INCHEON, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In the streets near Bupyeong Station in Incheon’s Bupyeong District, just west of Seoul, leaflets are posted on the walls protesting Myanmar’s military coup d’etat in both Burmese and Korean. The leaflets were easily found at Myanmarese restaurants and food stores in the district. A local convenience store also put up [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Myanmarese people, stricken by the ongoing brutality and bloodshed caused by a military coup d’etat, are using social media to thank South Korea for its continuous support. Entering the hashtag #ThanksKorea on Twitter returns messages from the Myanmarese people saying thanks to the country. One individual drew a [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO has decided to end its relationship with a firm backed by Myanmar’s military. POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., one of the steelmaker’s affiliates, recently issued a press release announcing that it will terminate the joint venture operation with Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A two-month long clash following a military coup d’etat between the Myanmarese military and protestors is leading many immigrants in South Korea to take action. Hay Man Hnin, a 32-year-old man who came to South Korea three years ago and recently completed a master’s program in paedology at a [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government advised all Korean expats in Myanmar to return last week as the country spirals down into a bloody dispute between the military and protestors. South Korean conglomerates as well as small and medium enterprises in Yangon have reportedly started to leave the country. Local Korean [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO C&C, an affiliate of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group, said Tuesday it is studying various options to reconsider its business ties with Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited (MEHL), one of Myanmar’s two largest military holding companies. The move by the maker of surface-treatment steel sheets came [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government could consider banning travel to Myanmar and arrange additional temporary flights to help South Koreans leave the country if the political unrest there worsens, a foreign ministry official said Monday. The government has helped organize one or two temporary flights a week from the Southeast Asian nation [...]
London, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Open Society Foundations are deeply concerned by reports that Phyu Pa Pa Thaw, finance manager of OSM (Open Society Myanmar), has been detained in Myanmar. We call for her immediate release. We are alarmed by reports that authorities are seeking to interrogate and arrest other staff members. The [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent protest march in South Korea by Buddhist monks and Myanmar activists calling for democracy in Myanmar by throwing their bodies to the ground is gaining attention in the Southeast Asian nation. Four monks from the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, joined by students and activists from Myanmar, [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to restrict the export of military goods including tear gas to Myanmar, suspend bilateral defense exchanges and reconsider development assistance to the Southeast Asian nation amid its violent crackdown on citizens protesting a coup, the government said Friday. The move follows Seoul’s repeated calls for [...]