SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — CU has opened its first outlet in Malaysia as part of its overseas push, the operator of South Korea’s top convenience store chain said Thursday. The 165-square-meter outlet started operations at a shopping mall in a middle-class neighborhood in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, according to BGF Retail [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SKC Inc., the chemical unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said Monday it will spend 700 billion won (US$620 million) to build its first overseas manufacturing factory for copper foil, one of key materials for electric vehicle batteries, in Malaysia. SKC and its copper foil making unit, SK [...]
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Guardion Health Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHSI) (“Guardion” or the “Company”), a specialty health sciences company that develops clinically supported nutrition, medical foods, nutraceuticals and medical devices, with a focus in the ocular health marketplace, announced that its exclusive distributor in Malaysia, Ho Wah Genting Berhad (HWGB), has advised [...]
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Toga Limited’s (OTC: TOGL) wholly-owned subsidiary, TOGL Technology Sdn Bhd (“TOGL Technology”) was honored to win “Malaysia’s Fast-Moving Companies” at the prestigious SME100 Awards. In December 2020, the award was presented by SME magazine – Southeast Asia’s best-selling business magazine, that hosts the annual regional awards, aimed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Energy Corp., South Korea’s renewable energy company, said Monday it has completed a 48-megawatt solar power plant in Malaysia and started commercial production. In 2017, Hanwha Energy won a US$400 million project by the state-run utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to build the plant in Malaysia’s northeastern [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals said Monday it has signed a deal with South Korean chemical giant LG Chem to build a latex plant in Malaysia in a move to meet growing demand for nitrile gloves amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of a nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) manufacturing plant will [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) has entered into an agreement with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to launch the City Architecture for Tomorrow Challenge (CATCH). This is the region’s first global challenge that will attract innovative, data-driven entries from global participants. The aim is to raise efficiency [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean zoo said Tuesday it will closely work with the Bukit Merah Orangutan Island Foundation, a Malaysian body dedicated to the care of the orangutan, to preserve the animal species. As part of the effort, the zoo at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, [...]
London, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Avenir LNG Limited (“Avenir”) in collaboration with MISC Berhad (“MISC”) wishes to announce that PETRONAS, through its subsidiary, PETRONAS LNG Sdn. Bhd. (“PLSB”) has awarded a time charter party (TCP) for the provision of its first 7,500 cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The vessel will provide bunkering to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Customs Service has cracked down on 146 individuals who purchased a country house in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and other costly real estate using an illegal foreign exchange method commonly known as “hwanchigi.” The individuals purchased stores, condominiums, and country houses in Johor Bahru without reporting the transactions [...]