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Minister Kim Jae-hyun of Korea Forest Service. (Photo:KFS)The Korea Forest Service (KFS) will establish 32 new forested areas around the country to help mitigate the negative effects of “fine dust,” including planning 11 forests within cities to help improve urban life around the country.At a medi…
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Kim Yong-chae, chief of the FEZ Planning Office.(Photo:MOTIE) / IFEZ Commissioner Kim Jin-yong. (Photo:IFEZ) YESFEZ Commissioner Hwang Sung-tae.(Photo:YESFEZ) / DGFEZ Commissioner Lee In-sun. (Photo:DGFEZ) GFEZ Commissioner Kim Kap-sup.(Photo:GFEZ) / CBFEZ Commissioner Chun Hyung-shi…
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President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH), State Minister for Housing and Services Jinan Boushehri, Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Bader Al-Wugay, and Director Lee Myung-sup in charge of overseas construction support at the Ministry of Land, …
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President Lee Hak-soo delivers his New Year’s speech at a ceremony held on Jan. 2 at K-water head office to kick off the new year of 2019. (Photos: K-water)President Lee Hak-soo of Korea Water Resources Corp.President Lee Hak-soo of the Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) said in his New Year’s …
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President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Express Corp. (KEC) gives a speech at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary. (Photo: KEC)President Lee Kang-rae of Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) revealed a plan of becoming “an artery of peace” to pave the way for inter-Korean reconciliation and exchanges on the oc…
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President Kim Hak-kyu of Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) (Photo: KAB)Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) predicted that housing transaction and jeonse (a lump sum deposit on a rental space) prices across the nation would plunge 1 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively, this year compared to 2018.The prediction w…
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Deputy Minister for Trade and Investment Park Tae-sung of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), Executive Vice Chairman Han Jin-hyun of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) as well as representatives and CEOs from KOTRA and the Small and medium Business Corp. (SBC) and comp…
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President Lee Chae-kwang of Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp. (Photos: HUG)Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corp. (HUG) signed an MOU with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Jan. 21 to work together on advanced financial tactics in urban renewal of Europe. The EIB is the European Union's…
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Chairman Jeong Man-ki of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) delivers his inaugural speech as he took office as the 17th chairman of the association Jan. 2. (Photo: KAMA)Former vice minister Jeong Man-ki of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) took office as the 17th …
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki. (Photo: MOEF)South Korea’s exports shrank for a second straight month in January as faltering demand in China hit prices of memory chips and petrochemical products, adding further stress on the economy from slowing global growth…
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Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun, POSCO Group Chmn. Jang In-hwa, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Rep. Troy Carter, MOTIR Minister Kim Jung-kwan, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade William Kimmitt, and Hyundai St…
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Senior Executive Vice President Won Kwang-sik of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (left) receives a plaque of appreciation from Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of the ITER Organization (right), at the 'KOREA-ITER Fusion Day' event held in Cadarache, s…
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“XTeer,” an engine oil exclusively for hydrogen internal combustion engines, developed and supplied by HD Hyundai Oilbank. (Photo: HD Hyundai Oilbank)HD Hyundai Oilbank launched a drive to capture the hydrogen mobility lubricant market by developin…
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President Kim Hoe-chun of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Claude Imauven, Chairman of the Board of Directors, exchange a letter of intent on long-term cooperation in the uranium enrichment sector the two companies struck as President Lee J…
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