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Jincheon Mayor Song Ki-seop. (Photos: Jincheon-gun) Jincheon Mayor Song Ki-seop stressed that his 2nd year in office in the 8th publicly elected local government is a significant period for realizing fast regional development. In his speech at a monthly meeting of about 300 county official…
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Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service (NPS). (Photo: NPS)The “Fiscal Calculation Committee for the National Pension Fund,” an expert body under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) designed to discuss national pension fund reform, has been limping alo…
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About 300 people, including Chairman Cho Hyun-jae of the Korea Sports Promotion Corp. (KSPO), Chairman Chung Jin-wan of the Korea Paralympic Committee, and Secretary General Yoon Sung-wook of Korea Sport & Olympic Committee, Seoul Olympics attraction team and volunteers’ body members, attend a …
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President Yun Seog-dae of K-water. (Photos: K-water) Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) was selected as the winner of a project to establish a master plan on Uman’s smart city in Ukraine, organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and Korea Overseas Infrastructu…
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Mayor Oh Se-hoon speaks at a meeting with reporters, celebrating his one year in office, at Seoul City Hall on July 3. “Gangnam is a key to keeping housing prices under control in the whole capital, and it also serves as a breakwater to stem house price rises across the nation,” Seoul Mayor O…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon makes an inspection tour into a rainwater reservoir construction site in Shillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, on June 20. (Photos: SMG)Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was elected as co-chairman of Metropolis, the World Association of the Major Metropolises, at the association’s 14th General Assem…
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Members of a North Gyeongsang Province delegation, led by Governor Lee Cheol-woo pose as they are holding “Korea Art Road” at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi on May 23. (Photo: Gyeongsangbuk-do)A North Gyeongsang Province delegation led by Governor Lee Cheol-woo visited India, Sri Lanka, and Malays…
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Yoo Yeon-shik, head of Seoul Waterworks Authority. (Photo: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) released its tap water future vision, calling for the supply of the world’s best tap water by investing 4,322.9 billion won by 2040.Seoul Waterworks Authority announced SMG’s tap water maste…
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Chairman Kang Myung-soo of Korean Standards Association delivers an opening speech at the 2023 Service Future Innovation Symposium at Lotte Hotel on July 5. (Photos: KSA)Korean Standards Association held the 2023 Service Future Innovation Symposium at Lotte Hotel on July 5. The forum took place…
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Kim Sun-soon, head of the Women’s & Family Policy Affairs Office at SMG. (Photos: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced three steps to balance work and life as part of efforts to encourage SMG officials to take maternity leave and a parental leave. They are designed to ease…
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The Korea Exchange held the 2026 Securities and Derivatives Market Opening Ceremony at its Seoul office building on Jan. 2, 2026. Chairman Jeong Eun-bo delivers his opening message. (Photo: KRX)The Korea Exchange (KRX) held the 2026 Securities and De…
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Sung Dai-gou, CEO of Tongyang Life Insurance, poses for a photo with employees at the 2026 Leaders Vision Summit at the Human Resources Development Center on Dec. 18. (Photo: Tongyang Life Insurance)The Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) and six other f…
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KDB Chairman Park Sang-jin delivers a New Year’s address at the 2026 business kick-off ceremony at the bank's headquarters in Seoul, on Jan. 2. (Photo: KDB)Park Sang-jin, chairman of Korea Development Bank (KDB), emphasized that 2026, the Year of th…
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk presides over the Management Strategy Meeting for the First Half of 2026 at the bank’s main building in Seoul on Jan. 5. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank President and CEO Jung Sang-hyuk announced the bank’s s…
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