SHANGHAI , April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 25 , Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 6, which Shanghai Electric helped to build, completed 168 hours of trial operation making it ready for commercial operation. Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 6 is the second unit of the Hualong One demonstration project of China's indigenously developed third generation nuclear power plant. The completion and full c...

SINGAPORE , April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Radisson Resort Phan Thiet has opened its doors on Vietnam's serene southeast coast, introducing an exciting new era of upscale hospitality to this up-and-coming beachfront destination. Located just a short drive from Ho Chi Minh City and Tan Son Nhat International Airport, this 76-key Mediterranean-style resort is set to become a popular choice w...

For unification minister, Yoon tapped four-term Rep. Kwon Young-se of the People Power Party, who is currently serving as the vice chairman of the presidential transition committee. Kwon, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker, is a close aide who has maintained personal relations with Yoon since university, and was the chief of Yoon’s presidential campaign team. Rep. Kwon served as the ambassador to Chin...

The CEO also spoke about Naver’s plans to introduce its entire business portfolio in the Japanese market this year, including Naver Cloud and Clova services. The company will apply its small- and medium-sized enterprise business growth model called Project Flower that saw success with local merchants here to SMEs in the neighboring country, Choi added. For the North American market, Choi said th...

US weekly magazine Newsweek chose Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun as visionary of the year in Newsweek World‘s Greatest Auto Disruptors Award event on Tuesday. In its special issue on agents of change in the automotive industry, Newsweek detailed Chung’s plans for Hyundai’s future, the carmaker’s progress and challenges in alternative fuels, acquisition of a robotics company, and its f...

A long-running chamber music festival led by violinist Kang Dong-suk is set to return next week with a focus on cello. Titled “Cellissimo!,” the 17th edition of the festival will delve into the beauty of the four-string instrument that originated in Italy in the 1600s. This is the third time the festival is focusing on a particular instrument: In 2011, the piano took center stage followed by th...

The partnership is part of the fashion house’s mentoring program Women@Dior, which was launched in 2017. Dior has selected six Ewha students to participate in Women@Dior, according to the university. As part of the cooperation between Dior and Ewha, the French luxury house is staging its pre-fall 2022 collection fashion show at the university on April 30, marking its first-ever runway show in th...

Wealthy Koreans in their 20s, 30s and 40s held an average asset of 6.6 billion won ($5.3 million) with a median annual income of 400 million won as of end-2021, a report showed Wednesday. The report dubbed 2022 Korean Wealth Report compiled by a think tank under Hana Bank was based on a survey of 1,952 Koreans above the age of 19 conducted in December last year. It categorized 708 respondents wi...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition team on Wednesday criticized the Democratic Party of Korea’s plan to deprive the prosecution of its investigative power, calling on the liberal party to stop “destroying the Constitution.” Rep. Yoo Sang-beom, a senior member of the presidential transition committee, told reporters Wednesday that the committee is clearly against the plan to strip the pro...

Korea‘s hip-hop power couple Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae are to perform on “The Grammy Museum: Global Spin Live” this month. The icons of Korean hip-hop will perform at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m. on April 27. They will be the only K-pop musicians to appear at the concert venue. Tiger JK and Yoon will discuss their music career, creative process and musical influences before taki...

South Korean steelmaker Posco was named Sustainability Champion of the year by the World Steel Association in recognition of its sustainable management, the company said Wednesday. Worldsteel is an international non-profit organization representing the global steel industry with memberships of 140 companies around the world. The organization named 10 companies for their sustainable efforts. Pos...

The exhibition of art bequeathed to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee will run for another two months, the museum announced Tuesday. This is the second extension of the special exhibition “MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection: Masterpieces of Korean Art,” which opened July 21, 2021. The exhibition will now come to a close on June 6. ...

South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom said Wednesday it has agreed to buy a stake in Morph Interactive, a Seoul-based three-dimensional motion graphics company, in a move to bolster a strategic partnership for accelerating its metaverse push. The deal terms, such as acquisition cost and the amount of Morph Interactive’s stake, was undisclosed upon the consent of the two companies. Mo...

South Korean telecommunication firm KT said Wednesday it plans to launch a pilot telemedicine platform in Vietnam before the end of this year, with the aim of a soft landing within the next three years. The service will be aimed at monitoring those who are suffering from chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure, allowing patients to check their health conditions, medicat...

Intrapreneurship is always welcomed by tech giants, where innovations are greatly valued, going way back from when Gmail was born out of Google's famous 20-percent rule. Mr. Dang Hoa Tran - COO of FPT Software shared his take on making intrapreneurship the key to growing global IT business. HANOI, Vietnam , April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In Vietnam , FPT Software is one of the biggest na...