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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu speaks at an innovation forum designed to apply design thinking to the knowledge service and R&D sectors at the L Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, on Dec. 20.(Photos: MOTIE)The logo for design thinking.The design for a functional shoe.
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Minister You Young-min of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) set aside 203.6 billion won for the 2018 R&D budget for the nuclear power sector, 30 billion won lower than this year’s. Furthermore, the ministry’s decision to spend two-thirds of the money on n…
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President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech at a New Year’s gathering at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 2. (Courtesy on the website of Cheong Wa Dae)President Moon Jae-in.
President Moon Jae-in delivered his New Year address on Jan. 1 in which he said his government’s top goal in improving the quality of peop…
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Director General for Standards Policy Kang Byung-gu of the the Korean Agency for Technology Standards (KATS) speaks at the 2017 Korea Standard Leadership Conference that opened for a three-day run at the Busan Paradise Hotel in Busan on Dec. 14.A view of the 2017 Korea Standard Leadership Conference…
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Dignitaries, including Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon and Chairman Park Sung-taek, toast at a New Year’s gathering of SME businessmen at the KBIZ Building in Yeouido, Seoul, on Jan. 10.Chairman Park Sung-taek, gives a speech at a New Year’s gathering of SME businessmen (Photos:KBIZ)
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Minister Kim Yung-rok of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA).A view of a horse racing event at Let’s Run Park in Seoul.(Photos: MAFRA, KRA)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) plans to set aside 761.9 billion won by 2021 in support to nurture a horse…
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President Moon Jae-in holds a New Year’s news conference at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 10. (Photos on the courtesy of the website of Cheong Wa Dae)
President Moon Jae-in said, “The improving of inter-Korean relations and the solving of North Korean nuclear issue should be achieved together.”
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President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech at a New Year’s gathering at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 2. (Courtesy on the website of Cheong Wa Dae)
President Moon Jae-in hosted a New Year’s dinner at Cheong Wa Dae with invited representatives from several walks of life in which he promised ease polarization…
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President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with IOC President Tomas Bach on July 3, 2017 at a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in which he called for the IOC’s support in the forming of a unified team between the two Koreas. (On courtesy of the website of Cheong Wa Dae)President Moon Jae-in and Minister of Culture…
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon delivers a speech at a ceremony to kick off the 2018 business year at Sejong Center for Performing Arts.Seoul Mayor Park doles out a rice cake to an official of the Seoul Metropolitan Government prior to the event. (Photos: SMG)
In his New Year’s message, Seoul Mayor Park…
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CEO Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex talks with GS Caltex staff members at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo: GS Caltex)GS Holdings said in an electronic notice released on May 13 that the holding company of GS Group posted 6,842.4 billion won in revenu…
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CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi of S-OIL. (Photos: S-OIL)S-OIL chalked up more than 1.2 trillion won in operating profit on the back of inventory profit, caused by crude oil price hikes for the first quarter of this year, in results that surprised analysts.Pr…
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Chairman Chang Sae-joo of Dongkuk Steel Group. (Photos: Dongkuk Steel Group)Dongkuk Steel announced on April 24 that it posted sales of 857.2 billion won, an operating profit of 21.4 billion won, and a net profit of 6.2 billion won in the first quart…
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Chairman Park Gee-won of Doosan Enerbility. (Photos: Doosan Enerbility)Doosan Enerbility said on April 23 that major Doosan Enerbility executives, including Chmn. Park Gee-won, embarked on efforts to promote cooperation to participate in a new power …
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