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…

Im Jeong-bin of the Food Industry Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  (Photos: MAFRA) The government‘s ambitious scheme to create a “Foodpolis” in an area of 2.32 million square meters in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, as a national food cluster is …

Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party. (Photo: Rep. Lee Hahn-koo's Office)Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, has been promoting a revision of the National Assembly Law to regulate excess legislation activities by legislators so they would…

Rep. Kwon Eun-hee of the ruling Saenuri Party and member of the Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly, said the use of stolen names for hand phones has become serious enough to warrant legal measures to stop the practice, quoting materials …

The  entire participants in the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings from Oct. 11-13 in Washington pose for a photo session at the event on Oct. 11 including IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in the front row.(photos on courtesy of the Prime …

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Yoon Sang-jick gives a lecture on management and government policies for utilization of FTAs at a KSA CEO forum at the Grand InterContinential Hotel in Seoul on Oct. 24. Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Yoon Sang-jick gave a lec…

Rep. Kim Gwang-lim of the ruling Saenuri Party. Rep. Kim Gwang-lim of the ruling Saenuri Party blasted Gov. Kim Choong-soo of the Bank of Korea for cutting the key interest rate despite his strong emphasis that the central bank will freeze it just prior to the start of the audit of the central bank…

Rep. Lee Joo-young, the chairman of the Africa New Era Forum of the National Assembly.(photo courtesy of Rep. Lee's office) The Africa New Era Forum of the National Assembly held a launching ceremony on Sept. 13 in the National Assembly Memorial Hall with Rep. Lee Joo-young inauguraated as cha…

Cook Kyung-bok, chief of the National Assembly Budget Office (NABO), and other participants of the NABO International Fiscal Forum 2013 pose for the camera at the end of the event in the National Assembly Parliamentarians’ Hall on Oct. 19. (photos: NABO) The National Assembly Budget Offi…