SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hanwha Group said Friday it seeks to resume a major city development project in Iraq, which has been suspended for two years due to unpaid construction fees. Hanwha Corporation E&C Division, the group’s construction arm, said it recently signed an amended contract with Iraq’s National Investment Commission [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — With the country’s only two Premier Leaguers injured for a key World Cup qualification match Tuesday night, South Korea’s young offensive stars grabbed the opportunity to play additional minutes and ran with it. South Korea got past Iraq 3-2 in their Group B match in the third [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency plans to establish two facilities this year to support female victims of wartime gender-based violence in northern Iraq, officials said Thursday. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) said that the “One-Stop Support Centers for Women Victimized by War Violence” aim to offer some 93,000 [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency said Thursday that it will construct the first intensive care hospital in Iraq by 2023, as part of efforts to help the Middle East country strengthen its medical services. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) said that under a support project worth US$39.5 million, [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean military planes arrived back home Friday, carrying some 290 people from Iraq amid the worsening outbreak of the new coronavirus in the Middle East country. The KC-330 air refueling tankers touched down at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, completing their dayslong mission to bring back [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will allow its citizens to visit some parts of Iraq which had been banned from travel as safety is showing signs of improving, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The ministry has imposed a travel ban on Iraq since August 2007 for safety reasons though allowed exceptional permits [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea turned out to be the largest buyer of weapons in 2014. According to the annual report on the sales of weapons issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Korea was the largest importer last year, spending $7.8 billion on weapons. CRS is an organization under the American Library of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – After a lengthy absence, Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn has resumed his duties. Visiting Iraq, where the company’s biggest construction project is being carried out, was his first task. From December 7 to 9, Kim paid a visit to his employees working on the construction project in Bismayah, Iraq, [...]