Deputy Chairman Jeong Eun-bo who also serves as Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission, right, presides over a recent meeting of the Fintech Development Council.(Photo: FSC) South Korea launched the world’s first Fintech Open Platform to boost Fintech development, according to the Finan…

Mayor Song Gi-sub of Jincheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do. Mayor Song Gi-sub of Jincheon County, Chungcheongbuk-do, celebrated his first anniversary in office on April 14. Keen attention was the focus of Mayor Song, who served as the administrator of the National Agency for Administrative City Constr…

Director Ahn Joon-ho of the Tourism and Sports Bureau of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Director Ahn Joon-ho of the Tourism and Sports Bureau of Seoul City Administration said the city will push the so called March 21 Measure, a tourism revival plan, to help the tourism industry recover from re…

Gov. Lee Ju-yeol of the Bank of Korea.(Photo: BOK) The Bank of Korea revised up this year's growth forecast to 2.6 percent from the previous 2.5 percent estimated three months earlier, as both exports and private consumption showed signs of improvement. Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol made the …

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping while holding their first summit talks with at his Mar-a-Largo estate in Florida on April 6 since the former’s inauguration. U.S. President Donald Trump hinted over the possibility of a deal with China to solve North Korea…

Pesident Nam Bong-hyun of the Incheon Port Authority(IPA). president Nam Bong-hyun’s Incheon Port embarked on a promotion tour in the Chinese sphere, meeting with the CEOs of important container shipping firms in the region. His mission was to inform them of Incheon Port’s plan to become more con…

President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land and Housing Corp. is standing against a board loaded with the headlines on the company’s major events including the one calling for the export of Korea-type smart city overseas and the other one on the creation of man-made lake.(Photo: LH) President Park Sang-…

Presidential hopefuls include (from left) Moon Jae-in, Ahn Hee-jung, and Lee Jae-myung, the three on the tick of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) as well as Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party,  Yoo Sung-min of the Barun Party, and Hong Joon-pyo of Liberty Korea Party. President Park Geun-…

Minister Kang Ho-in of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to pour 470 billion won into research and development to foster new industry businesses and brace for the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The …