Prime Minister Chung Hong-won and ministers of the ministries at the Sejong Government Complex pose for pictures during a ceremony to kick off the new year and usher in an era of Sejong administration in the new administrative city of Sejong on Jan. 2. The government held a ceremony to la…

Minister Yoon Sang-jick of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) said his ministry has announced a list of 13 mega-convergence tasks in four fields that will serve as next-generation growth engines of Korean industry. The 4th National Science and Technology Deliberation Committee, pres…

Vice Minister for Trade and Energy Han Jin-hyun, alongside Vice Minister Lee Suk-joon of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, explains the background of electricity rate increases at a news conference at the government complex in downtown Seoul on Nov. 19.(Photo: MOTIE)The government anno…

Staff Director Kim Yo-hwan of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee I n the 39th National Assembly session, 36 legislative proposals were made in connection with the Automobile Management Law, out of which three cases were approved either in revised form or re…

Im Jeong-bin of the Food Industry Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)  (Photos: MAFRA) The government‘s ambitious scheme to create a “Foodpolis” in an area of 2.32 million square meters in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, as a national food cluster is …

Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party. (Photo: Rep. Lee Hahn-koo's Office)Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, has been promoting a revision of the National Assembly Law to regulate excess legislation activities by legislators so they would…

Rep. Kwon Eun-hee of the ruling Saenuri Party and member of the Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly, said the use of stolen names for hand phones has become serious enough to warrant legal measures to stop the practice, quoting materials …

The  entire participants in the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings from Oct. 11-13 in Washington pose for a photo session at the event on Oct. 11 including IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in the front row.(photos on courtesy of the Prime …

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Yoon Sang-jick gives a lecture on management and government policies for utilization of FTAs at a KSA CEO forum at the Grand InterContinential Hotel in Seoul on Oct. 24. Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Yoon Sang-jick gave a lec…