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(right) Kim Moon-hwan, head of KOSME’s Global Growth Headquarters, and Andrew Zheng, Alibaba.com Korea, investment director with Alibaba Group, pose in a televised meeting after Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) and Alibaba.com struck an MOU on the strengthening of exporters and SMEs’ global …
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Kim Sun-soon, head of the Women’s & Family Policy Affairs Office at SMG. (Photos: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to offer full support to help 200 to 300 youth from welfare centers achieve self-reliance from an economic and emotional perspective.Two young men in Gwangju, who …
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A poster to promote Korea Agriculture Show 2022, to be held at the Suwon Convention Center in Gyeonggi-do from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30. (Photo: MAFRA)President Yoon Suk-yeol suggested ‘youth farming’ and ‘smart farming’ as the keywords for the next ‘leap forward,’ saying that “the Korean agricultu…
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Administrator Cho Jae-ho of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) inspects a rice farming household in Wanju, Jeollabuk-do, and a rice variety cultivation site in Gimjae City to look into damages, caused by a typhoon and lend an ear on field views. (Photos: RDA)Insect Day fell on Sept. 7. Edibl…
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Lee Dae-hyun, chief of the Seoul Waterworks Authority.Lee Dae-hyun was appointed to be the head of Seoul Waterworks Authority in the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s reshuffle, conducted on Aug. 12. Lee, born in Naju in 1964, graduated from Busan Mechanics Engineering High School and Konkuk Uni…
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The Overall Subcommittee, a consulting body for the national power supply master plan, announced a working-level version of the 10th national power supply master plan on Aug. 30, calling for raising the nation’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) of nuclear power by 8.9 percentage points and …
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Rep. Yang Hyang-ja, chair of the ruling People Power Party’s “Special Committee Designed to Ramp Up Competitiveness of Semiconductor Industry,” announces outcomes of the committee’s activities at a news conference at the National Assembly on Aug. 2. (Photo: People Power Party) The ruling Pe…
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1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, head of a Korean delegation, presents a plan to attract the Expo to Busan Secretary General Dimitri S. Kerkentzes of BIE at the BIE Secretariat based in Paris on Sept. 1. (Photo: MOTIE)The Korean government and the priva…
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Chungcheongbuk-do Gov. Kim Young-hwan, Jincheon County Mayor Song Ki-seop and President Kim Jong-sup of EcoPro HN pose for a group photo session after Jincheon struck a deal of investing 350 billion won with EcoPro HN on Sept. 14. (Photo: Jincheon County)Jincheon Mayor Song Ki-seop, former administr…
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President Kim Jae-gyun of the Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) and UPA officials looks at facilities of Ulsan Port to brace for the arrival of this year’s 11th Typhoon Hinnamnorr on Sept. 5. (Photos: UPA) The Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) said on Aug. 26 the authority saw cargo volumes surge to 18.65 m…
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Artist Chang Woo-soon.Artist Chang Woo-soon is holding her solo exhibition, titled “The Heaven is Like Children,” at The Flux Gallery in Jongno-gu, Seoul, from Apr. 1 to Apr. 6. Artist Chang says that “little birds are bowing down under the b…
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CEO Choi Sung-hyun of Gangwon Tourism Organization (GTO).Gangwon State and Gangwon Tourism Organization (GTO) have been embarking on the “Gangwon Tourism Accommodations Sales Festa” on the occasion of “Visit Gangwon Year 2025-2026” in cooperation…
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President Baig Hyeon of Incheon Tourism Organization (ITO). (Photos: ITO)A whole view of an exhibition hall at an event of releasing BYD EVs to the public, hosted by Incheon Tourism Organization from Jan. 19 to Feb. 2.The Incheon Tourism Organization…
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A night view of the SeoulDal, a helium balloon ride, which made its debut as a night tour landmarking Yeouido. (Photo: SMG)Stats showed that the number of inbound tourists visiting Seoul, the nation’s biggest MICE market, was restored to pre-Covid p…
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