SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 400 South Korean residents in India will return home this week via non-scheduled flights authorized by the government, health authorities here said Monday, as they plan to safely transport the nation’s citizens from the coronavirus-hit country. The authorities said a Vistara flight carrying 173 people, including workers of [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea could raise the travel alert for India amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, the foreign ministry said Friday. The ministry is considering raising the alert by one notch to “red,” recommending South Koreans leave India unless there are essential reasons, officials said. “We [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its presence in the Indian smartphone market in the first quarter of the year on the back of multiple new handsets, a report showed Tuesday, as the South Korean tech giant aims to fend off challenges from Chinese players. Samsung represented 20 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of schools in India are introducing Korean as a regular course. The Korean Cultural Centre India reported that Greenway Modern School and 11 other schools in New Delhi began teaching the Korean language this semester to elementary and middle school students. What began with three schools [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday denied media reports that the company is pushing to build a network equipment plant in India, saying that nothing has been determined at this point. Foreign media recently reported that Samsung is looking to build the facility in Uttar Pradesh, east of New Delhi, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the second-largest smartphone vendor in India last year, a report showed Tuesday, as its offline sales declined amid the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant shipped 29.7 million smartphones in India in 2020, down 4 percent from a year earlier, for a 20 percent market [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In India, where popularity of “hallyu” or the Korean Wave is getting stronger, eagerness to study the Korean language is also growing. The Korean Cultural Centre India said Tuesday that the first online beginner course for the Korean language this year was fully booked just two minutes after registration [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism held a special ceremony Tuesday celebrating the construction of the first South Korean temple in Bodh Gaya, India where Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is said to have attained enlightenment. The ceremony was held via an online video conference between India and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. ranked second in the Indian smartphone market in October, a report showed Friday, as the world’s largest smartphone vendor led the midpriced segment. The South Korean tech giant accounted for a market share of 20.6 percent in India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market, in terms of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Another well-known university in India is joining the ranks of higher education institutions there by adopting Korean language as a formal bachelor’s degree program. Manipur University in India has opened an undergraduate program in the Korean language, and began related lectures on Monday. This is the third time that [...]