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President Oh Young-sik of the Korea Railroad Corp.(Korail)
President Oh Young-sik of Korea Railroad Corp. (Korail) took office as CEO of the railway corporation at the Korail headquarters in Daejeon on Feb. 6. Unlike his predecessor’s inauguration ceremony, President Oh exchanged greetings with Ko…
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Passengers from the cruise Queen Marry Cruise take pictures in front the mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games during a port call at Incheon Port last March 27. (Photos: IPA)
The Incheon Port Authority (IPA) has successfully attracted two world cruises in 2020 from Celebrity Cruise, and sig…
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President Kim Yong-ik of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS).
Newly inaugurated President Kim Yong-ik of the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said his most important tasks are the President Moon Jae-in government’s policy of strengthening coverage of health insurance and revamping…
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President Lee Byung-ho delivers his inaugural speech at a ceremony on Feb. 18 at the company’s head office in Naju, North Jeolla Province.
President Lee Byung-ho got a letter of appointment to be the 18th CEO of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) from Minister Kim Young-rok of the …
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President Chun Byung-sung of Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco).
Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco) saved 48.2 billion won last year in the installation of 42 public environment facilities with the help of design feasibility studies.
Design feasibility studies are a process in which economics and feasib…
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SL operates a power generation facility with a capacity of 2.4MW using biogas from treatment of food wastewater.
Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SL) recently obtained a U.S. patent for a technology that reuses “fraction scum” from food waste storage facilities. The patented technology mi…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu poses with KPA Chairman Kim Hyo-suk of the Korea Petroleum Association, GS Caltex Chairman Huh Jin-soo, SK Energy President Cho Kyung-mok, S Oil President Osman and Hyundai Oilbank President Moon Jong-bak, during a meeting with CEOs of four major re…
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New President Oh Young-sik of Korail delivers his inaugural speech on ‘Feb. 20 at Korail headquarters in Daejeon.(Photos: Korail)Korea Railroad Corp. (Korail) will be one of the busiest organizations during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics as it is in charge of the entire railroad transportatio…
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Gov. Choi Moon-soon of the Gangwon-do provincial government.
"South and North Korea will hold a youth soccer competition in Pyongyang, North Korea, in June, and in that case, South Korea’s dispatching a cheering squad to North Korea is to be expected,” said Gov. Choi Moon-soon of the Gangwon-do p…
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President Park Sang-woo of Korea Land and Housing Corp.
Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) announced on Feb. 11 that it will take part in 961 public project orders this year amounting to 9.2 trillion won, which is down 2.7 trillion won. The reduction from the preceding year is due to cuts in social …
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Chairman Joo Young-jin, former chief of the National Assembly Budget Office, recently elected as chairman of the Korea Parliamentary Research Institute. (Photos : Korea Parliamentary Research Institute)Joo Young-jin is a recognized legislative b…
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Koo Ja-hong, the late first chairman of LG Group, died of 77 on Feb. 11.LS Nikko-Copper Chairman Koo Ja-hong, who shepherded the growth of LS Group, succumbed to a chronic disease he had been suffering from. He was 75. Chairman Koo, born in Jiny…
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By Park Jong-sun, a former professor with Jeonju University and ex-Korean consulate general in Qingtao, China.The global economy posted a high growth rate of 5.5 percent, as each country around the world employed expansionary fiscal and currency poli…
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Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group discusses on AI with KAIST President Lee Kwang-young at a talk show at KAIST’s main campus in Daejeon on April 2.Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group was once an old hand who had contributed…
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