The late Lee Hee-ho, widow of former president Kim Dae-jung.Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former president Kim Dae-jung, died on June 10. She was 97. Lee ended her tumultuous life in which she and her husband experienced hardships during upheavals of Korea’s modern history.She spent her youth while expe…

(from left, front row) Kim Sung-soo, head of the Science, Technology and Innovation Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT,; 1st Vice Minister Cho Sei-young of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,; Vice Minister Suh Ho of the Ministry of Unification,; Vice Minister Park Jae-min of the Ministry of Nat…

Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki speaks at a related ministers’ meeting in which he presided over at the Government Complex in Seoul on April 23. The meeting discussed how to provide financial support to the cash-strapped Asiana Airlines. (Photo: MOEF)The government…

A scene from the K-water Situation Room to check on dams and reservoirs across the country thru electrical hookups.President Lee Hak-soo of Korea Water Resources Corp. (Photos: K-water)Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) conducted an annual inspection on the quality, quantity and ecological condit…

A view of the Gov. Yang Seung-jo of Chungcheong nam-do, 7th R, and members of his mission and top managers of the French company posing for a photo session after signing an MOU for $500 million investment to expand and newly build a poly propylene plant in Daesan, South Chungcheong Province on April…

President Chang Joon-young of Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco). (Photo: K-eco)Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco)’s “telemetery monitoring system” (TMS) has proved to have properly managed air pollutants being emitted by 90 percent of smokestacks. Worksites, subject to TMS, also known as the Cle…

President Chang Joon-young of Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco). (Photo: K-eco)Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco)’s “telemetery monitoring system” (TMS) has proved to have properly managed air pollutants being emitted by 90 percent of smokestacks. Worksites, subject to TMS, also known as the Cle…

President Byun Chang-heum of Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH).Prof. Byun Chang-heum of King Sejong University Department of Public Administration took office as president of Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH) on April 29. New President Byun became the fourth president of LH, which made its debut…

President Moon Jae-in speaks at a ceremony to announce the official commercialization of Korea’s 5G mobile telecom network for the first time in the world at the K-art Hall in Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul on May 8. (Photo on the courtesy of the website of Cheong Wa Dae)As two years have passe…