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…

2nd Vice Mayor Kim Hak-jin of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) speaks at the International Urban Resilience Forum Seoul 2020 held virtually on Dec. 9. (Photos: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) held the International Urban Resilience Forum Seoul 2020 virtually on Dec. 9. The forum w…

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…