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Chairman Chey Tae-won (middle), chairman of the Seoul Chamber of Commerce and Industry, presides over his first meeting with chairmen of regional chambers of commerce on line on March 18. ¡°We will launch a new regional economic team to promote regional economies,¡± Chey says. Woo Tae-hee (left), vi¡¦
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LS Group Chairman Christopher Koo has been appointed as the 31st chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). (Photo: LS Group)LS Group Chairman Koo Ja-yeol (Christopher Koo) has been appointed as the 31st chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). KITA¡¯s leaders¡¦
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President Moon Jae-in announces national tasks for the year 2021 during his New Year¡¯s address on Jan. 11. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)President Moon Jae-in said, ¡°Inter-Korean cooperation on its own can achieve many things.¡± During the fifth and final year in office, Presiden¡¦
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POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo gives a key-note speech on the theme of ¡°Post-COVID-19 Megatrends: A New Decade¡± at WSD Steel Success Strategies held virtually on Oct. 27. (Photos: POSCO)POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo, who has been nominated for his second term, has declared an official company goal ¡¦
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Korean Air Chairman Cho Won-tae. Korean Air will be merged with the financially troubled Asiana Airlines. If the megadeal is completed, it will create a ¡°super national flag carrier,¡± which ranks 7th among global airliners. Under the megadeal, Korea Development Bank (KDB), the main credit bank of ¡¦
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Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun. (Photos: Hyundai Motor Group)Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun has been promoted to chairman of the automobile conglomerate, succeeding his father Chung Mong-koo. Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Mobis and other subsidiaries of Hyundai Motor ¡¦
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki. (Photos: MOEF)The 2020 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) will be held virtually this year on October 12-18, 2020, to ensure the health and safety of ¡¦
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President Lee Cheong-ryong of Mine Reclamation Corp. (MIRECO).Mine Reclamation Corp. (MIRECO) plans to implement a project to reclaim mining areas polluted with mercury in Indonesia. The project is one of an Official Development Assistance (ODA) programs of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy¡¦
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki presides over an online governors¡¯ meeting on May 22 at Seoul Government Complex on May 22, the first part of the 53rd ADB Annual Meeting. (Photo: MOEF)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold the second stage of its 53rd Annua¡¦
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President Moon Jae-in presides over a national report session on the Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae on July 14. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)The government came up with a master plan for a ¡°Korean New Deal,¡± which will channel 160 trillion won into the economy and create 1.9 m¡¦
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Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, MSIT Vice Minister Koo Hyuk-chae, Chairman Kwon Oh-nam of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), and ICT Chmn. Noh Joon-hyung as well as prize winners attend a ceremony to celebrate the 2026 an¡¦
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Chmn. Moon Dong-min of Korean Standards Association, Senior Executive Vice Presdient Moon Jong-seung of Samsung Electronics¡¯ Digital Appliances (DA) Division, and CEO Per Ove ¨ªyberg of Nemko Group attend a ceremony in which Samsung Electronics¡¯ Ho¡¦
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President Kwon Seok-yoon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) poses with related KRIBB researchers during a briefing session on the launch of ¡°mission-oriented visionary projects¡± (MVPs) at KRIBB head office in Yu¡¦
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People Power Party (PPP) candidate Lee Cheol-woo, seeking reelection for his 3rd term as Gyeongsangbuk-do governor, exchanges greetings at the 2026 Gyeongsangbuk-do Children¡¯s Festival, at the Gyeongbuk Millennium Forest Garden on May 5. (Photo: PPP¡¦
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