SUWON, South Korea, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea were held by Jordan 1-1 at home Tuesday for their second consecutive draw in the ongoing World Cup qualification round, failing to step toward an early berth in the big tournament after squandering a first-half lead. Lee Jae-sung had the match’s first goal for South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea missing their injured captain Son Heung-min for a key World Cup qualifying match against Jordan in Amman Thursday, one of his closest friends on the national team raised his game a notch. He had support from a couple of youngsters, too. South Korea beat Jordan 2-0 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO), a South Korean public power utility, has completed a wind power plant project in Jordan six years after it was launched. The company announced on Tuesday (local time) that it held a completion ceremony for the wind power plant worth 120 billion won (US$125 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the nation’s official development assistance (ODA) agency, has built a special school for students with hearing problems in Jordan, the agency said Tuesday. Construction started in Marka, near the Jordanian capital Amman in 2014 in an ODA project worth US$ 5.2 million. Built [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A new fashion trend called athleisure is popular among Koreans these days, and the scope of its acceptance is rapidly expanding into children’s clothing as well. Hansae Dreams, a children’s clothing company, has expanded PlayKids Pro, a children’s sportswear multi-shop that first opened in July 2015, to 31 branches. The [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state-controlled electric utility company on Monday said it has inked a deal to build and operate a wind power plant in Jordan. The US$510 million agreement calls for Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) to build the 89.1 megawatt Fujeij wind farm in the Middle Eastern country. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug.17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is pushing into the Middle Eastern market by opening premium brand shops in the area. LG announced they have opened a premium brand shop on Mecca Street, the premium home electronics business district in Jordan. The shop is the third premium brand shop that opened this year after Tehran, [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run power company said Thursday it has completed construction of the world’s largest diesel power plant in Amman, which is expected to generate some US$3.2 billion in sales over the next 25 years. The new power plant in the capital of Jordan has a maximum generation capacity [...]