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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The creation of a ‘Korea-Turkey Friendship Forest’ has been successfully completed and a celebration event was held on Thursday in Antalya, in the southern part of Turkey, a forest fire-hit area. Officials at the South Korean Embassy in Turkey and the Association for Solidarity of Environmental Organizations (CEKUD), a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s “taeguk” mark, a symbol that is most prominently displayed on the country’s national flag, has made an appearance on top of Istanbul’s landmark Galata Tower. The Korean Cultural Center in Turkey celebrated its 10th anniversary Tuesday by screening a video on the tower walls that talks about [...]
New York, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Open Society Foundations join today with thousands of voices inside and outside Turkey, calling on the Turkish government to comply with the rule of law and end the imprisonment of Osman Kavala, the philanthropist and businessman who today marks his fourth year behind bars. “The continued prosecution [...]
New York, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Open Society Foundations urged the president of Turkey today to stop invoking George Soros’s name in an effort to obscure the facts around the case of Osman Kavala, the businessman and philanthropist who has spent four years in prison there on bogus charges. In comments broadcast on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An environmental organization in Turkey sent a Korean letter of appreciation to fans of South Korean volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung for their sapling donations amidst one of Turkey’s worst wildfires. Turkish Environmental Organizations Solidarity Association (CEKUD), a non-profit organization in Turkey, posted a letter of appreciation written both in [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans of Kim Yeon-koung, captain of the South Korean women’s Olympic volleyball team, have launched a drive to donate tree saplings to Turkey, which is currently battling severe wildfires, following the team’s hard-fought victory over the transcontinental nation. Devoted followers of the star captain have started a movement on [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction on Turkey’s 1915 Canakkale Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge with a length of 3.6 kilometers, has entered the completion phase. On Tuesday, the bridge’s South Korean builders DL E&C Co. and SK ecoplant Co. started installing the upper layer of the bridge as part of a project [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Turkey announced the launch of a new promotion project aimed at providing accurate information on the Korean traditional dish kimchi and kimjang, the traditional culture of making and sharing kimchi. The center, together with Haberturk TV’s food show “Tadinda Hikayeler,” produced a program under [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A famous sculpture made by a Korean artist will be set up in Turkey this November to commemorate Turkey’s 70th anniversary of participating in the Korean War and promote South Korea-Turkey relations. Greeting Man Friends, a non-profit organization, announced that “The Mirror Man,” a signature sculpture piece designed by [...]