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Secretary General To Lam of the Vietnamese Communist Party, escorted by BPA President Song Sang-geun, looks around the seventh wharf of Busan New Port, the nation’s first fully automated terminal, on Aug. 13. (Photo: BPA)Busan and Vietnam are strengthening cooperation in the shipping and port secto…
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Jeollanam-do Gov. Kim Young-rok and other participants pose for a group photo while attending a policy session on Yeosu and Gwangyang ports, hub ports for Artic routes at the provincial government building on July 11. (Photo: Jeollanam-do)Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (YGPA) has begun to work out f…
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President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hae-kyung attend a ceremony to receive a letter of “light appointment” from 80 national representatives, at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Sejong the Great Boulevard in Seoul on Aug. 15, symbolizing popular sovereignty coming from people on the occasion of the …
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(from left) PCPP Chmn. Lee Han-joo, PCPP Vice Chmn. Jin Sung-joon.The Presidential Committee on Policy Planning (PCPP) under the control of President Lee Jae-myung held a national briefing session at Cheongwadae on Aug. 13 and unveiled a five-year national administration plan draft, the P…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon replies to a question during a meeting with reporters to mark his three years in office on July 16. (Photos: SMG)Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will introduce a public housing promotion fund to speed up the supply of public housing and rais…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo convenes over a meeting on the preparation process of the APEC 2025 Korea on Aug. 14.With over two months until the opening of the APEC 2025 Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do has shifted into a field-center preparation with the governor inspecting major facilities and servi…
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Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok announces Incheon’s AI innovation vision at the AI vision announcement and contract signing ceremony at Incheon Startup Park in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on Aug. 4. (Photo: Incheon City)The Incheon City government said the municipal government plans to explore future developme…
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Export and import container cargoes that have filed up at wharves of Busan Port. (Photo: BPA)Pig hair was once one of the nation’s top 10 export items, but Korea has now become a powerhouse in advanced technology categories like semiconductors. The “miraculous development” of Korea was evide…
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The IFEZ Authority holds a ceremony in honor of the completion of the IFEZ Smart City Infrastructure Project’s Phase 1 at Songdo G-Tower on Aug. 1. Its Commissioner Yoon Won-seok and staff members pose for a commemorative photo during the ceremony. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ)…
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Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young explains Gyeongju’s vision at a meeting of ranking city officials ahead of the APEC 2025 Korea. (Photos: Gyeongju City)Mayor Joo Nak-young said the municipal government has been concentrating administrative capabilities on successfully hosting the APEC 2025 Korea, slate…
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Shinhan Financial Group holds its 2025 Second Half Management Forum with Jin Ok-dong, Chairman of Shinhan Financial Group, presideding over the forum at Shinhan Bank's Blue Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, on July 1. (Photo : Shinhan Financial Group)Sh…
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President Kang Tae-young of NongHyup Bank. (Photos: NongHyup Bank)NongHyup Bank began operating a generative AI platform on July 4, which will be applied across its entire business process, the bank announced on July 7.The platform is NongHyup Bank’…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee presides over the 2025 Second Half KB Financial Group Management Workshop on July 11-12. (Photo: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group announced its first half 2025 business results via live internet and mobile broadcast on Jul…
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Chairman Ham Young-joo of Hana Financial Group. (Photos: Hana Financial Group)Hana Financial Group reported consolidated net income of 2.301 trillion won for the first half of 2025, including 1.1733 trillion won for the second quarter of 2025.This re…
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