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Administrator Shin Won-sup of the Korea Forest Service (KFS).
The Korea Forest Service (KFS) is hitting the accelerator to expand overseas plantations to secure a long-term timber supply.
Figures released by the KFS showed that Korea has managed to plant 399,068 ha in 14 countries, which is 475 ti…
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Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Services Commission
Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Services Commission said on Oct. 18 that DTI regulations will not be applied to collective borrowings, and the FSC has no intention to strengthen the DTI standards currently set at 60 percent of annu…
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Executive Vice President Min Min-hong, head of the International Tourism Strategy Division at the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) speaks at the 2016 Hangzhou Korea MICE & Culture Festival sponsored by the KTO at the Hangzhou Garden Hotel on May 20.Participants of the 2016 Rotary International S…
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EUMC Director Kim Seung-cheol, concurrently vice president of Ewha Womans University; shakes hands with Director Enkhtur Shonkhuuz of the National Center for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH) of Mongolia after signing an MOU involving remote medical services at EUMC in Seoul. (Photo: EUMC)
The Ewha…
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Global leaders, including Korean President Park Geun-hye, pose for a group photo while attending the G20 Summit held in Hangzhou, China from Sept. 4 to 5.
After attending the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, President Park Geun-hye arrived in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept. 6, to attend ASEAN-related summi…
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Saenuri Chairman Lee Jung-hyun delivers a speech as one of the heads of parliamentary negotiating bodies on Sept. 5. (Photo: Saenuri Party)
Chairman Lee Jung-hyun of the Saenuri Party proposed a political alliance between the ruling party and Honam (Jeolla provinces), a bastion of former president …
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Minister Joo Hyung-hwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).MOTIE Minister Joo speaks at a meeting with CEOs of Korean automakers at the Conrad Seoul Hotel in Yeouido on Aug. 18. (Photos: MOTIE)
Minister Joo Hyung-hwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) urged CE…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyung-hwan, Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman Kwon Moon-shik, and others pose for a group photo after participating in a ceremony to inaugurate the Hydrogen Convergence Alliance. (Photo: MOTIE)
The government and the private sector have inaugurated a hydrogen co…
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Lee Keon-jae, senior researcher at Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), spoke about the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how to respond to future changes.
Question: What are core wearable technologies that will lead up to the Fourth Industrial Revolution,…
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Commissioner Kwon Oh-bong of the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (GFEZ).
The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (GFEZ) has successfully attracted 33 companies and investments worth 1,148.3 billion won under the stewardship of GFEZ Commissioner Kwon Oh-bong, who took office in July 2015.
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LS Cable & System President & CEO Koo Bon-kyu delivers a commemorative speech at a groundbreaking ceremony for the largest submarine cable manufacturing plant in Chesapeake, Virginia. LS Cable & System has become the first Korean com…
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President Huh Se-hong of GS Caltex. (Photos: GS Caltex)GS Caltex’s tedious efforts have paid off through private-public sector cooperation: persuading the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to allow general refueling ships to carry “B30 bio …
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President Kwon Myung-ho of Korea East-West Power (EWP). (Photos: EWP)Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP) revealed AI technologies for use in the energy sector at the 2025 World IT Show, which took place at COEX in Seoul from April 24 to April 26. Th…
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President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. inspects major facilities of the Shinuijeongbu Substation to expand the power grid and looks into countermeasures against abnormal climate phenomena, such as a spell of severe heat and downpours …
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