SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Polish President Andrzej Duda agreed Thursday to enhance the countries’ bilateral cooperation in the energy and infrastructure sectors. In their bilateral summit, held at Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, the heads of state noted the countries’ relationship and cooperation have steadily improved [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a summit in PyeongChang, the alpine town that will host the upcoming Winter Olympics, the foreign ministry said Friday. Abe will fly to South Korea through Yangyang International Airport near PyeongChang to celebrate the Olympics, a ministry official [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae is seeking to spearhead boosting local consumption during the upcoming Lunar New Year’s Day holiday, the office said Wednesday, as part of efforts to support the country’s economic growth. The presidential office plans to purchase 160 million won (US$150,000) worth of gift vouchers [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — “Through youthful, strong, winning soccer, I will make Vietnam’s national team one of Asia’s best.” When South Korean soccer lifer and Vietnamese national team coach Park Hang-seo boldly pronounced his ambitions at a press conference in Hanoi on October 11, few could have predicted how prophetic his words would [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in’s supporters held a number of events in celebration of his 66th birthday yesterday, including keyword ranking and donation goals. As part of a series of events, President Moon’s supporters made joint efforts to popularize ‘PyeongChang Olympics’ on the internet, resulting in the keyword dominating major search engines’ [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is being criticized for pushing for a showcase of inter-Korean unity at the PyeongChang Olympics through a series of high-level talks. Dialogue between the two Koreas continues over the logistics of North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics next month, as officials from Seoul and Pyongyang [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — “When the new minimum wage takes root, the economy will rebound and job growth will materialize.” In his back-and-forth with journalists at the Blue House on January 10, Moon stood firm in his conviction that his administration’s audacious minimum wage boost — dragging up wages from 6,470 won to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for efforts to further upgrade the nation’s airport capacity and promote its advanced airport operation systems overseas. He attended a ceremony marking the construction of a second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport, the nation’s main gateway south of Seoul. “Incheon airport must [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao released on December 22 a list of the most searched keywords from January through November on its Daum portal in the categories of news, personalities and media. In news, “19th election”, “Park Geun-hye impeachment”, “Kim Joo-hyuk death”, “Pohang earthquake” and “cryptocurrency” were the most searched in order from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Unbeknownst to the general public, “Train One”, the rail transport of South Korean presidents, was first arranged in 1979. Operating in relative anonymity for 38 years, it was finally unveiled to the public on December 19 through a trip President Moon Jae-in took from Seoul to the east coast [...]