JECHEON, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new terrain that looks like the boot-shaped Italian Peninsula was found in the Cheongpung Lakeside in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province. Jecheon mayor Lee Sang-cheon recently revealed the finding on his Facebook page. “The new terrain on the skirt of Mt. Geumsu looks like a boot-shaped peninsula, reminiscent of [...]
ROME, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — (LaPresse) – An extraordinary communication campaign to promote Made in Italy, entitled ‘Italy is simply extraordinary: beIT’, has been successfully launched. The campaign, launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), will have a global dimension with a [...]
TORONTO and MILAN, Italy, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading diversified professional services and investment management company, Colliers (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI), announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Colliers International Italia S.p.A., Colliers Real Estate Services Italia S.R.L. and Colliers Real Estate Management Services Italia S.R.L. (collectively, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will expand its partnership with Italian luxury furniture maker Molteni&C S.P.A. to better promote its high-end brand LG Signature. The two sides last year signed a deal to collaborate on marketing, promotion and product development related with LG Signature home appliances, Molteni&C residential [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai showcases “an Italy that also has strong technological components. I am thinking of the presence of Leonardo here. Of an Italy with its best capabilities ranging from the agricultural sector to the service sector and the industrial sector with very [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Taekwondo is gaining the attention in Italy after the country won its first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the martial arts discipline. The Italian daily Corriere della Sera released a two-page article in its Monday edition that said ‘Martial Art Born in Korea Mesmerizes Children.’ The newspaper [...]
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 [...]