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President Lee Jae-myung takes an oath as he took office as the 21st president in an inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly Rotunda Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4. (Photos on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as the 21st president in an inaugurati…
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(from left) Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on the ticket of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo on the ticket of the People Power Party (PPP). (Photos: DPK, PPP)Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok. (Photo: MOEF)Minister Ahn Deok-geun of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo: MOTIE)U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcing of reciprocal tariffs on imports in a reversal of long-standing free trade has roiled the global financi…
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Visitors at Samsung Electronics Pavilion try on the Galaxy S25 at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, which took place at Fira Gran Via, Barcelona from March 3-6. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics, rebuking his executives that Samsung had lost its “intrinsic DNA,” stres…
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President Lee Jae-keun of KB Bank. (Photos: KB Bank)KB Kookmin Bank topped the commercial bank category at the 2024 National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) for the eighteen time, and for the 10th consecutive year. The achievement is owed to the bank’s attitude of lending an ear to customer…
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a victory speech at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida on Nov. 6. (Photos on the courtesy of Donald Trump’s campaign)Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who won in a sweeping victory in the presidential election in early N…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok. (Photo: MOEF)A Korean delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, will participate in the 24th Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), to be hel…
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Chairman Lee Jay-yong of Samsung Electronics. (Photos: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Electronics is to release Galaxy S24 FE (Fan Edition) in Korea on Nov. 1. The upcoming edition employs all AI functions available from Galaxy S24, but its release has been advanced as a semi-premium smartpho…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announces a vision on Seoul’s creative industry at a ground-breaking ceremony for “Seoul’s creative industry hub” at Dragon City Hotel in Yongsan, Seoul, on Nov. 29. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to make Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, as a hub of game an…
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President Yoon Suk-yeol holds summit talks U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the prime minister’s residence of 10 Downing Street in London on Nov. 22. (Photo: Yonhap News Agency)President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held summit talks on Nov. 22 and adopted the so-called Downi…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photo: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group joined the trend of logging record-breaking first-quarter earnings, achieving its highest performance since its merger with Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) wi…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group logged an all-time high net profit of about 1.9 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, driven by improved outcomes in the non-banking sector. K…
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KODIT CEO Kang Seung-jun (fifth from the left) poses for a photo with participants in the NEST AI-Lab Launch Ceremony on May 8. (Photo: KODIT)Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) announced on May 11 that it held a launch ceremony for NEST AI-Lab at NE…
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Shinhan Bank President Jung Sang-hyuk poses for a photo with officials of FTP Corp. in Hanoi,Vietnam. (Photo: Shinhan Bank)Shinhan Bank announced on April 27 that it signed business agreements with major local financial and industrial institutions by…
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