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New Administrator Park Byung-hong of Rural Development Administration (RDA).New Administrator Park Byung-hong of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) delivered his inaugural speech as he took office as the 30th administrator at RDA in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, on Dec. 6. He said, “We have to…
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KOCIS Director Park Jung-youl delivers a congratulatory speech in a ceremony in honor of the KOCIS’ 50th anniversary at the KOCIS Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on December 15. Since its establishment as an overseas public information center under the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism o…
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A marketer pitches for the Korean produced strawberry brand “Maehyang” at a Thai mart. (Photo: MAFRA)Global grain prices are on the rise, and concern over the agricultural export industry is mounting as stable food supply becomes ever more essential. “K-agriculture,” exporting Korean-grown …
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President Yu Jeong-yeol of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) gives his opening speech at an ceremony to open the 2021 Korea BuyKOREA Digital Trade Show. (Photos: KOTRA)The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Associatio…
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President Lee Kang-oh of Korea Forestry Promotion Institute (KoFPI). (Photos: KoFPI)Lee Kang-oh, the president of Korea Forestry Promotion Institute (KoFPI), said “As KoFPI is celebrating the 10th anniversary next year and relocating to Daejeon soon enough, we are preparing ‘Daejeon Era’ with the…
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President Cha Min-sik of the Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (YGPA) attends a ceremony to sign an MOU on the introduction of hydrogen-powered yard tractors with SK E&S, Capacity, GWCT and KIT on Dec. 10. The Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (YGPA) has established the 3rd “YGPA-type” New Deal…
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People make a VR tour to the Sudokwon Landfill site via a kiosk. (Photos: SLC)Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) is operating a pilot program in which people can tour the landfill via a VR format for two weeks from Dec. 1 and Dec. 14. People can look at how to treat garbage according…
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Minister Moon Seong-hyeok of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. (Photo: MOF). The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) said on Dec. 3 its budget for 2022 has been set at 6,417.1 billion won, up 4.1 percent over this year’s budget of 6,162.8 billion won. The budget increased 80.6 bill…
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<12월 22일 한국국토정보공사 본사 로비에서 진행된 아동 기금 전달식에서 오애리 LX공사 경영지원본부장(왼쪽)과 정태영 세이브더칠드런 총장이 기념촬영을 하고 있다.>LX한국국토정보공사(사장 김정렬ㆍLX공사)가 진행한 자전거를 통한 나눔문화 확산 챌린지가 연말에 따뜻한 결실을 맺었다.LX공사는 자전거를 통한…
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<2021년 12월 21일, 대전시 대덕구 한국수자원공사 본사에서 박재현 한국수자원공사 사장(사진 왼쪽에서 세 번째)이 허태정 대전시장(왼쪽에서 네 번째) 등 지자체 및 지역사회 관계자들과 함께 ‘K-water 문화예술이 있는 시민소통공간’ 조성을 알리는 테이프 절단식을 진행하고 있다(사진 왼쪽부터 한국수자원공사 기…
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Chairman Joo Young-jin, former chief of the National Assembly Budget Office, recently elected as chairman of the Korea Parliamentary Research Institute. (Photos : Korea Parliamentary Research Institute)Joo Young-jin is a recognized legislative b…
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Koo Ja-hong, the late first chairman of LG Group, died of 77 on Feb. 11.LS Nikko-Copper Chairman Koo Ja-hong, who shepherded the growth of LS Group, succumbed to a chronic disease he had been suffering from. He was 75. Chairman Koo, born in Jiny…
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By Park Jong-sun, a former professor with Jeonju University and ex-Korean consulate general in Qingtao, China.The global economy posted a high growth rate of 5.5 percent, as each country around the world employed expansionary fiscal and currency poli…
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Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group discusses on AI with KAIST President Lee Kwang-young at a talk show at KAIST’s main campus in Daejeon on April 2.Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group was once an old hand who had contributed…
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