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Minister Lee Eui-kyung of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) delivers a speech at the 2020 Food Safety Day anniversary event at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Seoul on June 12.Food Safety Day falls on May 14 every year. Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the…
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Kim Jung-hwan, President of the KICOX. (Photo: KICOX)Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) has requested the private sector participate in a state-financed fund to strengthen the competitiveness of industrial complexes and improve their working conditions this year.A public contest for a project re…
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Mayor Park speaks at the Cities Against COVID-19 Global Summit, hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, on June 2. (Photo: SMG)Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon proposed the establishment of the tentatively named Cities Alliance Against Pandemic (CCAP), a consultative body among 42 international cities…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo gives a speech at a meeting of the COVID-19 Central Countermeasure Committee at Gyeongsangbuk-do on May 8. (Photo: Gyeongsangbuk-do)Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government submitted to the provincial council a second supplementary budget proposal on May 8 with an i…
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President Park Jae-hyeon of Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water)The Presidential Committee on Water Management and Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) inaugurated a state-run integrated water management consultative body, along with six other public entities and research institutes. The President…
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Paek Ho, head of Seoul Waterworks Authority.Seoul Waterworks Authority has finally fixed a 20-year-old problem involving its tap water related to the installment of flowmeters. The solution involves a novel idea of using big data at water level gauges that have already been established. The idea wou…
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<알마티 순환도로 노선도>한국도로공사와 SK건설은 카자흐스탄 알마티 순환도로 투자사업 시행사인 바카드 유한책임 회사(BAKAD Investment and Operation LLP)와 도로 운영·유지관리 계약을 체결한다고 5월 26일(화) 밝혔다.카자흐스탄 알마티의 외곽순환도로 66km(4~6차로)를 신설하는 해당 사업은 SK건설이 시공…
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<이철우 도지사 광폭행보 (5.24 코로나19 중대본회의)>경상북도(도지사 이철우)는 5월 25일, 300만 도민의 에너지를 하나로 모아 포스트 코로나 시대에 선제적으로 대응하기 위한“다시뛰자 경북 범도민추진위원회” 출범식을 가졌다. 도청에서 개최된 출범식에는 이철우 경북도지사와 장경식 경북도의회 의장을…
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Minister Choi Ki-young of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) gives a commemorative speech at 2020 Anniversary of Science and Information & Communications Days at the Korea Science and Technology Hall on April 21. (Photo: MSIT)The highly coveted Order of Science and Technological Merit, Chang…
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President Moon Jae-in delivers a special address to the nation, marking his 3rd year in office on May 10. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae Website)In a special address marking his 3rd year in office on May 10, President Moon Jae-in announced a plan to elevate the Korea Centers for Disease Con…
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President Jung Sang-hyuk of Shinhan Bank.Shinhan Bank held the 4th K-Global Leap Forward Win-Win Forum to support Korean companies’ entry into the U.S. Market, jointly with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Indu…
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President Lee Hwan-joo of KB Kookmin Bank. (Photos: KB Kookmin Bank)KB Kookmin Bank announced that it has introduced a Braille service to the main menus of its personal internet banking to improve financial accessibility for the visually impaired and…
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President Lee Ho-sung of Hana Bank. (Photos: Hana Bank)Hana Bank announced in late May that it will launch the “Long Live the Republic of Korea Installment Savings Account” for national merit recipients and military and public service members on Ju…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Police Agency (NPA) and the Credit Counseling and Recovery Service (CCRS) on May 28 to prevent d…
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