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The following are excerpts of a written interview between NewsWorld and Rep. Sim Hag-bong, of the Saenuri Party’s Gumi-gap, who serves as a member of the National Assembly Trade, Industry and Energy Committee, in which he spoke of his legislative activities and political philosophy and conviction…
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Rep. Kim Hee-jung of the ruling Saenuri Party hosted a symposium on how to address the additional emotional injuries inflicted on sexual abuse victims at the National Assembly Parliamentarians’ Hall on Sept. 29.Bae Sung-min, director of the Incheon Sunflower Center; Kong Jung-shik, director of Kore…
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President Park Geun-hye delivers her commemorative address at the Liberation Day anniversary event at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul on Aug. 15. President Park Geun-hye’s proposal for resuming reunions for estranged families between South and North Korea …
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is on its way to making the tourism industry a high value-added fusion industry that will create jobs and be a future growth engine for Korea, based on the decision made at the first Tourism Promotion Meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential mansion…
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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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Korea Eximbank President Hwang Ki-yeon poses for a photo after signing a nuclear power development cooperation MOU among Korea Eximbank, Meralco and KHNP at the Korea-Philippines Business Forum in the Philippines on Mar. 4. (From left) Ferdinand Ferr…
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New Chairman Kang Seung-jun of Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT). (Photos: KODIT)Kang Seung-jun, vice president for external and international affairs at Seoul National University of Science and Technology has taken office as the 25th chairman of t…
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IBK President Jang Min-young delivers a speech at his inauguration ceremony at the IBK headquarters in Jung-gu of Seoul on Feb. 20. (Photo: IBK)IBK announced that it held an inauguration ceremony for its 28th President Jang Min-young at its headquart…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group held the 1st Quarter Group Information Security Council meeting on Mar. 12 to create a safe financial environment. Participants included executives in c…
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