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President Park Geun-hye speaks at a ceremony to declare the Park government¡¯s vision on June 19.[Photos on courtesy of MCST] President Park Geun-hye, marking 100 days in office on June 4, has seen her job approval rating rise to 65 percent, up from 53.7 percent on March ¡¦
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Minister Yoo Jin-ryong of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 4th R, presides over a meeting of representatives of 15 major hotels in Korea on June 4 to improve hotel services to expand the number of foreign tourists to Korea. (photo courtesy of MCST) Minister Yoo Jin-¡¦
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Rep. Min Byung-joo of the Saenuri Party and others participants in a seminar at the National Assembly on June 4 during which they pledged to devote themselves to creating an environment for R&D activities for state-funded research institutes for building the ¡°creative economy.¡± ¡¦
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delivers his commemorative speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Ocean Day, which took place at Malipo Beach in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, site of the nation¡¯s worst oil spill in 2007. Aceremony to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Ocean Day took place at Ma¡¦
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Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama held their first summit talks in Washington on May 7 and agreed to further cement their alliance.The Korea-U.S. Summit held in Washington on May 7 local time between Presidents Park Geun-hye and Barack Obama has further strengt¡¦
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Rep. Kil Jeong-woo, of the ruling Saenuri Party, has devoted himself to having the National Assembly pass a bill to boost corporate patronage to the culture and arts fields in keeping with the new government¡¯s key policy goal of promoting cultural prosperity.
The following are excerpts of a writ¡¦
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President Park Geun-hye presides over the revised 1st Trade and Investment Promotion Meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on May 1. Photo on courtesy of MCST.President Park Geun-hye has revived a regular trade and investment promotion meeting, one of the legacies related to the so-called Economic ¡¦
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A view of a seminar on the direction of policies on nanotechnology, hosted by Rep. Kim Eul-dong, the NARS and others.Rep. Kim Eul-dong, Rep. Lee Hyun-jae, Rep. Seo Yong-gyo and the National Assembly Research Service (NARS) jointly hosted a seminar on the direction of policies on nanotechnology ¡¦
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Korea is extending its utmost efforts to be elected as an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council member state for a fifth consecutive time at the upcoming 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly to be held in Montreal, Canada in September, said Deputy Minister Choi Jung-ho of the Office ¡¦
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Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. President Song Jae-yong gives his inaugural speech at the corporation headquarters on May 13.Song Jae-yong, former deputy minister in charge of environment policy at the Environment Ministry, has been elected president of Sudokwon Landfill Site Manag¡¦
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Chmn. Han Seung-gu of the Federation of Construction Associations (FCA) delivers a speech at the 2026 New Year¡¯s gathering for organizations related to the construction industry on Jan. 14. The Federation of Construction Associations (FCA) held¡¦
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President Oh Se-chul of Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group attends a signing ceremony for Samsung C&T¡¯s Marinus Link HVDC project in Australia. Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group has secured a 4¡¦
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POSCO E&C President Song Chi-young. (Photos: POSCO E&C)POSCO E&C has successfully verified a remotely controlled excavator for the first time in Korea, further advancing unmanned construction sites and smart construction transformation.&n¡¦
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Chairman Jung Won-ju of Daewoo E&C delivers a commemorative speech at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Jangseong Fine Datacenter at the publicity pavilion at the Gwangju Research Development Special Zone in Nam-myeon, Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do¡¦
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