GIMHAE, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gimhae in South Gyeongsang Province is considering offering South Korean citizenship to a talented teenage boxer from Ukraine, who came to South Korea after fleeing from the war. 18-year-old Em Anatoly is an up-and-coming Ukrainian boxer who has won many international competitions. Anatoly came to South [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A smartphones made by Samsung Electronic Co. reportedly blocked a Russian bullet from killing a Ukrainian soldier. The U.S. social media platform Reddit posted a video in which a Ukrainian soldier was recently hit by a Russian assault, but a Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone kept the man alive. The video [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans from all around the world are stepping up to help Ukrainian refugees who have fled from their homes following Russia’s invasion of their country. The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles and the Hwarang Youth Foundation sent US$500 as the first round of donations to each of the [...]
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kiteworks, the leading platform for ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively managing risk with every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, announced today that as cyberattacks on Ukrainian government agencies and businesses continue to increase, it is offering the Kiteworks platform free to them. The [...]
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Amplio Learning Technologies (“Amplio“) has partnered with tech companies, Femi and Kai, to form KAF, a platform providing remote emotional and medical support for the millions of Ukrainians in desperate need during the ongoing crisis. KAF services are free of charge and available immediately. KAF delivers remote medical and emotional support for [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said Saturday it will donate US$6 million to support humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees. “We’re pushing to send humanitarian relief materials in cooperation with international organizations,” the company said. “We decided to donate $6 million to groups like the Ukrainian Red Cross [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is considering spelling and pronouncing names of Ukrainian cities and other areas in the way Ukrainians want as well, in a shift from the current style that only uses the Russian transliteration, an official said Wednesday. The move comes at the request of the Ukrainian [...]