INCHEON, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven Myanmar refugee families, 34 asylum seekers in total, arrived at Incheon International Airport Wednesday. The latest acceptance of refugees is the second instance of its kind after South Korea joined the UNHCR resettlement program in 2015. An additional 22 Myanmar refugees were relocated to Korea in December 2015. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean TV sensation “Descendants of the Sun” has been exported to 27 countries and the number is set to grow, its production company said Wednesday. Next Entertainment World said that the burgeoning attention the drama has been attracting overseas raised the possibility of sealing more broadcasting contracts in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec.24 (Korea Bizwire) – Four Myanmarese families who were living at a refugee camp in Thailand entered Incheon Airport on December 23. It was the first time that refugees entered the country in the two years since the refugee act was passed. Around 20 government authorities who came to greet the refugees handed over [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - A total of 22 refugees from Myanmar arrived in South Korea, officials said Wednesday, becoming the first beneficiaries of Seoul’s new resettlement program for refugees. The refugees, four different families, had been staying at refugee camps in Thailand to avoid suppression in Myanmar before being allowed to fly to South [...]
SEOUL, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has stepped up to help prevent accidents in the workplace among foreign workers who are unfamiliar with the Korean language. City officials announced that they will be providing safety education for 210 foreign workers from five different countries – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. Safety [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Minister of National Defense, Han Min-goo, who is now visiting Malaysia, agreed with the Myanmarese Minister of National Defense, Sein Win, to open a Korean Language course at the military school of Myanmar. The meeting marked the first time that Korea and Myanmar held defense ministerial talks. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government plans to bring in some 30 Myanmar refugees currently in Thailand and grant them permanent settlement, in accordance with an U.N. agency program, officials said Monday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees resettlement program transfers refugees living in temporary camps in an asylum country [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nonghyup Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest banking group by assets, is considering buying banks in Indonesia and Myanmar in a bid to expand its overseas business and diversify its portfolio, the group’s chairman said Monday. Nonghyup Financial is the biggest state-run agricultural cooperative whose stakeholders include farms and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Posco Group and its main subsidiary Daewoo International are battling over the sale of a gas field in Myanmar that is the main cash cow for Daewoo International. As Posco Group undertook plans to sell the gas field without consulting executive members of Daewoo International, Jeon Byeong Eal, CEO [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A state-run economic think tank modeled after the Korea Development Institute will be established in Myanmar as part of an international assistance program initiated by the Korea International Cooperation Agency. KOICA said on September 9 that it signed an agreement with Myanmar government officials at the nation’s capital Naypyitaw. [...]