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			Bird¡¯s eye view of the Kyeong Island near Yeosu Bay which is to be developed as a tourism complex under the Kyeongo Marine Tourism Complex Development Plan. (Photos: GFEZA)Commissioner Kim Kap-sup of the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority. The Gwangyang Free Economic Zone said its prop¡¦	
			 
			 
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			A view of the Changwon National Industrial Complex. (Photo: Gyeongsangnam-do)Gyeongsangnam-do Gov. Kim Kyung-soo.The Gyeongsangnam-do provincial government is accelerating manufacturing innovation by cultivating the construction of smart factories to restore the crisis-hit economy. The provincial go¡¦			 
		 
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			 Minister-nominee Jeong Kyeong-doo of national defense. / Minister-nominee Sung Yun-mo of trade, industry and energy. Minister-nominee Yoo Eun-hae of deputy prime minister-education. / Minister-nominee Jin Sum-mi of gender equality and family.Minister-nominee Lee Jae-gap of employment and ¡¦			 
		 
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			Korea Investment and Trade Association(Kita) Vice Chairman Han Jin-hyun.Korea Investment and Trade Association(Kita) is on the way to set up a start-up support office directly under Vice Chairman Han Jin-hyun to help startups to move overseas for operation as many as possible. This would be for the ¡¦			 
		 
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			KTL President Chung Dong-hee of Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL). KTL President Chung Dong-hee of Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL). Korea Testing Laboratory is strengthening support to help Gyeongsangnam-do nurture specialized industries such as defense, electrical/electronics and plant engineering equi¡¦			 
		 
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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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			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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				A 380MW gas turbine developed and produced by Doosan Enerbility. (Photo: Doosan Enerbility)On October 13, Doosan Enerbility announced that it had signed an agreement with a prominent U.S. technology company to provide two units of Doosan¡¯s 380MW gas¡¦			 
			 
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				HD Hyundai Oil Bank supplies sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Korean Air¡¯s international flights to Japan. To the refinery, it is the first entry to the Korean SAF market. HD Hyundai Oil Bank said on Sept. 22 the refinery struck a contract wi¡¦			 
			 
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				Jang Si-ho, head of KPX Jeju Headquarters poses with Suh Yong-seok, chief of KIER¡¯s Jeju Global Research Center as the two institutions struck an MOU on joint research and commercialization of new energy industries and demand management technologies¡¦			 
			 
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				Chairman Kim Seung-youn of Hanwha Business Group. (Photos: Hanwha Group)Hanwha celebrated the 73rd anniversary on Oct. 9. In his commemorative speech, Chmn. Kim Seung-youn of Hanwha Group said, ¡°Our goal now is to be a global leader, and we hav¡¦			 
			 
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