WASHINGTON, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean voters in the United States began to cast ballots for next month’s parliamentary elections under an overseas voting program on Wednesday, as political parties at home are cranking up their campaigns for the polls seen as a public assessment on the administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined overseas production of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. surpassed 3.68 million units in 2023, setting the biggest offshore output since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Monday. According to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, Hyundai Motor and Kia, South Korea’s leading automakers, [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it plans to spend 100 billion won (US$74.6 million) this year to support local businesses seeking to bring their production back home from overseas. The amount marks a 75 percent rise from the 57 billion won allocated in 2023, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction companies’ overseas orders increased 20 percent in the January-August period from a year earlier to exceed US$20 billion, industry data showed Sunday. Local builders obtained $21.9 billion worth of overseas orders between January and August, up from $18.3 billion worth of deals in the same period [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ overseas card spending swelled nearly 19 percent in 2022 on the back of eased COVID-19 curbs, central bank data showed Tuesday. The amount of money spent overseas by South Koreans with cards, including credit and debit cards, came to US$14.54 billion last year, up 18.9 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The recovery of the market for overseas travel last year was largely led by millennials and Generation Z, a South Korean travel agency said Wednesday. Hana Tour analyzed its international travel booking patterns, sorted by age group, which showed that travelers in their 20s and 30s accounted for 30 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean citizens who have been kidnapped, detained or missing overseas in the recent five years has come to 2,762, an opposition lawmaker said Monday, citing data from the foreign ministry. Rep. Lee Jae-jung of the main opposition Democratic Party said that the number of South [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s talented content creators are getting a love call from overseas as Korean-made content including dramas are enjoying rising popularity worldwide through global media giants such as Netflix. In particular, professionals with specialty in creation and post-production such as entertainment design, color correction and visual effects (VFX) are [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of overseas-residing South Koreans who used the 119 emergency medical consultation service increased last year despite the outbreak of the coronavirus. The National Fire Agency revealed on Thursday that 2,617 Koreans residing abroad used the consultation service last year, up 14.9 percent from 2,277 a year ago. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. slumped in their three major markets last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, company data showed Sunday. Hyundai and Kia, South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, saw their sales slump in the United States, Europe and China in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic affected [...]