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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo announces a master plan on making Gyeongbuk the capital of metaverse at the provincial government on Oct. 6. Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo, setting the catchphrase of the 8th publicly elected local government “A New Korea, to be Leveraged by Gyeongbuk,…
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President Min Byung-joo of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). (Photos: KIAT)Min Byung-joo, a politician-turned nuclear power researcher, took office as president of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) at the Korea Technology Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Oct. 7.…
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Vice Minister Jang Young-jin of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and President Kim Jung-hwan of Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) attend a ceremony to celebrate 2022 Industrial Complex Day at G-Tower Convention in Guro-gu, Seoul, on Sept. 22. (Photo: KICOX)Korea Industrial Complex Cor…
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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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A view of LG Chem’s Pavilion at K 2025, the world’s premier trade fair for plastics and rubber, which took place from Oct. 8 to Oct. 15 in Düsseldorf, Germany. (Photo: LG Chem)LG Chem announced on Sept. 29 that it has completed the development…
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POSCO INTERNATIONAL CEO Lee Kye-In, Opole Province Governor Monika Jurek, and South Korean Ambassador to Poland Tae attend a ceremony to dedicate a drive motor core plant in Brzeg, Opole Province, Poland on Oct. 1. (Photo: POSCO INTERNATIONAL)POSCO I…
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Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae-yong shakes hands with Open AI CEO Sam Altman at Samsung Electronics Building in Seocho-dong, Seoul, after signing an LOI to build key infrastructure for global AI on Oct. 1. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Samsung Elect…
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Executive Chair Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group. (Photo: Hyundai Motor Group)No wonder Hyundai Motor Group has grown into a global top three in terms of global sales on the back of renewing best-ever sales and operating profit and rising brand v…
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