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Minister Kim Jae-hyun of Korea Forest Service. (Photo:KFS)The Korea Forest Service (KFS) will establish 32 new forested areas around the country to help mitigate the negative effects of “fine dust,” including planning 11 forests within cities to help improve urban life around the country.At a medi…
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Kim Yong-chae, chief of the FEZ Planning Office.(Photo:MOTIE) / IFEZ Commissioner Kim Jin-yong. (Photo:IFEZ) YESFEZ Commissioner Hwang Sung-tae.(Photo:YESFEZ) / DGFEZ Commissioner Lee In-sun. (Photo:DGFEZ) GFEZ Commissioner Kim Kap-sup.(Photo:GFEZ) / CBFEZ Commissioner Chun Hyung-shi…
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President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH), State Minister for Housing and Services Jinan Boushehri, Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Bader Al-Wugay, and Director Lee Myung-sup in charge of overseas construction support at the Ministry of Land, …
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President Lee Hak-soo delivers his New Year’s speech at a ceremony held on Jan. 2 at K-water head office to kick off the new year of 2019. (Photos: K-water)President Lee Hak-soo of Korea Water Resources Corp.President Lee Hak-soo of the Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) said in his New Year’s …
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President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Express Corp. (KEC) gives a speech at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary. (Photo: KEC)President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) revealed a plan of becoming “an artery of peace” to pave the way for inter-Korean reconciliation and exchanges on the oc…
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President Kim Hak-kyu of Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) (Photo: KAB)Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) predicted that housing transaction and jeonse (a lump sum deposit on a rental space) prices across the nation would plunge 1 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively, this year compared to 2018.The prediction w…
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Deputy Minister for Trade and Investment Park Tae-sung of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), Executive Vice Chairman Han Jin-hyun of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) as well as representatives and CEOs from KOTRA and the Small and medium Business Corp. (SBC) and comp…
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President Lee Chae-kwang of Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp. (Photos: HUG)Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corp. (HUG) signed an MOU with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Jan. 21 to work together on advanced financial tactics in urban renewal of Europe. The EIB is the European Union's…
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Chairman Jeong Man-ki of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) delivers his inaugural speech as he took office as the 17th chairman of the association Jan. 2. (Photo: KAMA)Former vice minister Jeong Man-ki of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) took office as the 17th …
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki. (Photo: MOEF)South Korea’s exports shrank for a second straight month in January as faltering demand in China hit prices of memory chips and petrochemical products, adding further stress on the economy from slowing global growth…
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Mirae Asset Securities Vice Chmn. Kim Mi-seob and Heo Sun-ho. (Photo: Mirae Asset Group)Mirae Asset Securities announced on Aug. 12 that it racked up a consolidated net profit of 1,905.2 billion won in the second quarter of this year, becoming the fi…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group announced on Aug. 25 that it has opened the Gwangju Seo-gu AI & Digital Job Center in Seo-gu, Jeonnam Gwangju Special City to support the enhanceme…
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President & CEO Park Chang-hoon of Shinhan Card. (Photos: Shinhan Card)Shinhan Card has launched the Kakao Bank Chakbut Shinhan Card, a private label credit card (PLCC) featuring trendy, lifestyle-oriented benefits, in collaboration with Kakao Ba…
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Chairman Lee Jae-keun of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group operated the Global Demo Day Program in Singapore for two days from Aug. 26 to 27 in collaboration with the KOSME’s K-Startup Center Singapore to support Kor…
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