HONG KONG, CHINA and SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Global Banking and Finance Review has announced that BMO Private Bank has won awards for Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Hong Kong and Best Private Bank for Discretionary & Advisory Services in Singapore for 2015. The Global Banking and Finance [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Among 106 major cities in Asia, Seoul ranked fourth in terms of cost of living. According to Numbeo, information providers on world living conditions on February 1, the most expensive city in terms of living cost in Asia was Singapore with a CPI of 94.08. Following Singapore were Macau (89.12), Tokyo (85.67) and Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry said Sunday that at least three South Koreans were on board an AirAsia plane that went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore. The ministry said that a South Korean man and a woman in their 30s, and an infant were among the 162 passengers and [...]
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company was named “Healthcare Telecommunication Company of the Year” at the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards held in Singapore on October 16. Since 2008, Frost & Sullivan, a global market research company, selects and awards companies across different [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Airlines held various events for Busan citizens at Shinsegae Department Store Centum City on October 6 in celebration of the Busan International Film Festival. Those who applied for the membership of the carrier had a chance to win diverse presents: free airline tickets (a single person), select wines [...]
Seoul, Korea, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company has been awarded “Most Significant Development of a Commercial LTE Network – Operator” at the prestigious LTE Asia 2014 event held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. LTE Asia, organized by Informa Telecoms and Media, is Asia’s leading 4G event. [...]
SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest and one of the most important aerospace and defense exhibitions in the world, contributed S$319 million to the Singapore economy in 2014, according to a recent study by Kadence International. This represented a 25 per cent increase from the 2012 edition. The event, held from [...]
Singapore, June 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Food and nutrition research in Singapore will receive a boost as the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) will together invest almost S$3.8 million (NZ$3.5 million) in joint research projects. The research collaboration will foster further cooperation between researchers [...]
Singapore, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The region’s most established ICT, broadcast and digital media trade events, CommunicAsia2014, EnterpriseIT2014 and BroadcastAsia2014, opened today at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, with close to 2,000 exhibitors from more than 50 countries/regions showcasing a myriad of enabling technologies, innovations and products that will power up a smart and connected [...]
Singapore, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Anthony Chen’s historic win of the highly coveted Camera d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival last year for his film ‘Ilo Ilo’, four notable titles from Singapore will be heading to the 67th Cannes Film Festival, from 14-22 May 2014. Participating at the Cinefondation’s L’Atelier is ‘A [...]