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Minister of Defense Chung Kyung-du shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper as they meet for the first time at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 9 to reconfirm the crucial importance of the Korea-U.S. security alliance and close cooperation for denuclearization of North Korea. The new…
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Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) (Photo: CJ Group)Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik of the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) said, “At the current crisis situation, not only the government and labor should extend a helping hand to companies so that they can take a deep bre…
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Chairman-nominee Eun Sung-soo of the Financial Services Commission.Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman-nominee Eun Sung-soo faces a daunting task of minimizing the impact of global trade disputes on the domestic financial market, as he prepares for the parliamentary hearing on his nominatio…
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President Koo Bon-hwan of Incheon International Airport Corp. (Photo: IIAC)The Korean National Railroad was a government enterprise, spin off from the Ministry of Transportation, in September 1963. It had suffered chronic losses caused by lax management, promoting a public call to transform it into …
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President Kwon Pyong-oh of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) is extending a helping hand to SMEs and middle market enterprises using a combined 16.8 billion won in supplementary budget. KOTRA has set aside 10.8 billion won for an export v…
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Offices from MAFRA and aT hold a strategic meeting designed to expand exports under the New Northern Policy Market initiative at a newly opened aT branch in Vladivostok on July 11. (Photo: aT)The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and Korea Agro-fisheries & Food Trade Corp. …
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President Kim Yong-ik of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) speaks at a session to report the outcomes of the 2nd anniversary of the President Moon Jae-in’s Care initiative at the Ilsan Hospital in Goyang on July 2. (Photo: NHIS)A health insurance deliberation committee failed to agree on…
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President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Cheong Wa Dae, the Presidential Office, on June 26 before holding talks. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)Saudi Arabia and South Korea signed an $8.3 billion economic cooperation pact on June 26 during C…
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<President Moon Jae-in speaks about Japan’s export curbs to Korea during a meeting with economic and business leaders at Cheong Wa Dae on July 10. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)>Korean-Japanese relations have soured to their lowest level in decades, reaching the point where…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo shakes hands with minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid A. Al-Falih of Saudi Arabia after sining an agreement on hydrogen economy and auto as President Moon Jae-in and Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman look on at Cheong Wa Dae on Jun…
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KEPCO President & CEO Kim Dong-chel of Korea Electric Power Corp. poses with ENEC CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi after KEPCO struck an MOU on new nuclear power technology, AI and global market cooperation partnership with Emirates Nuclear Energy Company …
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(from left) Senior Managing Director Jeong Cheol-sang of HJ Shipbuilding & Construction, Cho Seok-jin, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) of KHNP, and Kim Jong-doo, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Nuclear Business Group a…
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GS Caltex holds a completion ceremony for a palm oil refinery of the ARC in Balikpapan, Indonesia, on Nov. 19. GS Caltex Vice Chairman and CEO Hur Sae-hong poses for a photo with POSCO International President Lee Kye-in and other representatives of b…
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President Kang Ki-yoon of the Korea South-East Power makes an inspection tour of a construction site at the Goseong Natural Gas Power Plant, now under construction in Hai-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, on Nov. 7.President Kang Ki-yoon of the K…
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