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Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) has issued warnings against dozing off at the wheel and secondary accidents at this time of lower temperatures. A view of the Jinju Shelter on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway, designed to avoid dozing off at the wheel. (Photo: KEC)Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) asked for …
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The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) came up with comprehensive steps to reinvent industrial complexes as core centers to jumpstart the national economy at related economic ministers’ meeting on the pending state affairs on Nov. 3. Future views of the Yeosu National Industrial Complex…
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The United States, Germany and Japan are scrambling to develop precision maps essential for self-driving technology. Each country is assisting in the development of such maps by divulging state-owned geospatial information to the private sector, but in Korea, there is no legal ground to do so.&…
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<이철우 경북도지사가 K마켓 경북농특산품 특별매장을 방문하여 경북특산품을 살펴보고 있다.>이철우 경북도지사를 단장으로 한 경북도 대표단이 10월 28일과 29일 베트남 호치민에서 한베 수교 30주년 기념행사에서 호치민시장과 면담, 경북의 날 행사, 진출기업 방문, 상공인 및 수출유관기관장과 간담회를 가지는 …
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Minister Lee Young of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) gives a speech as she presided over the 3rd Meeting of the SME Policy Deliberation Committee at the Seoul Government Complex on Sept. 28. (Photo: MSS)The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) explored specific steps to shift the direction o…
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Dignitaries, including President Yoon Suk-yeol and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, Gangwon-do Gov. Kim Jin-tae and KR Chairman Kim Han-young, participate in a ground-breaking ceremony on a project to build the East-West High-Speed Railway linking Chuncheon and Sokcho at…
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An image view of a poster to publicize the “K-testbed” project, designed to produce diverse private sector infrastructure owed by public and private institutions. (Photos: K-water)K-water is conducting a public contest for the second half of this year to implement the “K-testbed” project, which …
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Minister Nam Sung-hyun of Korea Forest Service explains a forestry subsidy, being introduced effective Oct. 1 at Daejeon Government Complex on Sept. 26.Minister Nam Sung-hyun of Korea Forest Service proposed the utilization of forests as money-making resources, breaking the mold of only preserving t…
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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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Chairman Lee Jang-han of Chong Kun Dang Holdings Corp. (Photos: Chong Kun Dang)Chong Kun Dang Group held a ceremony to kick off the 2026 business year at Chong Kun Dang headquarters in Chungjeongro, Seoul, on Jan. 5. In his New Year’s message, …
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Kim Min-young, CEO & President of Dong-A Socio Holdings, delivers a commemorative speech in a ceremony held in honor of the group’s 93rd anniversary at Dong-A Socio Group Headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 28. (Photos: Dong-A Socio Group)Dong-A Socio…
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A view of a renewed Benachio Pro Liquid, launched by Dong-A Pharmaceutical. Dong-A Pharmaceutical announced the launch of a renewed Benachio Pro Liquid with enhanced digestive function on Sept. 30.Benachio Pro Liquid combines traditional herbal …
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Panelists and other participants pose at the 2025 Long-Term Care Policy Forum at the aT Center in Seoul on July 15. (Photo: NHIS)Prof. Nam Hyun-joo, dean of Gachon University’s Graduate School of Social Policy, said, “The expanding of services tail…
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