SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars are making inroads in Latin America. Boy band T1419 released a new song in Spanish titled “When the Sun Goes Down” last month, starting its offensive in the Latin American market. Girl group Momoland, from the same agency as T1419, joined hands with well-known singer-songwriter Natti Natasha [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., a biopharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, said Thursday it has signed a deal with Eurofarma Laboratorios SA to develop and commercialize its anti-epileptic drug Cenobamate in 17 Latin American countries. Under the deal, SK Biopharmaceuticals will receive an upfront payment of US$62 million and [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. said Monday it has secured a US$31.3 million deal from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to supply chickenpox vaccines to Latin American countries. SK Bioscience said it has recently delivered its first batch of shipments of SKY Varicella, the company’s chickenpox [...]
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — At a private event at The W Hotel in Santiago, Chile, the formation of the Laboratorio de Blockchain Latinoamericano (“LABS”) for the accelerated recruitment of blockchain technologists and development projects in Latin America was formally announced. The organization will consist of a consortium of Latin America government, regulatory, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM said Thursday it is planning to launch an audition program in Latin America to create a K-pop style boy group. The collaboration with HBO Max and Endemol Shine Boomdog will bring together K-pop artists and Hispanic acts to select potential members of a [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi is making frequent appearances in major media outlets in Latin America. On March 4, an article titled “Kimchi, Food that Comforts the Soul,” was featured on the front page of El Sol de Mexico, a Mexican daily newspaper. The article talks about how many South Korean households own [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its presence in the Latin American smartphone market last year to cement its leading status amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Wednesday. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 40.5 percent of smartphone shipments in Latin America in 2020, up from 38 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, said Friday it has opened its first premium shop in Latin America in a move to further boost sales in the region. LG Brand Shop for the South and Central American region is in Panama City, Panama, with [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Latin American countries are asking the South Korean government to share the insight it has accumulated in tackling the coronavirus as they are the beginning to face the effects of the worldwide pandemic. South Korean officials met with their Argentinian counterparts on Thursday via video conference to share their [...]
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Aviation Week Network’s MRO Latin America (#MROLA) will be held January 22-23 at the Hilton Cartagena Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia. Focused on commercial aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), the event offers a forum for exchanging information and best practices, and networking among industry leaders representing airlines, regulators, suppliers, and [...]