SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taiwan has strengthened entry restrictions for visitors from South Korea, citing the resurgence in the virus outbreak mostly in the greater Seoul area. South Korea was taken off from Taiwan’s list of foreign countries relatively less prone to coronavirus infection, and business travelers arriving in Taiwan from the South [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday its LED theater display made a debut at a Taiwanese movie theater as the South Korean tech firm tries to expand its presence in the LED cinema sector. LG supplied its first LED cinema display at Showtime Cinemas’ movie theater in Taichung, the first [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Thursday it will supply 5G virtual reality (VR) content to Taiwan’s largest telecommunication firm. LG Uplus’ 5G VR content will be also available on Chunghwa Telecom Co. when Taiwan commercializes a 5G network next month, according to the company. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major shipbuilder in South Korea, said Tuesday it has secured a US$920 million order to build six of the world’s largest container ship. Under the deal with Taiwanese shipping firm Evergreen Marine Corp., Samsung Heavy will build six ultra-large box ships with a capacity [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TPVGH) will utilize the Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution to transform its pathology tissue examination to digital diagnostics. By allowing tissue samples to be remotely viewed [...]
HUDSON, N.H. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — GTAT Corporation, d/b/a GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) and GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. (GWC) have entered into a long-term agreement whereby the expertise of both companies will combine to forge a new source of supply of silicon carbide wafers. GWC, already one of the world’s top producers [...]
TAICHUNG, TAIWAN, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Come visit and shop in Taichung in the summer – and bring back home grand prizes to make your day! The city in central Taiwan is launching its first such carnival – 2019 Taichung Shopping Festival – from July 10 to August 18, offering visitors discounts, free service [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Efinix®, an innovator in programmable product platforms and technologies, and M31 Technology Corporation (Taiwan stock code: 6643), a global silicon Intellectual Property (IP) boutique, today announced a technology partnership to address demand for emerging AI edge computing requirements. As part of the partnership, M31’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment companies are facing a dilemma as China, under the ‘One-China Policy’, has begun to take issue with foreign companies using terminology that seems to uphold Taiwan’s independence. With an increasing number of idols of Taiwanese nationality making a debut in South Korea, many companies are careful [...]
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP), a grouping of national metrology institutes from the Asia-Pacific region, held its 34th General Assembly and related meetings in Singapore on November 28. On the same day it presented the 2018 APMP Award to ITRI Senior Vice President Jia-Ruey Duann in recognition of [...]