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President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan prior to their talks on June 19. (photos on courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae)President Park Geun-hye returned on the evening of Feb. 22 from her tour of three Central Asian nations: Uzbekistan J…
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Chairman Lee Pil-woo of Seoul National University’s Advanced Center for Administrative Development Alumni (SNU-ACADA) gives a speech at a national policy seminar on reinventing the state at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building in downtown Seoul on June 12.
Seoul National University…
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(from left) Seoul Mayor-elect Park Won-soon, Busan Mayor-elect Suh Byung-soo, Gyeonggi Gov.-elect Nam Kyung-pil, Incheon Mayor-elect Yoo Jeong-bok, Daegu Mayor-elect Kwon Young-jin, and Jeju Gov.-elect Won Hee-ryong.
Who was the clear winner of the local elections that took place across the nation …
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Dir-Gen Yang Seong-il of the National Pension Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.(Photo:MOHW)
The following are excerpts of an article contributed by Dir.-Gen. Yang Seong-il of the National Pension Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He discusses how the Basic Retirement Fu…
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Dir.-Gen. Ahn Shi-kwon of the Construction Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
The following are excepts of a written interview with Dir.-Gen. Ahn Shi-kwon of the Construction Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on safety ch…
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Minister Chung Seung of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety delivers his commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark Food Safety Day on May 14. (Photo:MFDS)
Starting late this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) makes it obligatory to implement a traceability system for food impo…
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New Speaker Rep. Chung Ui-hwa of the second half of the 19th National Assembly is seen in the middle of his media conference on June 2 at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. The new speaker, the fifth-term legislator, is a member of the ruling Saenuri Party.By Oh Chung-sookThe speaker and…
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President Park Geun-hye goes on TV in tears to apologize to the nation taking full responsibility for the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16, saying that the government failed to take appropriate measures not only to prevent the accident, but also to save lives.(Photo:Cheo…
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Participants in a symposium on the theme of “New Railroad Policies toward Railroad Welfare and Unification held on Feb. 10 in the basement of the National Assembly Library in Yeouido, Seoul, organized by Rep. Cho Hyun-ryong, a member of the National Assembly Land and Trans…
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First Vice Minister Cho Hyun-jae of the Ministry of Culture,
Sports, Tourism, Rep. Kim Kwang-lim and other members of the Culture and
Tourism Service Convergence Forum (CTSF) gesture before posing for a photo
at a recent monthly forum meeting.
By Oh Chung-sook
The gove…
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Chairman Hwang Chul-joo of Jusung Engineering. (Photos: Jusung Engineering) Jusung Engineering is accelerating efforts to secure an upper hand in the next-generation semiconductor market by making the most of a new technology replacing silicon.&…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group introduces Korean Air’s new CI and livery at “Rising Night” event at a hangar at Korean Air headquarters in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, on March 11.Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group laid out this year’s management v…
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Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun announces a plan to invest a combined $21 billion in the United States at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC on March 24 as President Donald Trump, Louisiana Gov. Jeffrey Martin Landry an…
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Chmn. Chang In-hwa of POSCO Holdings speaks at its 57th General Meeting of Shareholders at the POSCO Center in Seoul on March 20. (Photo: POSCO)POSCO Holdings held POSCO Group’s technology strategy meeting designed to secure super-gap technology com…
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