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2nd Vice Minister Yoon Jong-lok of the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP) (photo: MSIPThe Park Geun-hye government attaches top policy priority to building the creative economy and creating jobs.
¡°The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (M¡¦
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Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-seok announces South and North Koreas¡¯ agreeing to the reopening of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea, shut down by North Korea unilaterally. (photos:MOU) South and North Korea agreed on Aug. 14 to normalize the Gaeseong In¡¦
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Dir. Gen. Kwon Byung-yoon of the Road Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is seeking to introduce the next-generation Cooperative-ITS, designed to optimize road utilization and dramatically reduce traffic¡¦
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A view of the Smart Geospatial Expo 2012.(photos: MOLIT) The global spatial information market, whose size was estimated at 89 trillion won in 2010 with an annual average growth rate of 11 percent, is an up-and-coming ¡°blue-ocean¡± market forecast to surge to 150 trillion won by 2015.
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Lee Byung-rae, director general of financial services at the Financial Services Commission (FSC). (photo: FSC) From now on, financial companies will be required to separate their companywide business network and internet network. Thirty-six financial institutions with more than¡¦
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Administrator Siheon Seong of the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)"We¡¯re stepping up our efforts to reinforce organizational capacity so that Korea can develop into a global powerhouse of standards. To that end, we are spearheading Korea¡¯s international standardization and str¡¦
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A gold exchange will be opened at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in the first quarter of 2014.(photo:KRX) The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said a gold exchange will be opened at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in the first quarter of 2014 so that spot gold can be traded like listed stock¡¦
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President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet for summit talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 27 during the Korean president¡¯s state visit to China. (Photos:Cheong Wa Dae) The state visit to China from June 27-30 ¡¦
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Minister of Health & Welfare Chin Young announces plans to expand the medical insurance coverage of patients suffering from four major illnesses on June 26.
Medical treatment and medication for patients suffering from four major illnesses will be covered by the National Health¡¦
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Rep. Chung Woo-taik of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee
Rep. Chung Woo-taik of the Saenuri Party, who sits on the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, hosted a policy discussion on the tremendous changes in the area of energy resourc¡¦
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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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