Administrator Lee Seung-woo of Korea Agency for Technology and Standards. (Photo: KATS)The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), under the umbrella of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), announced a plan on Jan. 7 to implement four signature policies for the 2021: standa…

Seoul Jung-gu Mayor Seo Yang-ho.Seoul Jung-gu Office has set its budget for the year 2021 at 532.2 billion won, up 4.9 percent over last year. The total accounts for 482.9 billion won in general accounting and 49.3 billion won in special accounting. Seoul Jung-gu excluded nonessential projects so as…

President Park Jae-hyeon of Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) delivers his New Year’s message via an in-house broadcasting system on Jan. 4. (Photo: K-water)President Park Jae-hyeon of Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) said the year 2021 is a first year of efforts to elevate Korea to the wo…

President Choi Jun-wook of Incheon Port Authority gives his New Year’s message, posted on-line on Jan. 4, in he disclised a plan to raise container cargo volumes to 3.45 million TEUs this year. President Choi Jun-wook of Incheon Port Authority came up with a plan to raise container cargo volumes to…

President Seok Jae-bum of Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) speaks at an opening session of IITP Tech & Future Insight Concert on Dec. 22. (Photos: IITP)Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) h…

<경남 합천군 합천댐 작업자들이 수상태양광 구조체를 조립하고 있다.>한국수자원공사(사장 박재현)는 국내 최대규모로 조성되는 경남 합천군 합천댐 수상태양광 사업을 지역주민들이 건설단계부터 완공 이후 운영과 수익 배분에 함께 참여하는 ‘주민참여형’ 사업으로 조성하기 위해 12월 21일 합천댐 사업대상지에…

<정부의 사회적 거리두기 3단계에 준하여 한국국토정보공사 직원들이 특별방역조치에 따라 체온 측정과 손소독 뒤 건물로 들어가고 있다. >정부가 12월 24일부터 5인 이상 집합 금지 방안을 시행하기로 한 가운데, 한국국토정보공사(사장 김정렬·LX)가 국민과 직원의 안전강화를 위해 사회적 거리두기 3단계에 준하…

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun delivers a speech after the National Assembly approved the 2021 budget bill at a plennery session on Dec. 12. (Photo: National Assembly)The National Assembly approved next year’s budget of 558 trillion won, a 2.2 trillion won increase from the planned budget set by the…

Minister Kim Hyeon-soo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.Korean agricultural produce and food exports have achieved an all-time high mark despite rapid foreign market condition changes, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The achievement is not only partly owed to rising concern ov…