SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A dictionary will be published for Cia-Cia tribe, an ethnic minority in Indonesia that adopted Hangul, the Korean alphabet, as its official writing system 10 years ago. The Asia Development Foundation announced on Monday that it will sponsor Jung Deuk-young, 58, a Hangul instructor at Cia-Cia Hangul School, to [...]
SEOUL/ULSAN, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will build a US$1.55-billion plant in Indonesia by 2021 to tap deeper in the Southeast Asian markets dominated by Japanese rivals. The investment decision comes as Hyundai Motor is working to explore new markets and secure a new growth driver [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced a significant development in the digitization of patient treatment in Indonesia, with the country’s first installation of Philips IntelliSpace Critical Care and Anesthesia (ICCA) system at the Kasih Ibu Hospital in Denpasar, Bali. The [...]
PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — International travel service provider Trip.com recently sent volunteers to SDN 042 Palembang, South Sumatra to provide haze management guidance. The educational activity was followed up with the handover of assistance packages consisting of masks and school equipment for students affected by the haze hazard. Stanly Fredrik Napoleon, General [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The worldwide popularity of Korean spicy food led by Samyang Foods Co.’s Spicy Chicken Ramen is encouraging foreign companies to come up with ‘me too’ products. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) reported on Sunday that Indonesia’s leading noodle brand, Mie Sedaap, recently introduced its own version [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean barbeque, fried chicken, and bibimbap are some of the most popular Korean foods overseas. In Indonesia, however, topokki, a dish of Korean stir-fried rice cakes, is gaining extensive popularity among members of the younger generation. Korean food franchises in Indonesia, such as Ojju, Omija, and Mujigae are selling [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean-made dried laver is the number one player in the Indonesian market with an increasing market share. In particular, South Korea is seen as an “origin country of dried laver” in Indonesia as Korean dried laver products are more than 10 times more popular than Japanese products. Indonesia’s [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Culture Center in Jakarta, Indonesia recently held the 18th Korean Speech Contest. Students from the University of Indonesia and two other institutions that offer Korean language courses competed in the preliminaries, and 13 participants made it to the finals. Students each were given four minutes to give [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – While a former member of the hit K-pop group BIGBANG, Seungri was booked on charges of procuring sexual services for foreign investors, and local fans held a rally in Indonesia to root for him. According to local media in Indonesia on Tuesday, 200 fans of Seungri gathered in the Sudirman Central [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Indonesian workers who were victims of a Korean business leader fleeing Indonesia without paying overdue wages sent a thank-you letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday for helping them out. About 300 employees of SKB, a sewing company in Bekashi, West Java, went to Jakarta to hold [...]