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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 budget expert who served as a senior member of the …
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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 Jinyang, Gyeongsangnam-do, was the eldest son of the f…
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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 policies to overcome crises caused by the COVID-19 pan…
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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 most of his life as “a legendary captain,” spec…
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The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee. (Photos: Samsung Group)The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee had been credited with catapulting a local business into a global tech giant of chips, smartphones and home appliances. He died at Samsung Hospital in Gangnam, Seoul, on Oct. 25. He was 78…
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Ahn Jong-bae, Chairman of Global Futures Studies Association & Professor of Hansei University.Please explain the world change after COVID-19 in one word.‘The New Renaissance’ With the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world has gone through chaos for a while, and humanism will converge with science and t…
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Artist Lee takes a look at an album of portraits of Shin Saimdang and Yulgok Yi Yi printed on Korean banknotes. (Photos: Artist Lee Jong-sang's office)Artist Lee Jong-sang painted portraits of two historic figures to be used on Korean banknotes. The artist is considered one of the greatest portrait …
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Dir.-Gen. Han Sang-bae of the Food Safety Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). (Photo: MFDS)Starting this year, the pesticide positive list system (PLS) has gone into force to ensure safety management of pesticides from the stage of production. The regime is designed to cont…
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Deputy Minister Song Hyung-keun of the Natural Environment Policy Office at the Ministry of Environment (MOE). (Photos: MOE)The Act on Waste Management is to go into force next May to put an end to the illegal dumping of waste. Under the law, waste producers and those entrusted with treating waste, …
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취임 1주년을 맞으셨는데 소감은?1년이 어떻게 지나갔는지 모를 정도로 바빴다. 취임 후 처음에는 현실을 진단하고 발전 방안을 구상하는데 시간을 많이 보냈다. 매일 새벽 다섯 시에 일어나 자정이 돼야 집에 들어갈 정도로 하루하루 최선을 다해 열심히 일했다. 한 달 평균 1만 km를 달렸다. 1년 동안 지구 세 바퀴에 달…
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Joo Yong-tae (fourth from left), head of Seoul Water, poses for a photo with participants in the 2026 Seoul Waterworks Workshop. (Photos: Seoul Metropolitan Government)From May 18 to May 28, the Seoul Metropolitan Government invited water officials f…
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President Kwon Suk-yoon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcom…
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On May 20, the IFEZ Authority holds a meeting for the Songdo International Eco Center Project at Songdo G Tower. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced that it held a meeting of the Songdo International Eco Center Proj…
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Park Se-woong speaks about the ETRI’s future in his inaugural ceremony. (Photos: ETRI)Park Se-woong took office as the 11th President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). Park is an ICT expert who has led research, ed…
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