SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Gallery We.AN, an art gallery in Mapo District, Seoul, was packed with South Korean and Hong Kong visitors on Sunday afternoon. They came to visit the gallery’s photo exhibition, titled ‘Stand with Hong Kong,’ introducing various photos of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The exhibition was hosted by Freedom [...]
Hong Kong, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Cyberport’s landmark tech investment event, the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF), officially kicked off today. Its two-day programme featured over 40 leading industry leaders, investors, tech start-ups as well as rising stars from the Cyberport community. The first day of the event was packed with a plethora of illuminating [...]
Hong Kong, Oct. 30, 2019 (Korea Bizwire) — Hong Kong Cyberport brought 10 start-ups to participate in the Digital Thailand Big Bang 2019, an annual flagship event organised by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society in Bangkok from 28 to 31 October. Today, Cyberport jointly organised Innospace Cyberport Demo Day with its Thai partner, [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2019 edition of MEGA SHOW Series, one of the most important annual sourcing events in Hong Kong, opens today and will run during October 20-23 and October 27-29 to greet tens of thousands global buyers who are keen on looking for new products and suppliers from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — High-risk financial instruments that are designed to bet on Hong Kong’s stock market need to be carefully monitored amid concerns about potential losses, as massive democracy protests there have wobbled financial markets, an industry source said Monday. At the end of September, the outstanding amount of equity-linked trusts (ELTs) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean activists on Friday demanded Hong Kong police apologize for the recent shooting of a teenager and stop suppressing protesters, voicing support for the democracy protests amid an escalating stand-off between authorities and protesters. Earlier this week, Hong Kong high school student Tsang Chi-kin was severely injured after [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After a work by late Korean abstract master Kim Whan-ki set an auction record last year, another major dot painting by him will be put up for auction in Hong Kong in November, an auction house said Monday. One of Kim’s major works, “05-IV-71 #200,” titled “Universe,” will be [...]
Hong Kong, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Control Risks, the global specialist risk consultancy, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with Relativity by making its RelativityOne offering available in Hong Kong, covering the Asia Pacific region. The flexible SaaS platform is already available to Control Risks’ clients in North America and the United [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has issued a travel warning for Hong Kong, citing increasing risks from escalating violence in deepening anti-government protests, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. A “navy warning”, which calls for caution and is the lowest of the four-phase travel warning system, has been imposed on all of Hong Kong, [...]
HONG KONG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travelers expressed anxiety Tuesday as demonstrators continued their occupation of Hong Kong’s airport to protest a bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China. Thousands of demonstrators have taken over Hong Kong International Airport since Monday, leading airlines to cancel flights and leaving travelers stranded. Check-in [...]