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A view of the Imae Station on the Gyeonggang Electric Rail Line which opened on Sept. 24 stretching for 57 km connecting Pankyo and Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province.(Photo: Korail)
The new electric railroad connecting Seongnam City, Gwangju, Icheon and Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, will be complete…
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Korea Post President Kim Kee Deok.
South Korea’s biggest postal service will buy more U.S. assets as the state-run fund joins a global hunt for better returns amid record-low interest rates and sagging economic growth at home.
Korea Post, which has about 110 trillion won ($97 billion) of savings …
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Chief Investment Officer Kang Myoung-wook of National Pension Service.
The National Pension Service (NPS) plans to expand its investments in China and India, especially in government bonds in China, CIO Kang Myoun-wook of the national retirement fund said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
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Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang Ho-in delivers his commemorative speech at the 117th anniversary event of Railway Day on Sept. 8.
Minister Kang Ho-in of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport called for massive investments in railway technology development to ensure …
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President Kim Sun-dock of the Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp.
Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp. (HUG) launched its project to develop an index for average prices of apartments to supplement discrepancies in the sales of new apartments around the country.
The company expects to comple…
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Executive Vice President Min Min-hong, head of the International Tourism Strategy Division at the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) speaks at the 2016 Hangzhou Korea MICE & Culture Festival sponsored by the KTO at the Hangzhou Garden Hotel on May 20.
Korea’s efforts to nurture the MICE industry…
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New Chairman Lee Jung-hyun of the ruling Saenuri Party indicates his catchphrase: “A New Start Based on Innovation and Harmony at an event he participated after he took office. (Photo: Saenuri Party)
Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, a three-time lawmaker, was elected the new party chairman on Aug. 9. The rulin…
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(from left) Minister Cho Yoon-sun of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Minister Kim Jae-soo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Minister Cho Keung-kyu of the Ministry of Environment and Vice Minister Chung Man-ki of the Ministry of Trade, Industry…
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President Park Geun-hye presides over the 2nd Science Technology Strategy Meeting to designate nine state strategy projects designed to secure new growth momentum, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 10. (courtesy on the hompage of Cheong Wa Dae).
President Park Geun-hye presided over the 2nd Science Technolo…
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Minister Joo Hyung-hwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy presides over a meeting of commissioners of seven free economic zones (FEZs), research institution experts and senior company officials in Songdo, Incheon, on Aug. 19.
Minister Joo Hyung-hwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry an…
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President Ryu Seok-hyun of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) delivers a speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding at KIMM head office in Daejeon on April 14.The Korea Institute of Machinery & Mat…
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President Oh Sang-Rok of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).Rhee Hyun-Ku, former Special Adviser to President for Science and Technology and former-President of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.Rhee, Hyun-Ku, former Spec…
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LG Uplus CEO Hong Bum-shik delivers a key-note speech at MWC 2026 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus presented a mid- and long-term vision in which the telecom service provider will become a global AI softwar…
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President Hong Beom-sik of LG Uplus. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus said on Oct. 23 that a paper on its in-house developed Generative AI technology “ixi-GEN” was recognized by EMNLP 2025, one of the world’s top natural language processing (NLP) confer…
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