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Minister Park Jong-ho of Korea Forest Service (KFS) inspects efforts to combat a wildfire in Goseong, Gangwon-do, on May 2. (Photo: KFS)Korea Forest Service (KFS), learning the lessons of a disaster-level wildfire on the East Coast in April 2019, has established a new 2020 comprehensive wildfire cou…
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Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks at a ceremony to sign an investment deal involving a consortium, led by SK, at the Sasemangeum Convention Center in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, on Nov. 24. (Photos: SDIA)With the opening of Saemanguem’s east-west road, the development of the reclamation area in Jeolla…
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President Yoon Tae-jin of Korea Institute for Food Industry Cluster gives a speech at an on-line FOODPOLIS Industry Symposium on the aging-friendly food industry on Nov. 26.Two tenant companies of FOODPOLIS, a new industrial cluster being built in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, obtained Good Manufacturing Pra…
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President Kim In-sik of Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) (Photos: KRC)Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) held a ceremony to mark the 112th anniversary at KRC headquarters in Naju, Jeollanam-do, held on Dec. 8. At the event, it announced “KRC Agro-Fishery Community New Deal” to implement innovative…
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President Moon Jae-in poses with winner of the Order of Industrial Service Merit, including Samsung Electronics President Kim Hyun-suk at a ceremony to mark the 57th Trade Day at COEX on Dec. 8. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)Korea is predicted to see exports surpass $500 billion t…
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President Kwon Pyung-oh Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has announced a roster of 817 Korean-made world-class products for 2020 and their 938 companies in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).The number of…
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President Kim Jung-hwan of Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) speaks at a ceremony to celebrate the 2020 Industrial Complex Day in KICOX headquarters in Daegu on Nov. 12. (Photo: KICOX)The government approved revisions of the act on the facilitating of industrial clusters and the establishing of…
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Kim Hak-kyu, chairman of the Korea Real Estate Board. (Photos: Korea Real Estate Board)The Korea Appraisal Board held an official launching ceremony at its headquarters in Daegu on Dec. 10, proclaiming Korea Real Estate Board as its new name. The Korea Real Estate Board surveys and manages real esta…
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President Nam Ki-chan of Busan Port Authority. Busan Port Authority established a “BPA New Deal” action plan to realize sustainable development of Busan Port in the post-COVID-19 pandemic and 4th Industrial Revolution era in accordance with the government’s comprehensive Korean New Deal policies.…
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President President Go Sang-hwan of Ulsan Port Authority (UPA). (Photos: UPA)Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) has introduced a “shared growth settlement system” designed to promote shared growth with its cooperative companies. The shared growth settlement system is a method in which credit sales bonds a…
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(From left) Toyota Tsusho President & CEO Toshimitsu Imai, Circular Economy Division COO Masaharu Katayama, LG Energy Solution CSO Kang Chang-beom and LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong-myung pose for a photo at a JV signing ceremony on June 19. (Ph…
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LG Chem Vice Chairman & CEO Shin Hak-cheol. (Photos: LG Chem)LG Chem announced on May 8 that it had hosted the Zemi-CONNECT Global symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, gathering over 120 endocrinologists from Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. …
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Models introduce Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S25 Edge, a category-defining slim smartphone joining the Galaxy S series, which went on sale in Korea from May 23. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Electronics on May 13 revealed the full specificatio…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group. (Photo: Korean Air)Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Business Group, concurrently CEO of Korean Air, said, “Korea’s next government should prioritize ways of protecting the Korean aviation industry from t…
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