SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunications firm, said Wednesday it has joined hands with the country’s top real estate investor to seek internet data center (IDC) business opportunities in Uzbekistan. Under the partnership with Igis Asset Management Co., KT will provide its know-how and technology solutions in the IDC [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., one of South Korea’s leading builders, said Tuesday that it has won a US$540 million order to build a power plant in Uzbekistan. Hyundai E&C said it received a letter of award from JSC Uzbekenergo on Monday for a project to build a 450 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — “Through youthful, strong, winning soccer, I will make Vietnam’s national team one of Asia’s best.” When South Korean soccer lifer and Vietnamese national team coach Park Hang-seo boldly pronounced his ambitions at a press conference in Hanoi on October 11, few could have predicted how prophetic his words would [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea agreed Thursday to provide financial support worth up to US$2.5 billion toUzbekistan, including $500 million in official Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) loans, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. The pledge came as part of the economic cooperation agreements signed shortly after a bilateral summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Uzbek counterpart, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The president of Uzbekistan will come to South Korea this month on a state visit that will include a bilateral summit with his South Korean counterpart, Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. Shavkat Mirziyoyev will arrive here on Wednesday for a four-day trip. Mirziyoyev and South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Presiding over the most successful stretch of South Korean football ever, Guus Hiddink on the sidelines throughout the 2002 FIFA World Cup was a figure of stability, charisma, and most importantly, trust. Trust in the national football team has always been in somewhat short supply in the “Be the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Having squandered a chance to qualify for the World Cup at home, South Korea now face a near must-win situation on the road next week. South Korea could have clinched their ninth consecutive World Cup berth with a win over Iran on Thursday at Seoul World Cup Stadium. But [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Corp., the petrochemical unit of South Korea’s No. 5 conglomerate Lotte Group, said Thursday it has completed the construction of a gas chemical complex in Uzbekistan, a major overseas project it has pursued as part of an effort to diversify profit sources. The joint development project, dubbed [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwirep) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT said Monday it has won a US$101 million deal from Uzbekistan to provide a smart-energy solutions system that improves efficiency of power management. Under the contract with state-owned power generation company Uzbekenergo, KT will supply energy-metering solutions, such as the Advanced Electricity Metering, that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean National Commission of UNESCO (KNCU) has started a workshop to strengthen design and the capability of craftwork to figure in the sustainable development of Uzbekistan. The four-day workshop being held at the Craft Development Center in Margilan, Uzbekistan, from February 24 to 27 was planned to boost craftwork [...]