SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said Monday it is spending 560 billion won (US$431 million) to build a factory in Spain to produce battery-grade copper foil for use in electric vehicle cells. The factory will be located in Mont-roig del Camp, a town in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, and built [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An online magazine created by Spanish K-pop fans is gaining attention K-Visual was first published in 2021 during the pandemic and is managed by 11 K-pop fans, including editor Julie Ann Alfonso, who has a background in fashion. The magazine’s target audience consists of Spanish locals in their teens [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has eased travel advisories for six countries, including Spain and Tunisia, to the lowest level in line with its latest COVID-19 guidelines, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. The level 2 alert, which also affected Mauritius, Andorra, Jordan and Namibia, was lowered one notch to level [...]
JEJU, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sculptures symbolizing Jeju Island have been set up along the Camino de Santiago, Spain’s most popular trekking course. Officials from the Jeju provincial government and public figures from Spain’s Galicia region held a ceremony at Monte do Gozo on Tuesday (local time) to celebrate the new sculptures. South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization is hosting ‘K-Week, Imagine your Korea’ in Spain, with the theme of ‘discovering Korea in everyday life.’ The event will teach Korean calligraphy, Korean-style make-up and Korean cooking classes at a local studio in Madrid from Oct. 15-21. The studio will also host a photo [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Q Cells, a solar solutions unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, said Friday it will build a 50-megawatt solar power plant in Spain by late 2022. Hanwha Q Cells has broke ground for the solar farm, which can generate electricity for about 70,000 households a year, in [...]
MADRID/SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said a “very valuable” ancient map he witnessed in Madrid on Wednesday shows Dokdo is part of Korean territory. Moon, now on a state visit to Spain, made the remarks after looking at the “Map of Joseon Kingdom” at the Spanish Senate Library, according [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading shipper HMM Co. said Monday that it has signed a deal to sell a 50 percent minus one share stake in a container terminal in Spain to French shipping giant CMA CGM for 58.9 billion won (US$49.5 million). HMM said it will set up a joint [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic groups urged the foreign ministry on Monday to more actively demand Spain work to verify the truth behind the recent death of a South Korean woman in Madrid and apologize for what they called a “man-made” tragedy. Lee Ji-hyeon, 32, died in the Spanish capital on Dec. 20 [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A cheerful song and dance festival was held in Madrid, Spain, combining a traditional Korean pansori performance with the traditional Spanish art flamenco. “Meet Korea-Spain Traditional Music: Pansori & Flamenco,” was held at the Teatro de la Abadía on May 22. The 300-seat theater was filled with local spectators [...]