SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s most popular messaging app KakaoTalk, said Friday it has acquired two Indonesia-based mobile platforms as part of its push for a global expansion. It signed an agreement with Path, a U.S. Internet service provider that runs its namesake social network service [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry said Sunday that at least three South Koreans were on board an AirAsia plane that went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore. The ministry said that a South Korean man and a woman in their 30s, and an infant were among the 162 passengers and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO announced on November 6 that it launched KP SE, a social enterprise in Cilegon, Indonesia, on the 4th. The POSCO Foundation and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) jointly established the enterprise supported by Krakatau POSCO which has a lot of management experience. The Korea’s steel maker will outsource tasks [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – “Gyeongnam International Photography Festival 2014” whose theme is “Environment, Humans, and Life” is held at 3·15 Art Center in Changwon of South Korea from October 9 to 14, announced the organizing committee. Around 90 photographers whose nationalities represent Korea, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, German, etc. will be exhibiting about [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Indonesia will accelerate their effort in cooperating in developing fighter jets. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration in South Korea signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense to develop the “Boramae,” or KF-X, fighter jets. The agreement, a follow-up to a contract signed in July 2010, sets [...]
NEW YORK, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, has been nominated to be the next Chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). President Yudhoyono accepted the nomination at the GGGI Leaders’ Gathering, which was held on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Summit 2014 in [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire)– Naver, largest web portal in Korea, has begun offering its mobile dictionary application intended for overseas users — a first move for the nation’s portal industry — stepping up its investment in overseas market and mobile application, two pillars of the company’s business expansion plan. The portal company announced last [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) - Samwon Garden, a traditional high-end Korean food restaurant with 37 years of history, opened its first overseas location in Jakarta, Indonesia. Established in 1976 under the name of “Samwong-jeong,” the restaurant has grown into one of the best-known Korean food establishments with the number of cumulative visitors in excess of [...]