SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO International Corp. said Thursday its Australia-based subsidiary has signed a string of long-term gas supply deals with steel, utility and other companies in the country. Senex Energy Ltd. signed the agreements with seven companies, including Australia’s largest electricity generator, AGL Energy Ltd., as well as BlueScope Steel Ltd., [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are planning to travel overseas this year amid an endemic COVID-19 era. Global credit card giant Visa Inc. conducted a nationwide survey of 1,000 adults over 18 years of age, in which 55.1 percent of respondents said they planned to travel abroad within [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system and plant equipment maker, said Friday it has received a 1.2 trillion-won (US$910 million) order for railway trains in Australia. Australian railway company Downer signed the railway train deal with Queensland, Australia’s second-largest state, and Downer subcontracted the project to Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bibigo Mandu, frozen dumpling products of CJ Cheiljedang Corp., has begun sales in Australia’s biggest supermarket chain Woolworths, the major South Korean food manufacturing company said Wednesday. Starting this month, three types of Bibigo Mandu products — vegetable version, kimchi version and prawn version — have been available at [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Heukharang or black harang, a lettuce variety with high levels of sleep-inducing lactucin, is set to be cultivated in Australia. Developed by the Jeollanamdo Agricultural Research & Extension Services (JARES), heukharang contains 124 times more lactucin than regular lettuce, making it a valuable natural insomnia treatment. As the lactucin [...]
TORONTO, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Virgo Group of Companies, the holding body of Canada’s regulated cryptocurrency trading platform VirgoCX Inc. is going global by bringing its commission-free trading platform to Australia. The company is registered with Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) and has become available for users to buy and sell 60+ [...]
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Spryker, the leading platform for Enterprise Marketplaces, Thing Commerce, and Unified Commerce, has today launched its Australian Online Grocery Report 2022. The research of 2,500 Australian consumers finds almost half – 48% – of Australians buy least some of their groceries online, with 10% now ordering most or [...]
MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Bombardier today announced the grand opening of its new Melbourne Service Centre at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The new facility is a testament to Bombardier’s commitment to the Australian market and establishes a key building block in its growing global customer support network. At full capacity, the new [...]
SYDNEY, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The following is an open letter from Iraqi Australian Medical Graduates Forum Association in response to 60 Minutes’ promotion of its story on Professor Munjed Al Muderis, Iraqi-born orthopaedic surgeon and refugee living and practising in Australia. Our Association supports Professor Al Muderis and the fair treatment and representation of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK E&S Co., a leading South Korean liquefied natural gas provider, said Tuesday it has won a joint permit with several other global energy companies for the exploration of potential carbon dioxide storage off northwestern Australia. SK E&S will own a 30 percent stake in the permit to explore [...]