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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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1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, head of a Korean delegation, presents a plan to attract the Expo to Busan Secretary General Dimitri S. Kerkentzes of BIE at the BIE Secretariat based in Paris on Sept. 1. (Photo: MOTIE)The Korean government and the priva…
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Chungcheongbuk-do Gov. Kim Young-hwan, Jincheon County Mayor Song Ki-seop and President Kim Jong-sup of EcoPro HN pose for a group photo session after Jincheon struck a deal of investing 350 billion won with EcoPro HN on Sept. 14. (Photo: Jincheon County)Jincheon Mayor Song Ki-seop, former administr…
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President Kim Jae-gyun of the Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) and UPA officials looks at facilities of Ulsan Port to brace for the arrival of this year’s 11th Typhoon Hinnamnorr on Sept. 5. (Photos: UPA) The Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) said on Aug. 26 the authority saw cargo volumes surge to 18.65 m…
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President Kim Woong-seo of KIOST. (Photos: KIOST)The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) revealed the outcome of recent research which showed that partial hydrolysis of agarase, isolated from a marine microorganism, contains the decomposition of hyaluronic acid, which is effectiv…
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Chairman Choi Chang-ho of the National Forestry Cooperative Federation (NFCF) poses with Kazuhisa Nakazaki, chairman of the National Federation of the Forest Owners’ Cooperative Associations of Japan after they signed an MOU to revitalize the management of private forests in Tokyo on Aug. 25.The Na…
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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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