Woongjin Foods will participate in the Dubai Food Festival 2015, which will take place in Dubai from Feb. 8 to 12. It is the largest food fair for buyers in the Middle East.At the festival, Woongjin Foods will unveil its popular brand products in the global market, including “Nature 790 Days Aloe” a
In a case study seminar put together by the Korea Business Leaders' Alliance (KBLA) at the Grand Hyatt in Seoul on Feb. 5, a worker's strike, a factory fire, and a lack of intra-company communication were laid before 20+ experienced expatriate businessmen. This unique event shone a light on the busi
The 2015 Goesan International Organic & Industry Fair will be co-hosted by 3 organizations: Chungcheongbuk-do, or North Chungcheong Province, which set its 2020 policy objective to become recognized as an organic-specialized province; Goesan-gun, or Goesan County, which declared itself as organic fa
Monday Dec. 15th marked a significant point in the build up to the Universiade Gwangju 2015, being exactly 200 days before the start of the games. While the big day is getting closer, the organizing committee is getting ready to take its preparation to the next level by focusing on gametime operatio
In the afternoon of Jan. 22, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin invited 80 people, including members of the Asia Society Korea Center and diplomatic missions in Korea, to the 2nd Lotte World in Jamsil. He gave them a tour of the site and explained the progress of the construction of the Lotte World
Samsung Electronics won a CES Innovation Award with its new SUHD TVs this year. The Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) gave a CES Innovation Award to all of the 65 inch, 85 inch, 105 inch, and 110 inch models. This is the fourth consecutive year that Samsung has received a CES Innovation Award in
The heads of major cities which lead the world’s electric vehicle market, including Leipzig, Germany, Zermatt, Switzerland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, will gather in Jeju Island.The organizing committee for the International Electric Vehicle Expo (Chairman Kim Dae-hwan) announced that the 2nd In
Samsung Electronics has unveiled 11 types of advanced medical equipment, including ultrasonic imaging systems and in vitro diagnostic devices, at the Radiological Society of North America 2014 conference being held in Chicago until Dec. 5.The conference is expected to be attended by more than 700 co
The 2014 Korea Materials & Components Week was held between Oct. 22 and 24 at the KINTEX Convention Center under the slogan of New Era, New Challenge and New Job. More than 17,000 participants from 120 companies, 14 research institutes, and 22 financial institutions attended the event for approximat
Min Won-ki, president of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference 2014, has been elected to head the ITU Board of Directors for 2015.The three week-long ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan City finished on Nov. 7. The participants held a temporary board meeting
IDB-IIC Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors will be held in BEXCO, Busan from March 26 to 29, 2015. It is being co-hosted by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This meeting is the 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB and the
AgriPro Asia Expo (APA), one of Hong Kong’s most successful agricultural trade fairs, will be held from Dec. 4 to 6 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). The APA covers a full range of exhibits: general provisions, vegetables and fruits, poultry and meat, aqua products and seafood,
Inside Bitcoins Conference & Expo 2014 will take place on Dec. 12 and 13 at the KINTEX Convention Center located in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Co-hosted by MecklerMedia and KINTEX, the event will also be held in the United States, Britain, France, and Israel each year, in nine countries in total.Bitc
The 2014 World Korean Community Leaders Convention was held from Oct. 7 to 9 at the Grand Hilton Seoul. Organized by Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF), Korean community leaders and about 400 executives from 80 countries attended under the slogan, “Proud World Koreans, You are the Republic of Korea.”
CeBIT, the Center for Bureau, Information, and Telecommunication, the world’s largest digital trade exhibition which covers all fields in ICT, is holding CeBIT 2015 in Hanover, Germany for five days, from March 16 to 20, 2015. This time, the exhibition halls have been modified to place more emphasis
Korea Materials & Components Week 2014 (KMCW2014) will take place at the KINTEX Convention Center from Oct. 22 to 24, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and co-managed by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (
GTI International Trade & Investment Expo 2014 takes place from Oct. 23 to 26 in Gangneung City, Gangwon Province. The four members of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) – South Korea, China, Russia and Mongolia – will participate in the expo with approximately 500 companies and 3,000 buyers from 10
ICT-related issues will be discussed and decided by member countries at the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) held in Busan from Oct. 20 to Nov. 7. Participants will introduce resolutions for the distribution of frequencies used for aviation using a satellite tracking method, the realizati
BusinessKorea sat down with Park Chan-jun, director of this year's Gwangju ACE Fair, to speak about the cultural renaissance that Gwangju is fostering and its impact upon the rest of Asia. Director Park spoke at length about the initial goals of the fair and its subsequent evolution. It has been nin
Korea’s best mobile business platform, the Global Mobile Vision 2014, opens from Sept. 17 to 19 at KINTEX. Hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE), and organized by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), KIN