Director-General Kim Ki-hong of the Tourism  Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.The following is an exclusive interview with Director-General Kim Ki-hong of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He said the government has decided to also focu…

Park Myung-shik, deputy head of the Office for Public Institutions Relocation at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport  (photo: MOLIT, article by S. Y. Kim)The government’s projects to relocate public entities are proceeding full steam ahead during 2014. Park Myung-shik, dep…

President Park Geun-hye delives a speech at her New Year's news conference at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 6 in which she called for prepartions for reunification.(photo on courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae) Heading into her second year in office, South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded that North…

Korean President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Jan. 16 during their summit talks in New Delhi. (photo: Cheong Wa Dae) President Park Geun-hye held summit talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Jan. 16 in New Delhi and agreed to develop…

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick gives a speech at a ceremony to kick off the new year and open the ministry’s office at Sehong GovernmentComplex on Jan. 2. (photo: MOTIE) Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick said in his New Year’s message his minis…

Prime Minister Chung Hong-won and ministers of the ministries at the Sejong Government Complex pose for pictures during a ceremony to kick off the new year and usher in an era of Sejong administration in the new administrative city of Sejong on Jan. 2. The government held a ceremony to la…

Minister Yoon Sang-jick of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) said his ministry has announced a list of 13 mega-convergence tasks in four fields that will serve as next-generation growth engines of Korean industry. The 4th National Science and Technology Deliberation Committee, pres…

Vice Minister for Trade and Energy Han Jin-hyun, alongside Vice Minister Lee Suk-joon of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, explains the background of electricity rate increases at a news conference at the government complex in downtown Seoul on Nov. 19.(Photo: MOTIE)The government anno…

Staff Director Kim Yo-hwan of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee I n the 39th National Assembly session, 36 legislative proposals were made in connection with the Automobile Management Law, out of which three cases were approved either in revised form or re…