Seoul, May 11 (IANS) India can serve as a prominent manufacturing and export hub for South Korea amid recent shifts in global supply chains, local experts said on Monday, as Seoul is pushing to deepen its economic ties with the world’s most populous nation.In a meeting with Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan, experts at major economic research institutes and trade agencies here made the assessment, calling for a detailed strategy to help Korean companies expand their footprint in the Indian market,…
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Seoul, May 5 (IANS) Samsung Electronics’ board chairman on Tuesday expressed concerns over the potential economic impact of a planned general strike by unionized workers and called for the dispute to be resolved through dialogue, the company said.”As chairman of the board, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the current situation and apologize for causing concern,” Chairman Shin Je-yoon said in a message posted on the company’s intranet.He warned that both management and labor could lose…
Seoul, April 12 (IANS) Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has promised to prioritise oil shipments to South Korea as Seoul seeks an alternative route through the Red Sea.Authorities in Seoul are pushing to dispatch five Korean-flagged vessels to the Saudi port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast to help establish alternative supply routes as the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut down amid the Middle East conflict, reports Yonhap news agency.”We are preparing…
Seoul, March 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Sunday that the government could expand a mandatory five-day vehicle rotation system to the private sector if global oil prices rise to US$120-130 per barrel as part of nationwide energy-saving efforts amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.”If the situation worsens, we may have to raise the national resource crisis alert to Level 3,” Koo told a KBS television interview. “In that case, we would extend the vehicle rotation syst…
Seoul, March 13 (IANS) The antitrust regulator is looking into suspected price-rigging collusion cases involving gas stations in southern regions amid volatile energy prices stemming from ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, officials said on Friday.Ju Biung-ghi, chairman of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), made the remark at a meeting of a special government task force of ministers overseeing market prices the previous day, according to FTC officials, reports Yonhap news agency.He said several g…
Seoul, March 9 (IANS) South Korean companies are seeking responsive measures to cope with soaring international oil prices as turmoil in the Middle East continues, industry sources said on Monday, while the government called for efforts to stabilise domestic fuel prices.Major companies here, including Samsung Electronics Co., SK Group, Hyundai Motor and Hanwha Group, have held emergency meetings over the past few days to monitor the volatility in the global energy market and come up with ways to…
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS) South Korea is preparing to form a team of working-level specialists to back a newly launched government committee tasked with the preliminary review of potential investment projects in the United States as part of a trade deal between the two countries, trade authorities said on Sunday.The move comes shortly after the Korea-U.S. strategic investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) implementation committee held its inaugural meeting Friday to explore potential projects, as…
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS) South Korea is preparing to form a team of working-level specialists to back a newly launched government committee tasked with the preliminary review of potential investment projects in the United States as part of a trade deal between the two countries, trade authorities said on Sunday.The move comes shortly after the Korea-US strategic investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) implementation committee held its inaugural meeting on Friday to explore potential projects, a…