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. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen-year-old K-pop singer Samuel had himself a sweet sixteen on January 18. The singer’s entertainment agency told Yonhap News that fans had put up signs wishing Samuel a happy 17th birthday (Samuel is 17 in Korean age) on digital screens at New York City’s Times Square. According to Brave [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The existence of the Mapo oil storage site, a maximum security facility sitting on the slopes of Mt. Maebong in Seoul, was revealed for the first time in forty years and is now being transformed into a cultural complex. The city of Seoul announced on August 24 that a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A permanent promotion venue for Korean fashion brands and designers will open in New York in February next year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The ministry has pushed for the project in response to industry requests for a regular space for promotion and marketing at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea boasts among the world’s fastest Internet connection speeds. A recent study added to the country’s pride, revealing that Korea also outranks major cities around the world when it comes to LTE. According to the study announced Wednesday by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association, which looked at LTE connection [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A government-run Korean fashion event will be held in New York on Thursday, as part of efforts to promote Korean culture, its organizers said Monday in a press briefing. Starting in 2010, “Concept Korea” fashion show, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea [...]
RENO, Nev., Aug. 29, 2016 (Korea Bizwire) — Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc., today issued the following statement: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re Altair Nanotechnologies Shareholder Derivative Litigation CASE NO.: 14-CV-09418-AT SUMMARY NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF THE ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES, [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Tom Flynn, Chief Financial Officer of BMO Financial Group (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO), will participate in the Deutsche Bank Global Financial Services Conference in New York City on June 1, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). A link to the live audio webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - The “Concept Korea” fashion show, a biannual event organized by South Korea’s government to promote Korean culture, was held in New York on Monday, featuring menswear collections by two Korean designers. The show, which was held at Pier 59 Studios, marked the 13th such event since South Korea’s Culture Ministry [...]
LONDON, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) - London IT engineer and extreme swimmer Michael Ventre is hoping to raise millions for charity by swimming 3,800 miles from New York to London – a feat which has never been attempted before, which aims to raise millions for Oxfam. Michael, who successfully swam the English Channel in 2011, plans to make his world-record attempt at swimming [...]