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President Park Geun-hye speaks at a ceremony to declare the Park government’s vision on June 19.[Photos on courtesy of MCST] President Park Geun-hye, marking 100 days in office on June 4, has seen her job approval rating rise to 65 percent, up from 53.7 percent on March …
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Minister Yoo Jin-ryong of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 4th R, presides over a meeting of representatives of 15 major hotels in Korea on June 4 to improve hotel services to expand the number of foreign tourists to Korea. (photo courtesy of MCST) Minister Yoo Jin-…
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Rep. Min Byung-joo of the Saenuri Party and others participants in a seminar at the National Assembly on June 4 during which they pledged to devote themselves to creating an environment for R&D activities for state-funded research institutes for building the “creative economy.” …
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delivers his commemorative speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Ocean Day, which took place at Malipo Beach in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, site of the nation’s worst oil spill in 2007. Aceremony to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Ocean Day took place at Ma…
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Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama held their first summit talks in Washington on May 7 and agreed to further cement their alliance.The Korea-U.S. Summit held in Washington on May 7 local time between Presidents Park Geun-hye and Barack Obama has further strengt…
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Rep. Kil Jeong-woo, of the ruling Saenuri Party, has devoted himself to having the National Assembly pass a bill to boost corporate patronage to the culture and arts fields in keeping with the new government’s key policy goal of promoting cultural prosperity.
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President Park Geun-hye presides over the revised 1st Trade and Investment Promotion Meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on May 1. Photo on courtesy of MCST.President Park Geun-hye has revived a regular trade and investment promotion meeting, one of the legacies related to the so-called Economic …
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A view of a seminar on the direction of policies on nanotechnology, hosted by Rep. Kim Eul-dong, the NARS and others.Rep. Kim Eul-dong, Rep. Lee Hyun-jae, Rep. Seo Yong-gyo and the National Assembly Research Service (NARS) jointly hosted a seminar on the direction of policies on nanotechnology …
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Korea is extending its utmost efforts to be elected as an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council member state for a fifth consecutive time at the upcoming 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly to be held in Montreal, Canada in September, said Deputy Minister Choi Jung-ho of the Office …
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Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. President Song Jae-yong gives his inaugural speech at the corporation headquarters on May 13.Song Jae-yong, former deputy minister in charge of environment policy at the Environment Ministry, has been elected president of Sudokwon Landfill Site Manag…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group surpassed annual net profit of 5 trillion won in 2024, as its non-banking affiliates led the way in improving performance amid KB Kookmin Bank’s stagnant bu…
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Chairman Jin Ok-dong of Shinhan Financial Group. (Photo: Shinhan Financial Group)Shinhan Financial Group posted a net profit of 4,571.5 billion won in 2024, an increase of 3.4 percent from the previous year. Shinhan Bank, in particular, is expec…
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Joo Hyung-hwan, vice chairman of the National Committee for Low Birthrate and Aging Society poses for a photo with KB Kookmin Bank officials in a work-life balance meeting on Feb. 25. (Photo: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank is practicing win-win fina…
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IBK signs a business agreement with Germany's Commerzbank AG to support small and medium-sized enterprises. Kim Sung-tae, president of IBK poses for a photo with Michael Kotzbauer, vice chairman of Commerzbank AG. (Photo: IBK)IBK announced on March 7…
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