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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo announces a master plan on making Gyeongbuk the capital of metaverse at the provincial government on Oct. 6. Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo, setting the catchphrase of the 8th publicly elected local government “A New Korea, to be Leveraged by Gyeongbuk,…
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President Min Byung-joo of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). (Photos: KIAT)Min Byung-joo, a politician-turned nuclear power researcher, took office as president of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) at the Korea Technology Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Oct. 7.…
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Vice Minister Jang Young-jin of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and President Kim Jung-hwan of Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) attend a ceremony to celebrate 2022 Industrial Complex Day at G-Tower Convention in Guro-gu, Seoul, on Sept. 22. (Photo: KICOX)Korea Industrial Complex Cor…
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(right) Kim Moon-hwan, head of KOSME’s Global Growth Headquarters, and Andrew Zheng, Alibaba.com Korea, investment director with Alibaba Group, pose in a televised meeting after Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) and Alibaba.com struck an MOU on the strengthening of exporters and SMEs’ global …
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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) plans to offer full support to help 200 to 300 youth from welfare centers achieve self-reliance from an economic and emotional perspective.Two young men in Gwangju, who …
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A poster to promote Korea Agriculture Show 2022, to be held at the Suwon Convention Center in Gyeonggi-do from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30. (Photo: MAFRA)President Yoon Suk-yeol suggested ‘youth farming’ and ‘smart farming’ as the keywords for the next ‘leap forward,’ saying that “the Korean agricultu…
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Administrator Cho Jae-ho of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) inspects a rice farming household in Wanju, Jeollabuk-do, and a rice variety cultivation site in Gimjae City to look into damages, caused by a typhoon and lend an ear on field views. (Photos: RDA)Insect Day fell on Sept. 7. Edibl…
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Lee Dae-hyun, chief of the Seoul Waterworks Authority.Lee Dae-hyun was appointed to be the head of Seoul Waterworks Authority in the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s reshuffle, conducted on Aug. 12. Lee, born in Naju in 1964, graduated from Busan Mechanics Engineering High School and Konkuk Uni…
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The Overall Subcommittee, a consulting body for the national power supply master plan, announced a working-level version of the 10th national power supply master plan on Aug. 30, calling for raising the nation’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) of nuclear power by 8.9 percentage points and …
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Rep. Yang Hyang-ja, chair of the ruling People Power Party’s “Special Committee Designed to Ramp Up Competitiveness of Semiconductor Industry,” announces outcomes of the committee’s activities at a news conference at the National Assembly on Aug. 2. (Photo: People Power Party) The ruling Pe…
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A 380MW gas turbine developed and produced by Doosan Enerbility. (Photo: Doosan Enerbility)On October 13, Doosan Enerbility announced that it had signed an agreement with a prominent U.S. technology company to provide two units of Doosan’s 380MW gas…
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HD Hyundai Oil Bank supplies sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Korean Air’s international flights to Japan. To the refinery, it is the first entry to the Korean SAF market. HD Hyundai Oil Bank said on Sept. 22 the refinery struck a contract wi…
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Jang Si-ho, head of KPX Jeju Headquarters poses with Suh Yong-seok, chief of KIER’s Jeju Global Research Center as the two institutions struck an MOU on joint research and commercialization of new energy industries and demand management technologies…
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Chairman Kim Seung-youn of Hanwha Business Group. (Photos: Hanwha Group)Hanwha celebrated the 73rd anniversary on Oct. 9. In his commemorative speech, Chmn. Kim Seung-youn of Hanwha Group said, “Our goal now is to be a global leader, and we hav…
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