Iranian animator Ashkan Rahgozar’s “The Last Fiction” will be competing in the 20th Bucheon International Animation Film Festival in the South Korean city during October. The movie is based on a story from the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It is about Zahak’s treacherous rise to the throne in Jamshid in […]

South Korea’s Daelim Industrial said on Friday that a contract worth 2.23 trillion won ($2.08 billion) for a refinery project in Iran was canceled amid the fear of sanctions from Trump administration. The order was canceled as the Esfahan Refinery Upgrading Project failed to procure financing because of economic sanctions imposed on Iran, Daelim said in a […]

 A joint meeting was held Sun. between Iranian and South Korean companies active in the field of nanotechnology aimed at expanding cooperation and commercializing new products. The joint cooperation between Iran and South Korea took place in the form of a program called ‘Iran-South Korea Club’ in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Science and […]

 North Korean Ambassador to Iran Gang Sam Hyun along with a diplomatic delegation visited National Library of Iran and held talks with Director of Iran’s National Library and Archives Organization (NLAO) Ashraf Boroujerdi. She welcomed North Korean ambassador for his visit to the National Library of Iran, expressing hope that this visit would pave ways […]

The Iranian referee team comprising Alireza Afghani has been announced by the AFC to judge today’s match between a Chinese and South Korean team at the 2018 AFC Champions League. China’s Shanghai Shenhua and South Korea’s Suwon Samsung Bluewings from Group E will face one another today at the 2018 AFC Champions League. The match will […]

TEHRAN– Bulk carrier ‘Ocean Master’ carrying 5,500 tons of Iron docked and was unloaded at Chabahar port in south Iran. The first ship from South Korea carrying an iron consignment arrived at Chabahar port last month (December). Iranian president inaugurated international Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar on December 3, 2017. Chabahar Port is a seaport […]

TEHRAN- South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil in 2017 rose 29.1 percent from 2016, customs data showed on Monday. The country imported 18.07 million tons, or 362,884 barres per day (bpd) of Iranian oil in 2017, versus 14 million tons in 2016, Reuters reported. South Korea imported 1.08 million tons or 255,081 bpd of […]

TEHRAN – The DPRK and the Republic of Korea have agreed to reopen a hotline between the two countries’ militaries whose goal is to prevent the escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. North Korea has completed technical work necessary to restore the hotline, which will begin operating […]

TEHRAN– Isfahan Refinery will get South Korea’s finance for the improvement process and optimization purposes. In this regard, South Korea will provide €1.9 billion worth of credit for upgrading and optimizing Isfahan Refinery. Alireza Arman Consolidated Planning Manager of National Iranian Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company (NIOPRDC) made the remark, adding, “a contract for […]

TEHRAN – Representatives from private sectors of Iran and South Korea signed 22 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Tehran on Sunday to expand cooperation in technology transfer areas. The MOUs were signed during the 4th Iran-South Korea Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Technology Matching Conference, which was attended by officials from both sides along with […]