Deputy Minister Chung Yang-ho of the Office of Energy and Resources at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announces the 7th master plan for long-term power supply and demand at the MOTIE in Sejong City on June 8.(Photo:MOTIE)  The nation will reduce its dependence on coal-fired…

Seo Seung-won,head of the Gyeonggi Regional Small and Medium Administration(Photo: Gyeonggi Regional SMBA) Seo Seung-won, head of the Gyeonggi Regional Small and Medium Administration (Gyeonggi Regional SMBA), is one of the most active public office holders in Korea. Touring worksites of SMEs every…

KOTRA President Kim Jae-hong looks at the items on display at Global TransporTech 2015. A view of the international transportation machinery fair that took place at Songdo Conventia in Incheon from June 4 to 5.(Photos:KOTRA) Big players in the global automaker industry descended on Songdo Convensia…

New President Jung Yong-bin of the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP). KIDP President Jung delivers his inaugural message as he took the helm of KIDP. (Photos:KIDP) Jung Yong-bin, the management chief of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), took office as the 15th president of the Korea Insti…

Top officials of both Korea Water Resources Corp.(K-water) and Hanwha E&C celebrate following the signing of an MOU between Korean companies, K-water and Hanwha E&C, and Sec.-Gen. Le Thanh Hai of the Ho Chi Minh City Peoples Committee at Plaza Hotel in downtown Seoul on May 26. Korean compan…

President Lee Jai-yeong of Korea Land and Housing Corp.A bird’s eye view of the projected Yeongjong Heavenly City to be built on Yeongjong Island to join the Incheon Int’l Airport on the same island to attract foreign residents and investments with deluxe apartments, office buildings and resort fa…

President Kim Jae-soo of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp.(aT). Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) celebrated the first anniversary of its Spring Orchid Sales Outlet on June 24. Since 2005, aT had thought about spurring the spring Orchid market in the country and popularizin…

Korean dignitaries and delegates from prominent project owners gestures during Global Project Plaza 2015, which took place at Lotte Hotel in Jamsil, Seoul, on June 9. (Photo:KOTRA) Roughly 500 Korean company officials met with some 70 delegates from 33 foreign project owners at Global Project Plaza…

Chairman Choi Kwang of National Pension Service. (Photo:NPS) The National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to increase its investments in overseas securities by 15 trillion won next year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said May 22. The National Pension Fund Management Committee will meet on J…