SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean traditional paper, hanji, will be used to restore valuable work created by Leonardo Da Vinci, marking the 500th anniversary of his death next year. ICPAL, an international organization dedicated to the restoration and conservation of cultural heritage, announced on December 11 that it had decided to use hanji [...]
ROME, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean archive has opened at the library of the Asian Studies Department of Sapienza University of Rome, a prestigious university in the Italian capital. The opening ceremony for the archive, “Window on Korea,” was held at the library on Tuesday, with about 300 professors and students attending. The [...]
ROME, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Italy’s antitrust authority has launched a probe on Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea and Apple Inc. of the United States on suspicions that the two tech giants slowed down their older model smartphones intentionally to induce users to buy new ones. The agency on Thursday said the two [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — FC Barcelona’s South Korean prospect Lee Seung-woo will move to the Italian side Hellas Verona FC, a source close to the player said Wednesday. The source said Lee decided to join the Serie A outfit on a four-year deal and will complete his medical later Wednesday. Italian media reported [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The former head of Lone Star Korea Steven Lee has been arrested in Italy after twelve years on the run. The 48-year old American citizen was apprehended by police earlier this month, according to the Ministry of Justice. His wanted status stems from questions over his role at the [...]
Rome, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Italy announced that it had held a “Korean Day” event in the popular tourist destination Pietrasanta on August 14. Sometimes called the “City of Artists”, the medieval town is famous for its legacy of art and sculpture. Residents and visitors to the town were [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics will exhibit its lifestyle TV “The Frame” at the 57th Venice Biennale opening this weekend in Italy, the tech firm said Wednesday. “The Frame” copies art with a bezel that looks like picture frames, a design concept targeting European consumers who work television sets into home decor. [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The final round of an Italian K-pop competition was held at an exhibition center in Rome on Saturday. As part of Romics, one of the country’s biggest comic fairs, fourteen group and individual talents who passed the preliminary rounds showed off their moves for the final time to K-pop [...]
ROME, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A local preliminary for the 2016 K-pop World Festival took place in Milan, Italy, organizers said on Sunday (local time). A total of 13 teams competed in the event at Elfo Puccini Theater in Milan on Saturday to secure a ticket to perform in the main event scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop group BigBang was named the best world artist at an annual music awards ceremony hosted by an Italian cable TV channel, the group’s management said Monday. The boys won “Best Artist from the World” in the Italian MTV Awards 2016, becoming the only Korean act or [...]