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			President Kim Yong-jin of Korea East-West Power (EWP).
Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP) is expanding its business portfolio from the conventional power generation business to related consulting and operation and services. 
The power company is developing a way of optimizing the operation of po¡¦	
			 
			 
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			President Jung Ha-hwang of Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO).
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) offers a one-stop service program to promote shared growth with cooperative SMEs, ranging from support for their operation funds to manpower development. Business leaders appreciate a program that is tailo¡¦			 
		 
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			President Yoon Jong-geun of the Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO).
Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO) held sessions for companywide executives to take stock of corporation¡¯s future direction and pending major issues at the Samcheok Power Generation Headquarters in Gangwon-do from Feb. 2 to Feb. 3. Th¡¦			 
		 
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			President Chang Jae-won of Korea South-East Power.
Korea South-East Power Co. (KOEN) President Chang Jae-won, executives and staff members participated in a ceremony to declare the ¡°2nd founding of KOEN¡± at the KOEN headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, on Jan. 23. 
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			New President Jung Eui-heon of KEPCO KPS.
Jung Eui-heon, head of the Business Management Division at KEPCO KPS took office as the new president of KEPCO KPS on Jan. 25.
KEPCO KPS held the 1st extraordinary shareholders¡¯ meeting of 2017 at its headquarters in Naju and elected Jung as the power com¡¦			 
		 
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			Chairman Kim Ho-sung of the Korea Nuclear Energy Agency (KNEA) poses with a visiting 19-member nuclear delegation from Singapore, headed by Deputy Secretary Peter Tan Hai Chuan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following their meeting designed to exchange a wide range of views on the pending issues¡¦			 
		 
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			President Lee Seung-hoon of Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS).
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) President Lee Seung-hoon said the election of U.S President Donald Trump¡¯s will bring about greater uncertainty, but the good news is that his inauguration means new opportunities for Korean energy companies. 
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			Celebrating the 43rd anniversary of its founding on Feb. 1, President Park Ki-dong of the Korea Gas Safety Corp. (KGS) and other KGS executives attend a ceremony to put a time capsule 200-odd items related to the development of the Korean gas safety industry and the KGS¡¯s history, ,which is to be r¡¦			 
		 
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Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) has established comprehensive earthquake-proof measures to reinforce the safety of the second phase, near surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in the wake of the last Sept. 12 quake. 
KORAD decided to redesign the ¡¦			 
		 
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At its press conference at CES 2017, Samsung Electronics unveiled its vision for 2017 and how it is reaching higher with a wide range of innovations to provide consumers with their best experience yet. Key product announcements included the stunning new QLED TV lineup, FlexWash¢â + FlexDry¢â laund¡¦			 
		 
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				K-water President Yun Seog-dae poses with ambassadors from the five countries of the Mekong River during their meeting designed to discuss ways of promoting cooperation in sustainable water management at Samcheonggak, Seoul, on Sept. 26. (Photo: K-wa¡¦			 
			 
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				Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary at NPS headquarters in Jeonju City on Sept. 18.The National Pension Service (NPS) held a ceremony to mark its 3¡¦			 
			 
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				Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare poses with major participants of the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy (HLMHE) that took place from Sept. 15 to 16 at The Shilla ¡¦			 
			 
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				President Lee Sang-hoon of Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) (Photos: KICOX)Rep. Kim Jung-ho of the Democratic Party of Korea said various laws and notices related to institutional reform to implement photovoltaic power projects — core ene¡¦			 
			 
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