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.” …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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…

Rep. Na Seong-lin, the ruling Saenuri Party's acting top policymaker, talks with senior government and ruling party officials, including Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Strategy and Finance Hyun Oh-seok on economic policies and pending issues.Rep. Na Seong-lin, the ruling Saenuri Party’s acting t…