SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) Co., a subholding company of shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co., launched its first vessel construction project in the Philippines on Tuesday, the company said. The company held a steel-cutting ceremony at HD Hyundai Subic Shipyard in Subic [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean national was safely released Monday, three days after being kidnapped in the Philippines, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The kidnapping happened early Friday as the individual was traveling by car with two Chinese and two Philippine nationals to Nasugbu, near Manila, for a fishing trip when a [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – HD Hyundai, a major South Korean shipbuilder, is accelerating its foray into the offshore wind industry by establishing an overseas manufacturing base. The company has decided to lease a portion of the land and facilities at the Subic Shipyard in the Philippines, aimed at expanding its production of offshore wind [...]
Dallas, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is continuing its smoking-hot development streak across the globe as the iconic Texas-born brand announced their expansion into the Philippines. With this exciting global expansion news, Dickey’s Executive Vice President Jim Perkins and Master Partner, John Lee, of the San Francisco Bay area recently visited the Philippines with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading builder, said Sunday it has received a 1.9 trillion-won (US$1.4 billion) railway order in the Philippines. Hyundai E&C will build a 56-kilometer railway connecting the capital city of Manila to the southern city of Calamba in the next six years, the [...]
DALLAS, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Fogo de Chão, the internationally-renowned restaurant from Brazil that allows guests to make discoveries at every turn, today announced its plans to enter Asia for the first time with the signing of a franchise development agreement that will bring Fogo’s award-winning dining experience to the Philippines. In partnership with Bistro [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Monday it has received a 745 billion won (US$573 million) patrol vessel order from the Philippines. Under the deal signed in Manila, Korea Shipbuilding will build six 2,400-ton offshore patrol ships for the Philippine Navy by 2028, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines has held an unveiling ceremony for the “Korea-Philippines Wall of Cultural Exchange” painted near the entrance to the building. The center, jointly with the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, has been carrying out a “Korea-Philippines Cultural Exchange Wall Painting Project” with Filipino wall [...]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) - The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), a global nonprofit foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of children and families around the world, announced it has allocated US$333,000 to the World Food Program USA to assist with disaster relief from Typhoon Odette in the Philippines. The grant will support the U.N. World Food Programme [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s construction equipment maker Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co. said Wednesday it has signed deals to sell 44 excavators and 18 dump trucks in the Philippines. Under the deals with a construction company that has been building a water power station, Hyundai Doosan Infracore will deliver 39 excavators, which [...]