ISTANBUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As the 36th International Istanbul Book Fair opened in Istanbul on Saturday, the Korean pavilion for promoting Korean literature and culture drew a large crowd. With South Korea being the Guest of Honor for this year’s event, Turkish students flocked to the pavilion by twos and threes to get [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A Turkish film festival will be held next week in Seoul to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the Turkish Embassy said Thursday. The three-day event starting Oct. 27 will feature the screening of six acclaimed films at CGV Yeouido theater. The opening film is “Ayla: The Daughter of War,” a Korea-Turkey joint production about a Turkish sergeant who looks after a Korean orphan during the Korean [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Turkish unit of the e-commerce platform run by South Korea’s SK Planet Co. eclipsed its rivals in terms of turnover for the second consecutive year in 2016 on the back of brisk growth in visitors and merchandise sold, the company said Tuesday. N11, the Turkish version of 11st, [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking ceremony has been held in a Turkish seaport for the construction of the world’s longest suspension bridge by an international consortium led by South Korean builder SK E&C, industry sources said Sunday. The ceremony took place on Saturday in Canakkale, Turkey, to coincide with the 60th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – An international consortium led by major South Korean builder SK E&C has inked a deal to build the world’s longest suspension bridge in Turkey, government officials in Seoul said Friday. The deal, said to be worth some US$3 billion, was signed in Ankara on Thursday, according to officials from [...]
ISTANBUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Velvet Indieground, a record shop in Istanbul run by a Korean expat, has closed. The store figured prominently in the media after what an extreme Islamist attack on June 17 of last year, when a handful of Turkish individuals entered the premises, assaulted customers with metal and wooden clubs, [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday condemned the terror attacks that happened in Turkey, vowing that it will keep working with the international community in eradicating terrorism. On Tuesday (local time), suicide bombers attacked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, leaving more than 30 people dead and over 100 injured. No group has yet [...]
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Bankalararasi Kart Merkezi (BKM), Printec and INETCO have announced the launch of a new Fintech project aimed at enhancing customer experience. This project is the first of its kind in Turkey, with BKM adopting real-time transaction monitoring solutions from INETCO to gain full visibility into the performance of each individual customer interaction. This [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean TV sensation “Descendants of the Sun” has been exported to 27 countries and the number is set to grow, its production company said Wednesday. Next Entertainment World said that the burgeoning attention the drama has been attracting overseas raised the possibility of sealing more broadcasting contracts in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Q Cells Co., the world’s leading solar cell maker, said Wednesday it has built a solar plant in Turkey, and plans to expand its capacity there as part of an effort to tap deeper into emerging markets. The South Korean solar cell maker has completed a plant with [...]