President of Song Sang-keun of the Busan Port Authority (BPA). (Photos: BPA)The Busan Port Authority (BPA) participated in 2026 IAPH-KMI Forum in Tokyo on July 27 and presented its strategies to make Busan Port a digitalized smart port. The forum was hosted by the International Association of P…

A poster to publicize a national briefing session on the three mega projects “for Korea’s Great Leap Forward” at the State Guest House of the Cheong Wa Dae on June 29. (Photo on the courtesy of the Office of the President)The Korean government will aggressively push forward with large-scale mega …

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers his inaugural address during the 40th Seoul Mayor’s inauguration ceremony at Seoul City Hall on July 1.On the first day of his fifth term in office, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon again brought up ‘youth’ as the key keyword for his administration in his inaugural address.&…

Min Hyung-bae, mayor of Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, takes the oath of office at Main Assembly Hall of the City Council in Muan on July 1. (Photo: Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City)Min Hyung-bae, went down in history as the first mayor of Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan Ci…

Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young explains the direction of city administration, including growth strategies to lead the future of Gyeongju and a vision for the next four years, in a meeting with reporters at Alcheon Hall in Gyeongju City Hall on July 15.Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young stressed attracting S…

President Choi Mu-yeol of Korea Forestry Promotion Institute poses with ranking officials of the Kyrgyz Republic, which attend an invitational, educational program, designed to ramp up forestry restoration and disaster response capabilities from June 29 and July 5. (Photo: KOFPI)Korea Forestry Promo…

Chairman Roh Dong-jin of the National Federation of Fisheries. (Photos: Suhyup)On July 22, the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (Suhyup) signed an agreement to create wind income with Suhyup Bank and the Korea Development Bank (KDB) to provide financial support for offshore wind power p…

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…

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…