SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial park commemorating Hong Beom-do, a revered Korean independence fighter against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, will open at his former burial site in Kazakhstan later this week, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Wednesday. South Korea had pledged to build the memorial at the site in Kyzylorda in southern Kazakhstan [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT&G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco company, said Thursday it has begun construction in Kazakhstan of its fourth overseas plant as part of its expansion strategy. KT&G aims to complete the plant’s construction by 2025 to export its products to the Eurasian region, the company said in a statement. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of Hong Beom-do, a historic Korean independence fighter, were brought home from Kazakhstan on Sunday, 78 years after his death in the Central Asian nation. President Moon Jae-in received and honored his remains at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, as Korea marked Liberation [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean military plane carrying a special delegation departed for Kazakhstan on Saturday to bring home the remains of a legendary Korean independence fighter, Hong Beom-do, 78 years after his death in the Central Asian country, officials said. The KC-330 multirole aerial tanker departed from Seoul Air Base [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hong Beom-do, whose remains will be returned to his homeland from Kazakhstan this weekend about eight decades after his death, is one of the most revered independence fighters, known for leading victories in various battles against Japanese troops during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Born in [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Monday it has launched a pilot project to build a smart farm in Kazakhstan, as the country seeks to boost exports of smart-farming solutions. The construction is expected to be completed in October, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The [...]
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Simex Group Inc. (formerly known as American Retail Group Inc.), is the holding company of Simex Inc., the developer and owner of the multifunctional blockchain platform “SIMEX”. Simex Group Inc. is proud to announce that Hong Kong-based mining company, Jade Resources Limited, has agreed to plan its next [...]
London, United Kingdom, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kazakhstan Ministry of Health and SNOMED International jointly announce the addition of Kazakhstan as the organization’s thirty-eighth Member. With a developing e-health program across the country’s hospital, Kazakhstan joins SNOMED International to bring structure and consistency in the sharing of health information for patient care, clinical [...]
NEW YORK & ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Astana International Financial Centre JSC (AIFC) today announced a new, significant agreement. Nasdaq has been selected to power Kazakhstan’s nascent stock exchange, the AIFC Exchange. The exchange is targeted to launch in late-2017 and will initially trade equities and fixed income with other asset [...]
GOYANG, Korea, Oct 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A city in Kazakhstan will replace all its street lights with LED lamps supplied by a Korean company. Save Semiconductor, a Korean manufacturer of environmentally friendly LED lighting devices, said on October 17 that it signed an agreement with HK E&E which in turn agreed to build an [...]