BANGKOK, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Following controversy in Malaysia, a planned DJ performance by the Korean comedian Youn Sung-ho, known as the New Jeans Nim, has run into opposition from Buddhist groups in Singapore, prompting authorities to step in. On May 22, Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam, Singapore’s home affairs minister, stated on social media that the police [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s autonomous vehicle joint venture in the United States plans to manufacture its self-driving electric vehicles in the group’s newly launched innovation hub in Singapore, the company said Wednesday. Motional, the joint venture established between Hyundai and U.S. mobility startup Aptiv in 2020, will produce its all-electric [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday the completion of an initiative aimed at projecting and addressing future transportation demand within Singapore’s flagship smart industrial park, the Jurong Innovation District (JID). Spanning a 10-month period from April 2022 to January 2023, this endeavor was undertaken in collaboration with the Jurong [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Bhc Group said Thursday it has opened its first bhc chicken store in Singapore as part of its efforts to break into the Southeast Asian market. The store opened at a shopping complex in Marina Square located on Marina Bay, a popular tourist spot, on Wednesday. The store plans [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart Inc.’s convenience store chain Emart24 on Friday opened its first store in Singapore, company officials said, becoming the first Korean convenience store chain to operate in the city state amid the retailer’s push for overseas expansion. The first store is located in the Jurong Point shopping center, west of [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for 12,000 U.S. and international securities, is pleased to announce that it has hired Catherine Chao Shang, as Vice President, Corporate Services and Market Data Business Development, headquartered in Singapore. OTC Markets Group’s expansion into Asia is part of a broader [...]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan launched the Riyadh campus of One World International School – the fastest growing international school from Singapore under the aegis of Global Schools Foundation. Dr. Balakrishnan launched the over-22,796-square-meter campus in a momentous ceremony in the presence of special [...]
SINGAPORE, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR), an energy technology company, is expanding its presence in Asia by opening a new oilfield services chemicals manufacturing facility in Singapore, enabling manufacturing optimization and faster delivery of fit-for-purpose chemical solutions. The facility, which spans approximately 40,000 square meters, will manufacture, store and distribute chemical [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean e-grocery startup Market Kurly has partnered with RedMart, a Singaporean online grocery giant, to sell Korean food online in the Southeast Asian city-state, its operator said Thursday. Under a partnership agreement formally signed Wednesday, the South Korean company began selling 44 ready-to-eat frozen food products in Singapore [...]
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Webull Corporation (“Webull”), the owner of the popular Webull trading platform, today announced a promotional campaign to officially launch its Singapore business and entry into the Asia-Pacific region. Through Webull Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“Webull Singapore”), a subsidiary of Webull, Singapore residents can trade U.S.-listed equities, ETFs, options, [...]