SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Thursday that it will open the Korea-Indonesia Ocean Expert Cultivation Program at Indonesia’s Bandung University. This program is aimed at fostering as many as 70 Indonesian students as professionals with master’s degrees in the areas of ocean research and analysis by [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will relocate two of its TV production lines in South Korea to Indonesia in a move to boost its global production efficiency amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. LG said two of the six production lines at its TV plant in Gumi, some 260 [...]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden and JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – KSEI (PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia), the central securities depository (CSD) of Indonesia, has successfully gone live with a new CSD solution by market technology provider Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ). The new and state-of-the-art CSD platform from Nasdaq provides KSEI with increased capacity and speed, with the new [...]
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — via NetworkWire – Pacific Rim Cobalt Corp. (CSE:BOLT) (OTCQB:PCRCF) (XFRA:NXFE) today announces its placement in an editorial published by NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), one of 40+ brands in the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company for private and public entities. To view the full publication, titled “Indonesia Consolidates Nickel Production to Feed Growing EV [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) reported on Thursday that K-food is gaining a reputation in Indonesia’s local food franchise and processed food markets. An increasing number of local food producers are introducing new products that resemble K-food. The agency reported that Korean snacks, bread, topokki (spicy rice [...]
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 [...]