Burnaby-based Norsat International Inc., which designs, engineers and distributes products for use in the wireless satellite communications industry, announced today that they have signed an...
Korea Telecom Freetel, the wireless subsidiary of state-owned Korea Telecom, announced that it has received US$600 million in foreign investment from Canada Capital Communication, Microsoft Corp.,...
Inco Limited, a producer of nickel which is used to make stainless steel, says that demand in Asia for stainless steel is “exceptionally strong.” The chief executive of Inco, Michael...
After the leak of heavy water at the Wolsong nuclear power plant, South Korea is reconsidering its plan to import an additional Candu-9 model pressurized heavy-water nuclear reactor from Canada....
Manulife Financial Corporation, a provider of financial protection products and investment management services, has announced that it has agreed to sell its 50 percent share in its South Korean...
In preparation for the complete opening of South Korea’s domestic beef market planned for 2001, Canada and New Zealand are increasing refrigerated beef exports. South Korea’s...
The South Korean government will begin talks to sign a bilateral investment treaty with Canada to help Korean and Canadian firms form strategic alliances in the telecommunications and Software...
South Korea’s Housing & Commercial Bank announced today that it will raise C$100-million in floating notes and syndicated loans from overseas. The Bank will receive funds from ten foreign...
Alcan Aluminum and South Korea’s Taihan Electronic Wire have announced a joint venture company called Alcan Taihan Aluminum Ltd to market aluminum-laminated products in the Asia-Pacific region...
Canadian finance minister Paul Martin has told South Korea’s minister of finance and Economy Kang Bong-Kyun that the country will be included in the Group of 20.
Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin will chair the Group of 20 (G20) – a new organization of industrial and emerging nations that will work to improve the world financial system. The...
The Poultry Meat Export Awareness Mission is heading to China, Japan and South Korea. It was organized by the federal National Farm Products Council (NFPC) in cooperation with Agriculture and Agri-...
Korea’s minister of construction and transportation has signed a letter of intent with AGRA Developments, a Canadian engineering and construction company, to build a 14.6-km bridge linking...
Industry sources are reporting that Manulife of Canada will withdraw its investment in Young Poong Manulife Insurance Co., a joint venture between Manulife and Korea Zinc. Young Poong Manulife was...
CHINA: At a time when the economy might be in danger of cooling off rapidly, China is pushing ahead with perhaps its most ambitious economic modernizations–reform of state-owned enterprises...
SOUTH KOREA: Canadian business opportunities may abound in South Korea.THAILAND: A huge property glut hangs over Thai efforts to resolve the banking crisis.
