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Matthew P. Goodman, Senior Vice President and Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser in Asian Economics at the Center for Strategy and International Studies in Washington D.C. He wrote Japan’s strategic gains are now at risk because of its escalating dispute with Korea over history and…
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Commissioner Lee Won-jae of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, his executives and staffers pose after Lee took office as the sixth commissioner of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority on July 10. IFEZ Commissioner Lee Won-jae (Photos: IFEZ)Commissioner Lee Won-jae of the Incheon Free…
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President Lee Chae-kwang of the Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp.(HUG). (Photo: HUG)If a cap on housing sale prices is imposed starting October, newly built apartments in the Seoul area are predicted to fetch nearly half of market prices. Differences between market prices and new apartment sel…
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Commissioner Lee Won-jae of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (Photo: IFEZ)Incheon City is planning to build a massive tourist complex in a hilly coastal area just west of Incheon International Airport after designating it as a free economic zone.According to the Incheon Free Economic Zone Au…
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Minister of Defense Chung Kyung-du shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper as they meet for the first time at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 9 to reconfirm the crucial importance of the Korea-U.S. security alliance and close cooperation for denuclearization of North Korea. The new…
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Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) (Photo: CJ Group)Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) said, “At the current crisis situation, not only the government and labor should extend a helping hand to companies so that they can take a deep bre…
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Chairman-nominee Eun Sung-soo of the Financial Services Commission.Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman-nominee Eun Sung-soo faces a daunting task of minimizing the impact of global trade disputes on the domestic financial market, as he prepares for the parliamentary hearing on his nominatio…
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President Koo Bon-hwan of Incheon International Airport Corp. (Photo: IIAC)The Korean National Railroad was a government enterprise, spin off from the Ministry of Transportation, in September 1963. It had suffered chronic losses caused by lax management, promoting a public call to transform it into …
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President Kwon Pyong-oh of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is extending a helping hand to SMEs and middle market enterprises using a combined 16.8 billion won in supplementary budget. KOTRA has set aside 10.8 billion won for an export v…
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Offices from MAFRA and aT hold a strategic meeting designed to expand exports under the New Northern Policy Market initiative at a newly opened aT branch in Vladivostok on July 11. (Photo: aT)The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and Korea Agro-fisheries & Food Trade Corp. …
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Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae-yong and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch struck an investment agreement at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Aug. 8. (from left) Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Lee Jong-myung, Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae…
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Lotte Group Chmn. Shin Dong-bin, KAIST President Bae Choong-sik and other attendants cut the ribbons at a ceremony to dedicate the“Lotte X KAIST R&D Center” at KAIST head office in Daejeon on Sept. 11. (Photo: Lotte Group)KAIST held a ceremony …
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Chairman Seo Kyung-bae delivers a commemorative address online to mark the 81st anniversary of Amorepacific Group on Sept. 4. (Photo: Amorepacific Group)Marking its 81st anniversary, Amorepacific Group will accelerate its push into the global market,…
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Chairman Lee Jay-hyun of CJ Group. (Photos: CJ Group)CJ ENM announced on Sept. 7 that two branded FAST channels, “CJ ENM K-Stories” and “CJ ENM K-Pop,” launched on Prime Video in the U.S. Both are available for free on Prime Video, with programmi…
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