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Chairman Park Sung-taek of the Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) speaks at an emergency meeting on a raise in the minimum wage on July 16.The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) requested a review of a decision to raise the minimum wage to next year to the Ministry of Employment and Labor Affairs (MOEL) o…
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KOTRA(사장 권평오)는 중국 후베이성(湖北省) 정부와 공동으로 27일 서울 중구 신라호텔에서 ‘한-중 후베이성 경제협력 세미나’를 개최했다. 권평오 KOTRA 사장이 인사말을 하고 있다．KOTRA(사장 권평오)는 중국 후베이성(湖北省) 정부와 공동으로 27일 서울 중구 신라호텔에서 ‘한-중 후베이성 경제협력 세미나’를 개…
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Deputy Prime Minister-Minister Kim Dong-yeon of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), other economic ministers and local government heads gesture during their meeting at the Sejong Government Complex Convention Center on Aug. 8.Deputy Prime Minister-MOEF Minister Kim gives a speech during his …
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A scene from the international forum on universal health coverage and long-term care hosted jointly by the National Health Insurance Service, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) of Thailand and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)on Aug. 1 in Bangkok, Thailand.President Kim Yong-…
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon explains the “Gangbuk Development Plan” at the Gangbuk Culture Arts Hall on Aug. 19. (Photos: SMG)Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon announced policies to ensure balanced development of the capital with a focus on investments in “Gangbuk” north of the Han River. Mayor Park came …
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Minister Kim Jae-hyun of the Korea Forest Service (KFS) (Photo:KFS)Minister Kim Jae-hyun of the Korea Forest Service (KFS) called for the nurturing of forests, which absorb huge amounts of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the cause of global warming. In an article contributed to a vernacular economic …
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Commissioner Kim Kap-sup of the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority. The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority’s (GFEZA) Hadong Office convened a monthly meeting of the Hadong District Consultative Committee designed to attract investments into the Hadong District. Investment …
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A bird’s eye view of the Abdullah Smart City in Kuwait, the first smart city exported by Korea Land and Housing Corp.(LH)President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land and Housing Corp. (Photos: LH)Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) won the “A Prize” at the 2017 State-run Enterprise Evaluation, while its C…
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A committee on overhauling of the national pension holds a public hearing at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building in Seoul on Aug. 17. (Photos: NPS)Chairman Kim Sung-joo of National Pension Service(NPS).Korea’s national pension is to be exhausted in 2057, three years earlier than ant…
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Strikes MOU on exporting “RailPlus” traffic cards with AL Solution President Oh Young-sik of the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL)The Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) will export its traffic card system to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, starting in December.To this end, the KORAIL signed an MOU on the exporting …
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CEO Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex talks with GS Caltex staff members at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo: GS Caltex)GS Holdings said in an electronic notice released on May 13 that the holding company of GS Group posted 6,842.4 billion won in revenu…
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CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi of S-OIL. (Photos: S-OIL)S-OIL chalked up more than 1.2 trillion won in operating profit on the back of inventory profit, caused by crude oil price hikes for the first quarter of this year, in results that surprised analysts.Pr…
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Chairman Chang Sae-joo of Dongkuk Steel Group. (Photos: Dongkuk Steel Group)Dongkuk Steel announced on April 24 that it posted sales of 857.2 billion won, an operating profit of 21.4 billion won, and a net profit of 6.2 billion won in the first quart…
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Yeo Geun-taek, head of the Transmission and Transformation Operation Department at KEPCO, poses with MR CEO Wilfried Breuer after they signed a contract to transfer the Substation Equipment Diagnostic & Analysis System (SEDA) technology in Berlin…
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