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Park Jong-rok, president of Ulsan Port Authority (UPA), was presented with the Presidential Award during the 38th Korea National Quality Award Convention that took place at COEX in southern Seoul on Nov. 21.UPA has been credited with making sustainable and innovative efforts such as the establishmen…
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Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) won the 2012 Customer Satisfaction Grand Award in recognition of the success of its policies geared toward providing satisfactory services to its customers on a continuous basis for the past several years at the 38th Korea National Quality Award Convention.Chairma…
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The 38th Korea National Quality Award Convention took place at COEX in southern Seoul on Nov. 21 to evaluate the quality management practices of the industrial community and to renew their determination to ensure global standard quality management.Hosted and organized by the Korean Agency for Techno…
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The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) is going ahead with an ambitious scheme to create a National Food Cluster, “Foodpolis”, in an area of 2.32 million square meters in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do by 2015.Foodpolis which is similar to California’s Silicon Valley for IT, wil…
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P resident Lee Myung-bak attended a reception hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Oct. 30 to celebrate the Green Climate Fund (GCF) decision to locate its head office in Songdo, Incheon, Korea’s selection to be a director nation of the U.N. Security Council, the launching of the…
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The Saenuri Party's candidate Park Geun-hye will square off against opposition Democratic Unified Party candidate Moon Jae-in in the upcoming Dec. 19 presidential election, as independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo quit the race on Nov. 23. He told a news conference he decided to quit the race after la…
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Joseph Ho, managing director and head of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the Asia-Pacific region at Credit Suisse, said despite a rush of leverage and inverse ETFs, it is positive for the Korean ETF market to successfully attract investors with a rise in fluidity, but market access needs to be upgr…
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The Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market celebrates the 10th year since its launching in October 2002 at the Korea Exchange, providing a stable demand base and low-cost dispersed investment means for investors, President and COO Kim Jin-gyu of the KOSPI Market Division at the Korea Exchange said …
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The government has steps in place to advance Korean logistics firms into global top 10 companies by 2020. In this regard, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) has designated six companies °™Pantos Logistics, CJ GLS, Sinokor Merchant Marine Co., Hanjin, Hyundai Glovis, and Hy…
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Some weeks ahead of the presidential election in Dec. 19, a controversy is flaring up over the much-touted bid toward “democratization of economy.” Major candidates use the motto to woo support from voters in the run-up to the presidential poll.Rep. Moon Jae-in of the opposition Democratic U…
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Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Jin Ok-dong poses for a photo with Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Yutaka Ito at the Korea-Japan Financial Cooperation Seminar at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, on Aug. 4 and 8. (Photo: Shinhan Financial…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group has entered the global ESG investment index ‘FTSE4Good’ for the 15th consecutive year, reaffirming its global leadership in sustainable management. Th…
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President Jeong Jeong-hoon of Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) and President Kim Jun-seok of the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Authority (KOMSA) pose for a group photo after they signed an MOU to remove blind spots in ship financing …
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KDIC President Yoo Jae-hoon poses for a photo with Dominique Laboureix, chair of the SRB), Chairman of the SRB and KDIC Vice President Yoo Dae-il, and others on July 22. (Photo: KDIC)President Yoo Jae-hoon of Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC…
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