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Director General for Industrial Technology Policy Cha Dong-hyung of the Ministry of Trade, Industry andEnergy. (Photo:MOTIE)
By Oh Chung-sookThe Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is pushing ahead with projects to develop high-performance, super-small power generation systems and l…
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Lee Kwang-ja, director of the Korea Center on Gambling Problems. (photo: courtesy of the Korea Center on Gambling Problems)
The Korea Center on Gambling Problems was established in August 2013 in order to prevent, cure, and rehabilitate those who suffer from problem gambling, whether they gamb…
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The campaign for sending books in Korean has been given a shot in the arm with a forum to spur the movement held at the National Assembly Library Grand Hall on April 3 with many experts participating in the event. The purpose of the forum is to send Korean books to the descendants of Koreans who emi…
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President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech before the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Small and Medium Business Administration each make their 2014 business report to the president at the Siheung Business Center i…
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Rep. Chung Mong-joon announces his bid to run for Seoul Mayor at the Kim Gu Plaza of Mt. Namsan in Seoul recently. (photo: courtesy of Rep. Chung Mong-joon's Office)Rep. Chung Mong-joon, a seven-term legislator from the ruling Saenuri Party, announced his candidacy for the Mayor of Seoul o…
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(right photo) Rep. Lee Kang-hoo of the National Assembly Trade, Industry and Energy Committee, speaks at a policy seminar on how to rationalize a system for determining electricity charges at the National Assembly Parliamentarians’ Hall on Feb. 14. The participants of the event …
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Rep. Kim Jang-sil, a co-organizer of the Taekwondo Forum held at the National Assembly Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on March 10. A forum on the reform of Taekwondo, one of the most popular Korean traditional martial arts, and the visions and strategies for its globalization took place on March …
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon joins other notables in cutting the cake to open a talk show celebrating the first anniversary of Seoul Citizens Hall this past Jan. 12.Seoul Citizens Hall is a space in which the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) lends an ear to the voices of Seoulites and allows th…
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Director General for Industrial Technology Policy Cha Dong-hyung of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo:MOTIE)The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is pushing ahead with projects to develop six mega tasks in the systems industry: wearable smart devices, self-driving …
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Dir.-Gen. Sung Yoon-mo of the Business Marketing Bureau at the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) (photo: NewsWorld)With customer demand diversifying and changing rapidly, marketing capabilities have become more important than ever in both international and domesti…
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Nongshim CEO Jo Yong-chul makes a presentation on the success of Shin Ramyun at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on May 13. (Photos: Nongshim)Nongshim announced on May 13 that cumulative sales of Shin Ramyun, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, surpassed…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. Korean Air has gotten a lot of “love” from financial markets, in particular for the brainchild of the merger, Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. The historic M&A with Asiana Airlines is evaluat…
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A view of Samsung Electronics Suwon Digital City. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Labor and management of Samsung Electronics reached a tentative agreement on incentives at the last minute on May 20, averting a strike one and half hours before the deadli…
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Hyundai Motor Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon (right) poses for a photo with Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Moon Shin-hak at the 23rd Automobile Day Event on May 12.Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon won the Gold Tower Order of I…
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