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Kia Motors, Samsung Electronics and Kumho Tire, the Big Three companies that have served as the pillars of the economy of Gwangju Metropolitan City for the past 40 years, have fallen upon hard times. Kia Motor’s Gwangju plant, producing the Soul, Sportage and Bongo models, are seeing a decline in…
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The Global Green Hub Korea 2017 (GGHK 2017) that took place from Sept. 4 to 5 at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon attracted about 200 officials of 143 foreign project owners from 41 countries and roughly 500 Korean company officials.
The 10th GGKH exhibition was hosted by the Ministry of Env…
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Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) has been selected to oversee a state-financed AI flagship project this year by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT).
The project calls for investments worth a combined 70 billion won over five years until 2020 into the development o…
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Chairman Kim Byung-won of the National Agricultural Cooperatives Federation(NACF) holds the Korea Reform Management Award for 2017 he won in line at the 19th Korea Reform Related Academics Integrated Conference held at the Gwangju Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, Aug…
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The government’s 2018 budget calls for a 7.1 percent increase in spending to 429 trillion won, aligning it with President Moon Jae-in’s economic initiatives of focusing on income-led growth and creating jobs. The budget increase is higher than the government’s economic growth forecast of 4.5 pe…
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Gwangju Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun said Gwangju Metropolitan City will strive to come up with their own steps to create jobs and foster the development of the eco-friendly auto, new energy and cultural content industries to cope with the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
Mayor Yoon of the Gwanju…
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Minister Do Jong-hwan of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), Minister Yoshimash Hayashi of Education,Culture, Sports,Science and Technology and Chinese Minister of Culture Luo Shugang hold a certificate of a “Kyoto communiqu” they singed during the 9th Korean, Chinese and Japanese …
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Chairman Choi Jong-ku of the Financial Services Commission(FSC).
The government plans to plow up to 40 trillion won in the coming years into areas related to the 4th Industrial Revolution, including such sectors as smart factories, drones and self-driving cars. The government will also entirely do …
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Dignitaries, including Minister Kim Hyun-mee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and K-water President Lee Hank-soo, take each other’s hand during an opening ceremony of the 1st Asia International Water Week, which coincided with the Korea International Water Week at the H…
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Chairman & President Moon Jae-do of Korea Export Insurance Corp.(K-sure) (Photo: K-sure)
Chairman & President Moon Jae-do of Korea Export Insurance Corp. (K-sure) toured Beijing 10 days after he took the helm of the trade support organization in March to look into the damage Korean companie…
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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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