President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with IOC President Tomas Bach on July 3, 2017 at a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in which he called for the IOC’s support in the forming of a unified team between the two Koreas. (On courtesy of the website of Cheong Wa Dae)President Moon Jae-in and Minister of Culture…

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon delivers a speech at a ceremony to kick off the 2018 business year at Sejong Center for Performing Arts.Seoul Mayor Park doles out a rice cake to an official of the Seoul Metropolitan Government prior to the event. (Photos: SMG) In his New Year’s message, Seoul Mayor Park…

An overall view of the Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government building.Gov. Kim Kwan-yong of the Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government. The Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government has decided to extend 120 billion won in financial support to cash-strapped SMEs before and after the Lunar New Year ho…

The participants at the 5th International Forum on Housing and Urban Finance including Minister Kim Hyun-mee of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry pose for a photo session at Conrad Hilton Hotel in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2017.(Photos:MLIT)Minister Kim Hyun-mee delivers a speech at the 5th In…

Rep. Kim Han-jung Special Committee on Political Reform of the National Assembly.  Political reform will have to be made in such a way that it can be representative of the people’s will, said Rep. Kim Han-jung, who serves as a member of the Special Committee on Political Reform of the Nationa…

A group of key participants raise arms led by Busan Mayor Suh Byung-soo at the 4th International Conference held on  Nov. 28 at the Federation of Korean Industries building in Seoul hosted by Busan Metropolitan City in a bid to bring World Expo 2030 to Busan.(Photo: Busan City) Busan Metropoli…

President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 14. (Photo: courtesy on the website of Cheong Wa Dae) President Moon Jae-in returned home on Dec. 16 after wrapping up a three-day and four-night state visit to China. President M…

The participants in a training session for foreign city planning government officials held Dec. 4-8 at the LH building in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, provided by Korea Land and Housing Corp.(LH) at the request of UN Habitat as part of the Nation Urban Policy Project. They were from Myanmar, Nigeria …

President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Expressway Corp. at his inauguration ceremony on Nov. 30.(Photo: Korea Expressway) President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Expressway Corp., at his inaugural ceremony held Nov. 30, said he will do his best to make sure the highway company does what’s in the best interest of…