SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Empire State Building, a landmark of New York City, turned purple to mark the visit of the K-pop group BTS. On Tuesday (local time), BTS visited the Empire State Building before appearing on the live radio show of iHeartMedia, the largest radio station in the U.S. In response, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In downtown Manhattan, New York, participants gathered to make human chain on Saturday (local time) to link the South Korean and North Korean representatives of the U.N. Located about 500 meters away, a rare scene took place in front of the U.N. headquarters, in which the representatives of U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group said Tuesday its luxury concept store BoonTheShop will open at an upscale U.S. department store. The launch of BoonTheShop at Bergdorf Goodman Inc. — a luxury department store chain based in New York City — is the South Korean retailer’s third overseas outlet. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An event promoting the sweet and spicy taste of Korean food will be held in the center of New York City. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation announced on October 9 the launch of the “Sweet Heat Korea” campaign [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean American Association of Greater New York announced on October 6 that the “Korean Parade” it had hosted in New York’s Manhattan district that afternoon ended successfully. This was the 38th parade organized by the association. The parade featuring a Korean traditional percussion band and parade floats marched [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An outpost to publicize Korean fashion to the rest of the world will be established in the Soho district of Manhattan in New York city, the mecca of global fashion. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) will fund “The Selects”, which [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — New York City Real Estate Coin (NYCREC), a tokenized real estate fund that allows token holders to enjoy the benefits of fractional ownership of real estate in New York City, has just announced that its Regulation S* securities token offering (STO) will begin in Q4 2018. What is [...]
NEW YORK, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – KCON, a global K-pop festival that brings music stars to overseas fans, took place over the weekend in Newark, New Jersey. The two-day event at the Prudential Center, attended by some 53,000 fans, was divided into two parts — K-pop concerts and outdoor convention programs. The event brought [...]
NEW YORK, Jun. 11, 2018 (Korea Bizwire) — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) closed a $167.5 million first mortgage loan collateralized by Madison Square Park Tower, a luxury condominium development located at 45 East 22nd Street in the Madison Square Park neighborhood of Manhattan. In a complex multi-party transaction MRC rapidly delivered financing to Ian Bruce Eichner [...]
NEW YORK, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) provided a $35 million mezzanine loan to co-developers Sumaida + Khurana and LENY for a new condominium tower located at 611 West 56th Street in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The funding is part of a $155 million construction financing package for the [...]