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World-OKTA Stirs Controversy for Planning Event in Wildfire-Ravaged Andong

World-OKTA Stirs Controversy for Planning Event in Wildfire-Ravaged Andong

SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An association of overseas Korean business leaders has touched off a controversy for planning to hold a large-scale gathering in a southeastern city recently devastated by the nation’s worst-ever wildfire. The World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Association (World-OKTA) reportedly plans to hold its 26th leaders’ convention and export [...]

VR Room Escape Café Wins World OKTA’s Venture Competition

VR Room Escape Café Wins World OKTA’s Venture Competition

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Shanghai-based South Korean businessman Kim Hae-soo has won this year’s ‘Next Generation Rising Venture Conference’ with his business of virtual reality-based room escape cafés. During the event, which was jointly held by the World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Association and Yonhap News Agency to help young South Korean businessmen [...]