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A view of the 3rd policy committee meeting on foreign direct investment (FDI) in which officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) huddled with officials from 17 metropolitan province and cities as well as free economic zone authorities at Seoul Peyto Hotel on Sept. 6. (Photos: M…
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Speaker Moon Hee-sang.Speaker Moon Hee-sang declared the opening of the first plenary session in the second half of the 20th National Assembly with a call for making the parliament gain public trust on Sept. 3. Speaker Moon noted that 10,600 measures out of a total of about 14,000 bills submitted to…
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한국산업단지공단(이사장 황규연, 이하 산단공)은 추석 명절을 앞둔 지난 19일 대구지역 내 전통시장과 사회복지관을 방문, 소규모 상권 활성화 및 지역소외계층을 위한 나눔 활동에 나섰다.황규연 이사장 및 산단공 임직원은 대구 동구 소재 동서시장을 방문, 시장 상인들의 애로를 청취하고, 온누리상품권을 이용해 과일,…
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A view of Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET) headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do. (Photos: KICET)KICET President Yoo Kwang-soo.Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET) is making all-out efforts to build a new center for the ceramic industry and cer…
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President Lee Hak-soo. (Photo: K-water)As of Dec. 31, 2017, K-water was engaged in 12 overseas projects in 10 countries. Given the company’s diverse activities, K-water operates under several regulations including the K-water Act, the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, the Act on Constru…
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Officials at the Office of Waterworks at the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) pose for the camera with Arisu bottles. (Photos: Office of Waterworks at SMG)The Office of Waterworks at the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG), established in 1989, is out to accomplish a vision of becoming a “tasty …
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President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their summit talks at Panmunjom on April 7. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae)U.S. President Donald Trump.As South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to hold an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang from Sept. 18 to 20,…
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The government approved next year’s budget of 470.5 trillion won, up 9.7 percent over last year. The budget proposal calls for another 23.5 trillion won in spending, a whopping 22 percent jump in the job creation sector. A cabinet meeting presided over by President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 28 gave the g…
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Chairman Choi Jong-gu of Financial Services Commission delivers his speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Capital Market Research Institute on Sept. 4 at Conrad Hotel in Seoul. (Photo: FSC)Chairman Choi Jong-gu of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said he will aim for d…
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광양만권경제자유구역청(GFEZ)에서는 하동지구 투자활성화를 위하여 지난 8월 31일 지역국회의원인 여상규 법사위원장을 하동사무소로 초청하여 ‘GFEZ 하동지구 개발현황 및 건의사항 보고회’ 를 개최하였다. 보고회는 김갑섭 청장 주재로 여상규 법사위원장을 비롯하여 이정훈 도의원, 신재범 의장 등 하동군 의원…
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최종구 금융위원장이 고(高) 총부채원리금상환비율(DSR) 기준에 대해 은행업권 별로 차등화한다는 입장을 밝혔다.또 고DSR 기준으로 취약계층 차주들이 겪는 대출의 어려움을 고려해 DSR이 제외되는 서민상품금융을 확대하는 방안을 마련하기로 했다.16일 최종구 금융위…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group speaks at a ceremony for the opening of KB Kookmin Bank’s third branch in Cambodia early last year. (Photo: KB Financial Group)Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo has been on a trip to Southeast Asia after stopovers…
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Chairman Eun Song-soo of the Import and Export Bank of Korea(Korea Eximbank),left, beams after signing an EDCF loan agreement with Chairman Tarek Gamal El-Din Galal of the Egyptian Authority for Tunnels on Aug. 28 at Korea Eximbank’s Seoul head offi…
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President Sohn Tae-seung of Woori Bank. (Photo: Woori Bank)Woori Bank is on track to accomplish the seven management tasks laid out by Chairman Sohn Tae-seung when he took over the helm of the bank last December.The tasks included securing a foundati…
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