Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoo Il-ho (Photo: MOSF). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoo Il-ho will head a Korean delegation to the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to be held in Yokohama, Ja…

Mintong Chairman Lee Jeong-ik delivers his opening speech at a ceremony to sign an MOU on the cause of peaceful unification with the Korean Senior Citizens Association (KSCA). A mid the stark reality of tepid inter-Korean relations, resulting from North Korea’s provocative nuclear and missile test…

MOTIE Minister Joo Hyung-hwan, KEPCO President Cho Hwan-eik, KPX Chairman Yoo Sang-hee, and other power company CEOs pose for a group photo while the minister made an inspection to KEPCO and Korea Power Exchange in Naju on Jan. 9. MOTIE Minister Joo Hyung-hwan made an inspection tour to KEPCO and K…

Chairman Lee Pil-woo of Seoul National University’s Advanced Center for Administrative Development Alumni (SNU-ACADA). Chairman Lee, also chairman of the Association of Chungcheongbuk-do Residents Seoul and the Central Fraternity Association of Gyeongju Lee Genealogy Chairman Lee Pil-woo of Seoul …

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyung-hwan, SK Hynix Vice Chairman & CEO Park Sung-wook, Vice Chairman Nam Ki-man of the Korea Semiconductor Industry Associaiton, and other officials gesture during the minister’s tour to SK Hynix’s plant in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, on Jan. 25. Minister…

Chairman Park Yongmaan of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry gives a speech at a New Year’s gathering hosted by the KCCI. The business community pledged to restore public trust, which has been tarnished in the wake of the swirling scandal involving Choi Soon-sil, President Park Geun-hye’s…

MOTIE Vice Minister Chung and winners of orders and other prizes in recognition of their quality management activities pose for a group photo session. (Photo: MOTIE) The year 2016 is remembered as a year in which a string of issues have taken place to remind the world of the significance of quality…

KOTRA President Kim Jae-hong. Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) will spearhead a goal to help the nation see international trade recover to more than $1 trillion and attract $22 billion in foreign direct investment in 2017. KOTRA said the agency will redouble efforts to secure lost m…

Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Services Commission(FSC) (Photos: FSC) The Financial Services Commission (FSC) will do all it can to set up the Common Blockchain Consortium in the financial industry by the end of this year, said FSC Chairman Yim Jong-yong on Oct. 24. The government move can…