JEJU, South Korea, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Vietnamese tourists who entered South Korea through the southern island of Jeju last month has disappeared, authorities said Tuesday. The 38 people were among a group of some 90 tourists who arrived in Jeju from Nha Trang, Vietnam, on a chartered VietJet Air flight [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean netizens and intellectuals are reacting negatively to photos of a Vietnamese female tourist practicing yoga in tight leggings at a historic royal palace in the center of Seoul. The incident arose earlier this week when the woman shared photos on social media showing herself in a handstand [...]
MOKPO, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a unique cross-cultural television venture, Mokpo MBC and Vietnam’s VTV are collaborating on a reality program titled “Multicultural Night Market,” set in the heart of Mokpo’s old downtown district from October 7 to 11. The show, which blends elements of reality TV and culinary entertainment, centers around a vacant storefront [...]
HANOI, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – As soaring prices and the weakening South Korean won make living costs increasingly untenable, Vietnamese workers in the country are tightening their belts, cutting back on grocery and remittance expenses to make ends meet, according to Vietnamese media reports. Nguyen Phuc Thien, 28, who has worked at a container flooring [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A striking trend has emerged in South Korea, with a sharp rise in the number of Korean women marrying Vietnamese men, prompting scrutiny into the underlying factors driving this phenomenon. Many of these Korean women were previously married to Korean men who had obtained South Korean citizenship after immigrating from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic group, said Sunday it has launched a website in the Vietnamese language to offer accurate information about South Korea to Vietnamese students, who account for a large share of the exchange students in South Korea. The website offers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A baby born from undocumented Vietnamese parents has survived after timely medical intervention. The wife of a 25-year-old Vietnamese student of undocumented status gave birth to a son last September at Seoul National University Hospital through a cesarean section. The baby was struggling from respiratory disorders and jaundice and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, is taking initiative to improve the residential environment of the Vietnamese living in the country. The company announced that it had entered into a four-party business agreement with the Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul, Habitat for Humanity Korea and [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Vietnamese nationals who were arrested earlier this week after escaping from a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Gimpo, west of Seoul, are facing deportation for breaching the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, police said Thursday. The three Vietnamese, identified only as men in their 20s, are accused of [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group, South Korea’s No. 3 conglomerate, said Tuesday it has become a major shareholder of Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm Imexpharm as part of efforts to diversify its business portfolio in the Southeast Asian country. The energy and telecom conglomerate SK said its investment arm, SK South East Asia Investment [...]