Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has pledged to focus on expanding public housing during his remaining three years in office.Park, a three-term mayor of Seoul, is likely to join the next presidential race. He says he will focus on policies that directly improve citizens' lives …

Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo said, “I’m devoting myself to making good on promises to help the province find a way to make a living and make it the center of Korea.”Reflecting on his first year in office, Gov. Lee said he h…

President Moon Jae-in speaks at a ceremony to declare the vision at a smart manufacturing innovation center in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, on June 19. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)The government unveiled its vision of resurrecting the Korean manufacturing industry and vaulting it into the…

MOLIT Minister Kim Hyun-mee announces the plan for the 3rd New Cities on May 7 at a meeting held at the ministry’s conference room in Seoul. B: A map of the series of new cities from the 1st to 3rd plans already built and to be built around Seoul and in Gyeonggi Province. (Photos: MOLIT)The Ministr…

Chairman Lee Sang-jin of Korea Standards Association.The 4th Service Week took place at Lotte Hotel at Lotte Hotel and Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul from July 2 to July 5 under the theme “Good Service, Better Quality.” The Service Week events were hosted by the Korean Standards Association…

President Chung Yang-ho of Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) (Photo: KEIT)President Chung Yang-ho of Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) said, “My goal is to upgrade KEIT into such institutions as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) …

KOTRA President Kwon Pyung-oh.The government announced a scheme to spur the exploration of the overseas smart city market. (Photo: MOTIE)The government has begun supporting Korea’s drive to export smart cities outfitted with advanced systems. It will plunk down 500 billion won and build a smart cit…

President Byun Chang-heum of Korea Land and Housing Corp.(LH) (Photos: LH)Major South Korean builders are making inroads into overseas emerging markets to construct new residential developments on the back of pacts signed between the Land Ministry and its counterparts in South America, the Middle Ea…

President Koo Bon-hwan of Incheon International Airport Corp.Incheon International Airport Corp., which spearheaded the opening of the airport, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment on Jan. 31. The annual number of passengers who used the first and second terminals of Incheon Internat…