SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant development for international agricultural aid, a dairy cow sent from South Korea to Nepal in December 2022 has successfully given birth to a calf, marking a first for both the donation of dairy cows from Korea to another country and for the birth of a calf from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will provide US$300,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Nepal to help the country cope with the aftermath of a deadly earthquake that has killed more than 150 people, the foreign ministry said Friday. The government hopes the provision will help Nepalese people who have suffered damage from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An Asiana Airlines flight Thursday from South Korea to Nepal carried some highly unusual passengers: 42 dairy cows were aboard as part a project that illustrates the value of paying it forward. The cows are the first batch of a total of 101 Holstein heifers and two breeding bulls [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Wednesday it will send 101 milk cows and milk cow sperm for artificial insemination by air to Nepal on Dec. 22 in collaboration with non-profit organization Heifer International Korea. This will be the first time that South Korea sends milk [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s overseas aid agency, said Tuesday that it had donated 378 oxygen concentrators to the Nepalese government. Oxygen concentrators can help with the treatment of severe cases of COVID-19. With poor public health infrastructure, Nepal saw its number of cases average about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom company KT Corp. said Saturday it has opened a rescue center on a famous trekking course in Nepal’s Himalayas to facilitate communication between mountaineers and rescue staff. KT said the new ICT rescue center was opened in the base camp on Machhapuchhre, a mountain 3,700 meters [...]
BEIJING, CHINA, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – COO Danna Li announced today that Mixin will cooperate with City Express Money Transfer Co. Ltd. (City), a global payment service provider, which belongs to the City Express Group, a large integrated financial group in Nepal. The co-operation is between Mixin Network and Mixin Messenger, the instant messaging [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will provide $200,000 worth of humanitarian aid to Nepal, which was hit hard by recent heavy rains and floods, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The heavy rains that started late last week and the resulting floods and mudslides in Nepal have killed more than 130 people so [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on April 26 has left more than 2,300 people dead so far, Korean broadcasters and actors are offering up messages of support. Oh Sang-Jin, a Korean broadcaster who went to Nepal on April 24 to participate in NGO activities, wrote on [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering offering emergency relief for earthquake-stricken Nepal, a foreign ministry official said Sunday. The official told Yonhap News Agency the government is looking into the possibility of offering Nepal relief funds and sending a message of condolence. “We will see in what areas relief efforts will [...]