South Korea is among the world’s biggest seller of green bonds, and one of its top issuers is planning to tap the global debt market more aggressively next year to provide sustainable funds to local companies operating abroad. Export-Import Bank of Korea, the nation’s second-largest issuer of green notes, plans to sell about $12 billion to $12.5 billion of bonds offshore in 2022, compared with a...

South Korea has confirmed an additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a chicken farm in the central region, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The latest case was reported at the farm where around 344,000 egg-laying chickens are being raised in Sejong, 144 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Health authorities have cordo...

The two autonomous driving leaders working to usher in a new era of vehicle safety, and help achieve the next level of ADAS features SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- StradVision, a pioneer in AI-based vision processing technology for Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS systems, announced that it has teamed up with LG Electronics to develop the most advanced cockpit instrument platf...

SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Covid pandemic prompting a surge in plastic demand and consumers becoming more aware of its potential impacts on individual health, calls for assuring its safety are gaining more ground than ever before. Hanwha Solutions, which aims to deliver sustainable solutions for the planet through smart energy solutions and customer-focused ma...

Smart technologies such as drones, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) innovate the way of managing octopus fishing operations. SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Born2Global Centre released an article that highlights the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) 's Korean Digital New Deal. As part of the Korean government MSIT, Born2Global Centr...

A Joint Launch by Siriraj, NBTC and Huawei BANGKOK , Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Siriraj Hospital, and Huawei Technologies ( Thailand ) Co., Ltd. jointly launched the "Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital". This is the first and largest 5G smart hospital project in the ASEAN region. It will deliver a...

TCL will host an interactive booth showcasing the excitement of its AI x IoT lifestyle, Mini LED display technologies, audiovisual processor, AR and multi-category offerings HONG KONG , Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand, will be back at CES 2022 in-person. As the consumer electronics industry gathers together in Las Vegas again after an all virtual even...

They also noted the successful interaction with the Korean International Cooperation Agency, with the assistance of which 32 projects worth $130 million were implemented in Uzbekistan and more than 2,000 internships were organized in South Korea for Uzbek specialists. Issues related to the preparation of a new cooperation program with KOICA for 2022-2024 were discussed. And it is planning to at...

The foundation for the development of bilateral relations between our states was laid out on Dec. 30, 1991, when South Korea was among the first to recognize the independence of Uzbekistan. Diplomatic relations were established on Jan. 29, 1992. Since that moment, an active political dialogue has been conducted between the two states, as evidenced by the 17 summit meetings held over this 29-year ...

CL shocked fans when she confided that she found out that her band 2NE1 was disbanding from the news. In an interview with AP Entertainment, when the interviewer mentioned that her former bandmate Minzy learned it first from the media, not from their then-label YG Entertainment, CL, leader of the idol group, said with a laugh, “Well ... I did too, to be honest.” “I was at a Thanksgiving d...

The US Federal Reserve recently said it would wrap up its pandemic-era bond purchases in March, signaling as many as three rate hikes by the end of 2022. While the South Korean financial authorities have expressed confidence that the expected rate hikes will have minimal impact on the local market, experts were divided on the matter as of Friday. The nation’s First Vice Finance Minister Lee Eog...

South Korea is an essential partner in the global semiconductor supply chain and has much more to offer, a visiting senior US diplomat in charge of economic and trade policy said Friday. Jose Fernandez, US undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, made the remark at the start of the sixth Senior Economic Dialogue with Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon. Ma...

British helicopter operator Bristow Group Inc. has pre-ordered about 20-50 electric air mobility aircraft being jointly developed by South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. and US Overair, according to industry sources Friday. Overair, the California-based air taxi startup, signed a memorandum of understanding with Bristow on Thursday (local time), to collaborate on the development and commercializatio...