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Rep. Choi In-kee, chairman of the Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Committee of the National Assembly, said the government should take measures to prop up the price of cattle before it falls any further and becomes a full-blown crisis.The legislator said the steep fall in the price of dome…
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As general and presidential elections are slated for this year, political circles on both sides of the aisle are scrambling to appeal to voters with a flood of populist election campaign pledges.Despite these moves, Minister of Strategy and Finance Bahk Jaewan said, "The government is striving to ac…
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Our magazine's March issue will carry a special report on the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Seoul from March 26-27. The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit will coincide with 2012 Seoul Nuclear Industry Summit, to be held in the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul from March 23-…
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(1st) President Lee Myung-bak shakes hands with Turkish President Abdullah Gul after signing a bilateral strategic partnership pact with Turkey on Feb. 6.(2nd)President Lee Myung-bak and Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani hold a Korea-Qatar extended summit meeting on Feb. 9. …
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Minister of Strategy and Finance Bahk JaewanAs general and presidential elections are slated for this year, political circles on both sides of the aisle are scrambling to appeal to voters with a flood of populist election campaign pledges.Despite these moves, Minister of Strategy and Finance Bahk Ja…
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Noh, Dae-lae, commissioner of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA in charge of defense products exports)Noh, Dae-lae, commissioner of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA in charge of defense products exports), said his agency strives to execute next-generation …
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Kim Jae-hong, assistant minister of the Office of Industries at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE)The government strives to get a jumpstart on convergence by establishing an inter-ministry action plan on the development of industry convergence, based on the master plan for the development …
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Chairman Jun Kwang-woo of National Pension Service.Chairman Jun Kwang-woo of the National Pension Service (NPS) said the autonomous rights and independence of NPS management should be respected when it exercises its management and shareholder rights.The chairman made the remarks on the reform of con…
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President Oh Young-ho of KOTRA.President Oh Young-ho of the Korea Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said reaching the era of $2 trillion won in international trade will depend on how wisely Korea can cope with uncertainties in the global economy with a number of key trading countries hol…
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Minister Suh Kyu-yong of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. (right)He speaks at a ceremony to launch the ministry's 2012 business year. In his New Year message, Minister Suh Kyu-yong of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) said the governmen…
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Chairman Kown Oh-gap of HD Hyundai Group. (Photos: HD Hyundai Group)HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided to bring HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) into its corporate structure fold. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said on Aug. 27 the shipbuilder will effectively…
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Acting KPX President Kim Hong-keun. (Photos: KPX)The nation’s power demand soared to 96 GW at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25, renewing the highest-ever peak power demand one this summer, Korea Power Exchange (KPX) said. A sultry spell, which started earlier…
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Dignitaries, including President Kwon Myung-ho of Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP), Gyeongsangbuk-do Vice gov. Yang Kum-hee and Acting Yeongju Mayor Yoo Jeong-geun, participate in a deal on joint cooperation and investment in a 1.2 trillion won projec…
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President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. (Photos: KEPCO)Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and MR (Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen) of Germany joined forces to explore new global markets by utilizing the former’s Substation Equipment Diagno…
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