SEOUL, Sept.11(Korea Bizwire) – German automakers continue to maintain their stronghold in the South Korean import car market, and this dominance extends to the realm of electric vehicle (EV) sales as well. Recent import vehicle registration data from the Korea Association of Imported Automobile Manufacturers (KAIDA) released on Sunday reveals a substantial uptick in the number [...]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark and SEOUL, South Korea, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The investments from CIP’s Flagship funds will support the development and construction of GW-scale offshore wind projects in Korea, where CIP since 2018 has been developing offshore wind projects and secured Electricity Business License for those projects. The projects include both fixed bottom and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As a turbulent year in regional security, dotted with North Korea’s frantic missile launches amid stalled dialogue and complex geopolitics, draws to a close, uncertainty still looms large on the Korean Peninsula. This year, the Kim Jong-un regime fired more than 60 ballistic missiles into the ocean, a single-year [...]
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Korean institutions, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), to foster collaboration on advanced electronic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s Siri is being criticized for describing Korea as “the Korean peninsula in modern history, or Joseon under the Japanese empire.” The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic organization, revealed that asking the virtual assistant about Korea returns the aforementioned response. “Korea is a region [...]
TEMECULA, Calif., March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan) group of companies, is proud to announce yet another expansion of their manufacturing capabilities for the growing Marine market. With this expansion, they have become one of the largest manufacturers providing localized [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight in 10 foreigners living in and out of South Korea positively view the country, a government survey showed Monday. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) canvassed 12,500 non-Koreans aged 16 and more in 24 countries around the world in September and found 80.5 percent of the respondents [...]
TEMECULA, Calif., Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Group), a subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), is proud to announce the expansion of our Busan Korea facility to accommodate their new Marine Center. This expansion represents their commitment to and support of the growth of the Korean shipbuilding industry. [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea-Japan relations have deteriorated to a level where only 2 in 10 Koreans and Japanese say they like each other, but a majority of people still want diplomatic ties between the two countries to improve. The Korea Economic Research Institute conducted a survey of 1,431 South Korean and [...]
BERLIN, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Atotech (NYSE: ATC), a leading specialty chemicals technology company and a market leader in advanced electroplating solutions, celebrated the 25th anniversary of Atotech Korea Ltd. this month. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aa330bb6-4dea-42f2-8bbf-0ea262ad7664 Geoff Wild, Atotech CEO: “Today, 25 years after launching operations, Atotech Korea Ltd. is a [...]