President Kim Yong-ik of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Newly inaugurated President Kim Yong-ik of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said his most important tasks are the President Moon Jae-in government’s policy of strengthening coverage of health insurance and revamping…

President Lee Byung-ho delivers his inaugural speech at a ceremony on Feb. 18 at the company’s head office in Naju, North Jeolla Province. President Lee Byung-ho got a letter of appointment to be the 18th CEO of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) from Minister Kim Young-rok of the …

President Chun Byung-sung of Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco). Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco) saved 48.2 billion won last year in the installation of 42 public environment facilities with the help of design feasibility studies. Design feasibility studies are a process in which economics and feasib…

SL operates a power generation facility with a capacity of 2.4MW using biogas from treatment of food wastewater. Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SL) recently obtained a U.S. patent for a technology that reuses “fraction scum” from food waste storage facilities. The patented technology mi…

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu poses with KPA Chairman Kim Hyo-suk of the Korea Petroleum Association, GS Caltex Chairman Huh Jin-soo, SK Energy President Cho Kyung-mok, S Oil President Osman and Hyundai Oilbank President Moon Jong-bak, during a meeting with CEOs of four major re…

New President Oh Young-sik of Korail delivers his inaugural speech on ‘Feb. 20 at Korail headquarters in Daejeon.(Photos: Korail)Korea Railroad Corp. (Korail) will be one of the busiest organizations during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics as it is in charge of the entire railroad transportatio…

Gov. Choi Moon-soon of the Gangwon-do provincial government. "South and North Korea will hold a youth soccer competition in Pyongyang, North Korea, in June, and in that case, South Korea’s dispatching a cheering squad to North Korea is to be expected,” said Gov. Choi Moon-soon of the Gangwon-do p…

President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land and Housing Corp. Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) announced on Feb. 11 that it will take part in 961 public project orders this year amounting to 9.2 trillion won, which is down 2.7 trillion won. The reduction from the preceding year is due to cuts in social …

An aerial view of Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 2, which was put into service recently.Deputy Minister Koo Bon-hwan of the Civil Aviation Office at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). "Incheon International Airport is now poised to emerge as a front-runner in the…