SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken part in a new round of negotiations on the United States-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) under way in Thailand, the industry ministry said Monday. The fifth round of IPEF talks began Sunday in Bangkok for a seven-day run, and South Korea sent a delegation led [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK bioscience Co., a pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, said Wednesday it has joined hands with Thailand’s state-run drugmaker to build vaccine manufacturing and development infrastructure in the Southeast Asian country. SK bioscience and Thailand’s Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of K-pop remains strong in Thailand, but fans are becoming increasingly frustrated over the soaring concert prices. According to Thai media outlet MGR Online, the average price of a K-pop concert ticket in Thailand this year has reached 5,270 Thai baht (US$155), which is a 17.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it has set up a branch in Thailand to gain a share in the local market dominated by Japanese carmakers. Hyundai has recently established Hyundai Mobility Thailand and will begin its operations on April 1, a company official said over the phone. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean embassy in Bangkok and the Korean association in Thailand on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangkok Hospital to provide medical services to Koreans in Thailand. Based on the agreement, the hospital will provide medical treatment to Korean residents at a discounted rate, and alert [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Fluence Energy, Inc. (“Fluence”) (NASDAQ: FLNC), a leading global provider of energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage, and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), today announced a memorandum of understanding to develop the battery-based energy storage market in Thailand. Fluence and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Thai nationals believe that South Korea is making the most significant impact on their national culture, a survey showed Tuesday. A research team from Mahidol University in Thailand conducted a survey of more than 1,000 Thai nationals over 18 years of age, in which South Korea scored the highest [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said Thursday it has set up a subsidiary in Thailand in a joint venture with Thai companies as part of efforts to expand its foothold in Southeast Asia. The partnership with Charoen Pokphand Group, or CP Group, a major [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In a secondary language test included in Thailand’s college entrance examinations, the number of applicants being tested for the Korean language has surpassed those being tested for Japanese for the very first time. The Korean Education Center in Thailand reported that, among 21,485 applicants who chose to take the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A K-pop fan club in Thailand visited slums to share end-of-year compassion with the poor. Some 30 members of the BTS and So Ji-sub fan clubs visited Khlong Toei, a downtown slum in Bangkok last Friday. They were the winners of the K-pop cover dance festival held by the [...]