SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea’s disaster relief team operating in quake-struck Turkey has rescued two more survivors, bringing the total number of people it saved to eight, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Sunday. The team pulled to safety a 17-year-old man and his 51-year-old mother from the same building in Antakya at 7:18 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean athletes who have played for professional teams in Turkey have turned to social media in a bid to help the victims of the recent earthquakes that devastated the country. Volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung shared posts about the earthquake three times on her Instagram account. “Help Turkey!” she said, [...]
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s disaster relief team operating in quake-struck Turkey rescued five survivors Thursday, according to on-site team officials and Seoul’s foreign ministry. The team rescued a man in his 70s at around 5 a.m. (local time) from the rubble at the site of a high school in Hatay’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the devastating earthquake that shook Turkey’s southeastern region earlier this week, a Turkish woman called out for help in the Korean language. Celine Gunner, a digital producer at a broadcasting station in Istanbul, sent out a series of tweets on Tuesday. “Everyone, it’s an emergency. Turkey needs help [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of more than 110 South Korean workers arrived in Turkey on Wednesday to support the country’s ongoing search and rescue operations following a devastating earthquake earlier this week, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry. A KC-330 military tanker transport aircraft carrying 118 people, including 50 military personnel and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to offer US$5 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to Turkey and dispatch a total of around 110 workers to support its search and rescue work following a devastating earthquake earlier this week, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry Tuesday. It will also deliver medical supplies to Turkey, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Co., South Korea’s leading electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, said Tuesday it is “in talks” with Ford Motor Co. to build a battery plant in Turkey. The negotiation came as its local EV battery firm, SK On, said it is considering withdrawing a memorandum of understanding [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On said Monday it is considering withdrawing an initial pact with Ford Motor Co. and their local partner Koc Holding A.S. to build a car battery plant in Turkey. In March last year, the three companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to produce [...]
TEMECULA, Calif., March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan) group of companies, is pleased to announce that Umit Ciftci has been named Regional Business Development Manager for Turkey and the surrounding areas. Based in Istanbul Turkey, he will be [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery maker SK On Co. said Monday it has signed an initial deal with U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co. and Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding A.S. to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Turkey in its latest move for overseas expansion. The three companies inked the [...]