Tag: South Korea

• Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay takes delivery of South Korean-built patrol boat

  

  During a ceremony earlier this week at the South Korean Jinhae Naval Base, Uruguay's Navy took delivery of the Chamsuri class ROU 10 Huracán patrol vessel donated by the hosting country. The handover resulted from negotiations undertaken last year by then-Defense Minister Javier García to strengthen the South American country's capabilities to participate in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations as the main focus. South Korea has recently transferred other units to the Navies of Peru and Colombia.

• Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard charges for air rescue of South Korean fisherman

  

  A crew member from a South Korean vessel operating in the South Atlantic was air-evacuated by the Argentine Coast Guard and hospitalized in Trelew following an emergency case of appendicitis.

• Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

  Hyundai pledges US$ 1.1 billion investment in Brazil until 2032

  

  South Korean carmakers Hyundai announced this week a US$1.1 billion investment in Brazil during a meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace on Thursday, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Squid is becoming “too expensive” in Korea because of lesser catch volumes

  

  Korean media is pointing out the fact that squid, once considered the “people's side fish”, given its affordability, is now an expensive dish, and has offered some market prices in South Korean Won, which exchanges at 1,330 SKW to the US dollar.

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Saudi Arabia gives green light to Paraguayan meat exports

  

  Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has given the green light to the purchase of beef from Paraguay after a successful audit, the South American country's National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa) announced Monday in Asunción.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy delegation off to South Korea to bring home patrol boat

  

  A 7-member team of the Uruguayan Navy has been dispatched to South Korea to take delivery of a Chamsuri-class patrol boat donated to the South American country, it was reported in Montevideo. The unit is due in the River Plate by early 2024, aboard a specialized transport vessel, it was explained.

• Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

  Posco pledges US$ 1.7 bn investment in Argentina

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero signed an agreement in Seoul with steel company Posco, whereby the South Korean company will invest US$ 1.7 billion for the production of lithium carbonate in the provinces of Salta and Catamarca.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 23:21 UTC

  South Korea no match for Brazil at Qatar 2022

  

  Five-time champions Brazil Monday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup with a 4-1 rout of South Korea giving Uruguay some comfort that had they not been eliminated earlier they would have most likely had to endure a similar disgrace.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 18:43 UTC

  Uruguay draw 0-0 with South Korea in Qatar

  

  Uruguay hit the frame twice but, in the end, the South American squad had to settle for a goalless draw in their 2022 World Cup Group H opening game Thursday.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  South Korea and Brazil developing space rocket industry; first launch next month

  

  A South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, Innospace has signed a commercial contract to launch a Brazilian military payload, a symbolic win for the burgeoning space exploration industry from the Asian country.