JEONJU, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeonju city government in North Jeolla Province has partnered with the Central Institute for Restoration and Conservation of Archival and Library Heritage (ICPAL) in Rome, paving the way for the globalization of Korean traditional handmade paper known as ‘hanji.’ It was announced on Monday that Jeonju had signed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonju hanji, a Korean traditional paper made from the inner bark of mulberry trees, will be used in Italy as an official material to restore world heritage artifacts. The Central Institute for the Restoration and Conservation of Archival and Library Heritage in Rome accepted the use of Jeonju hanji [...]
SINGAPORE, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading international travel services provider Trip.com Group has observed indications that the travel industry is well on the way to recovery. With the pandemic being gradually brought under control in the Asia-Pacific region, the international travel services provider has observed encouraging signs of recovery for domestic and regional travel. In a [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In Italy, various Korean cultural programs are gaining popularity after having been replaced with online content following the coronavirus outbreak. The Korean Cultural Center in Rome closed its building and stopped all offline Korean cultural programs in March in accordance with local government instructions as the coronavirus spread. After [...]
London, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - In response to a request from Borsa Italiana (the Italian Stock Exchange), CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) confirms that Hubertus Mühlhäuser resigned as CEO of CNH Industrial to pursue other interests. While Mr. Mühlhäuser offered to assist the Company while it searched for a successor, the Board [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is seeking to send two chartered flights to coronavirus-hit Italy to bring home hundreds of its citizens next week, a foreign ministry official said Monday. About 650 people have expressed their wishes to take the flights, as they have had difficulty finding plane tickets on their own, [...]
London, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) - CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI / MI:CNHI) has expanded its already extensive measures to ensure a safe working environment for its employees in light of the COVID-19 emergency. The Company has been leveraging its experience acquired firstly in China, and more recently rolling out best practices across all regions in which [...]
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 [...]