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Kim Yun-duk, minister of land, infrastructure and transport, delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 2026 anniversary of Road Day at the Construction Hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on July 7. (Photo: MOLIT)Yoo Jung-hoon, chairman of the Korea Road Association and president of Kore…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol presides over a related ministers’ taskforce meeting on managing of general prices at the Seoul Government Complex on July 24 in which he said Korea will likely see its national economy grow at 3 percent this year and its per c…
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Park Se-woong speaks about the ETRI’s future in his inaugural ceremony. (Photos: ETRI)Park Se-woong took office as the 11th President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). Park is an ICT expert who has led research, education, and industry-academia-research collaborat…
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Joo Yong-tae (fourth from left), head of Seoul Water, poses for a photo with participants in the 2026 Seoul Waterworks Workshop. (Photos: Seoul Metropolitan Government)From May 18 to May 28, the Seoul Metropolitan Government invited water officials from 10 cities in eight countries, including East T…
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President Kang Yong-seok of Korea Marine Environment Management Corp. (KOEM)Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM) announced that prior to the full-scale removal of spartina in Garorim Bay, it held a briefing to enhance local residents’ understanding of the project and establish a c…
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Minister Hwang Jong-woo of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) speaks at the 31st Ocean Day Ceremony at Korea Maritime and Ocean University in Yeongdo-gu, Busan on May 27.The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) announced that it held the 31st Ocean Day Ceremony at Korea Maritime and Ocean …
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(top, from left) Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Busan Mayor Jeon Jae-soo, Gyeonggi-do Gov. Choo Mi-ae and Daegu Mayor Choo Kyung-ho. (middle, from left) Incheon Mayor Park Chan-dae, Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo and Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City Mayor Min Hyung-bae, and Jeollabuk-do …
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On May 20, the IFEZ Authority holds a meeting for the Songdo International Eco Center Project at Songdo G Tower. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced that it held a meeting of the Songdo International Eco Center Project Task Force (TF) at Songdo G Tower on May 20, w…
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President Sagong-myeong of the Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) poses with President Kim Bok-hwan of Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) after they struck an MOU to cooperate on the exploration of overseas railway projects at KRRI headquarters in Uiwang, …
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President of Song Sang-keun of the Busan Port Authority (BPA). (Photos: BPA)Busan Port Authority (BPA) said on May 28 that it completed the development of an AI chatbot for port construction using AI functions and it will be put into operation starting June. According to BPA, introducing AI was…
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Cho Won-yong, president of Gyeonggi Tourism Organization.The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization (GTO) announced on July 5th that it successfully conducted a peace and security site tour at the Camp Greaves area within the Civilian Control Zone in Paju for…
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Night view of High1 Resort Grand Hotel. (Photo: Kangwon Land)Kangwon Land has been implementing the Korea-High1-Integrated Tourism (K-HIT) Project to make a global multi-purpose resort. Such efforts have begun to pay off on the back of exploring…
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Acting President Nam Han-gyu of Kangwon Land. (Photos: Kangwon Land)Kangwon Land’s efforts to attract inbound tourists by making the most of the so-called K-culture have paid off. Kangwon Land said on April 1 that High1 Resort saw foreign visit…
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New Acting President Nam Han-gyu (left) of Kangwon Land poses with former acting president Choi Cheol-gyu as the former took office at Kangwon Land Hotel on March 4 on March 3.Nam Han-gyu, head of the Management Support Division at Kangwon …
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