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Rep. Chung Mong-joon announces his bid to run for Seoul Mayor at the Kim Gu Plaza of Mt. Namsan in Seoul recently. (photo: courtesy of Rep. Chung Mong-joon's Office)Rep. Chung Mong-joon, a seven-term legislator from the ruling Saenuri Party, announced his candidacy for the Mayor of Seoul o…
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(right photo) Rep. Lee Kang-hoo of the National Assembly Trade, Industry and Energy Committee, speaks at a policy seminar on how to rationalize a system for determining electricity charges at the National Assembly Parliamentarians’ Hall on Feb. 14. The participants of the event …
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Rep. Kim Jang-sil, a co-organizer of the Taekwondo Forum held at the National Assembly Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on March 10. A forum on the reform of Taekwondo, one of the most popular Korean traditional martial arts, and the visions and strategies for its globalization took place on March …
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon joins other notables in cutting the cake to open a talk show celebrating the first anniversary of Seoul Citizens Hall this past Jan. 12.Seoul Citizens Hall is a space in which the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) lends an ear to the voices of Seoulites and allows th…
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Director General for Industrial Technology Policy Cha Dong-hyung of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo:MOTIE)The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is pushing ahead with projects to develop six mega tasks in the systems industry: wearable smart devices, self-driving …
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Dir.-Gen. Sung Yoon-mo of the Business Marketing Bureau at the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) (photo: NewsWorld)With customer demand diversifying and changing rapidly, marketing capabilities have become more important than ever in both international and domesti…
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President Park Geun-hye presides over the second extended meeting of tourism-related ministers at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 3 as UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai looks on. President Park Geun-hye stressed the need for establishing a virtuous cycle of reinvigorating the local tour…
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A scene from the “Be Kind to Foreign Tourists” Campaign showing Minister Yoo Jin-ryong of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism handing out gifts to foreign tourists in Myeong-dong, downtown Seoul on Jan. 29. The campaign took place across the country in such places as a…
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Senior V. Chmn. Lee Seung-cheol of the Federation of Korean Industries, right, shakes hands with Minister Choi Mun-kee of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning at his office on Jan. 14 following the official appointment as co-chairman of the Creative Economy Promotion Team …
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Choi Tae-hyun, director general for Materials and Components Industries at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and EnergyA Korean midsize display equipment maker, SFA, has succeeded in developing a roll and inkjet printer, replacing photolithography. The company now substitutes all photo…
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President Hwang Hyun-sik of LG Uplus. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus announced on Oct. 3 that it is implementing a smartphone drone delivery service for the first time as a carrier. The service is aimed at customers living in island areas where fast…
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SK Telecom displays “Quantum AI Camera” at its pavilion during 2023 Korean Government Expo that took place at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, BEXCO from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25. (Photo: SK Telecom)SK Telecom introduced diverse technologies a…
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Officials with SK Telecom repair the 400Gbps wired network at 5G backbone. (Photos: SK Telecom)SK Telecom said on Oct. 10 the telecom service provider commercialized and introduced 400Gbps wired networks. The conventional wired networks transmit…
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An image of the 2023 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023) that took place in Glasgow, UK, from Oct. 1 to Oct. 5. (Photo: KT)KT displayed the latest optical communications technologies, such as optical internet parts, terminals an…
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