SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Friday it has received a US$463 million order in Peru to jointly build four warships with a local shipyard by 2029. Peru’s state-owned shipbuilder SIMA Peru S.A. placed the order for joint production of one 3,400-ton frigate, one 2,200-ton deepwater [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co.’s planned sale of its stakes in two Peruvian gas fields to a foreign partner has been canceled amid disapproval from the Peruvian government, a regulatory filing showed Tuesday. The South Korean refiner said in the regulatory filing that its contract with Argentine energy company, Pluspetrol, to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has adopted tougher measures to block the inflow of the lambda variant of the novel coronavirus as the country is struggling to contain the spread of variant cases amid the fourth wave of the pandemic, according to health authorities. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An international festival promoting healthy eating and an eco-friendly lifestyle is slated to kick off in a city east of Seoul later this month, organizers said Thursday. Under the theme “Food, City and Health,” the Namyangju Slow Life International Festival will be held for five days starting [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, topped the list of auto sales in Peru, in February, aided by a sharp rise in demand for small passenger vehicles, industry data showed on Monday. According to the data compiled by the the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Hyundai Motor sold [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) ― Twenty solar powered refrigerators equipped with Smart Inverter Compressors were donated to local communities in Africa and South America as part of LG Electronics’ partnership with the non-profit organization World Vision Kenya as well as the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru. These donations specifically targeted areas [...]