expands Strict Quarantine Screenings to Hong Kong, Macao

SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will apply strict quarantine screening to entrants from Hong Kong and Macao, in addition to those who arrive from mainland China. Currently, entrants from China are asked to fill out health questionnaires to check whether they have fever or respiratory problems. Foreigners are required [...]

Make a Wish this New Year with ‘Dorsett Wanchai 3 Wishes’ Room Package

HONG KONG, CHINA, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) - What better way to kick start the New Year than with ‘Dorsett Wanchai 3 Wishes’ room package that satisfies every wish and whim when you are travelling for business or leisure. Breakfast? Check. Dinner? Check. Free meal at a Michelin-recommended restaurant? Check…and more ‘wishes’ waiting to be discovered. [...]

Fraser Institute News Release: China Ranks 126th Out of 162 in New Human Freedom Index; Hong Kong Ranks 3rd

TORONTO, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — China continues to languish near the bottom of the latest Human Freedom Index, released today by the Fraser Institute and a network of international public policy think-tanks. And Hong Kong, which was the world’s freest jurisdiction as recently as 2013, has fallen to 3rd this year behind New Zealand (1st) and [...]

Online Lennon Wall Created to Prevent Vandalism

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An online ‘Lennon Wall’ is drawing public attention amid strife over the Lennon Walls installed on South Korean university campuses in support of the pro-democratization protests in Hong Kong. Recently, a new Facebook page was created with the title ‘Hong Kong Democratic Protest Online Lennon Wall.’ This page is [...]

Hanyang University’s ‘Lennon Wall’ Transferred to School Museum

SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanyang University’s ‘Lennon Wall,’ a wall set up in support of the pro-democratization protests in Hong Kong, has been taken down. All posters and memos that were put up on the wall, however, have been sent to the university museum as a permanent archive. Hanyang University transferred hundreds of [...]

Chinese Students Resort to ‘Coin Terrorism’ to Denounce Support for Hong Kong Protests

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a deepening divide between Korean and Chinese students at local universities over the issue of the democratization movement in Hong Kong, a number of Chinese students are being reported for offensive conduct. One student at Hanyang University responsible for setting up the Lennon Wall and receiving messages from [...]

Students at Seoul National University Sue ‘Lennon Wall’ Vandals

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The host organization that set up the ‘Lennon Wall’ at Seoul National University (SNU) to voice support for the democratization movement in Hong Kong plans to take action after the wall was partially damaged by several spectators. The SNU Student Organization to Tell the Truth About Hong Kong filed [...]