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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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President Kim Woong-seo of KIOST. (Photos: KIOST)The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) revealed the outcome of recent research which showed that partial hydrolysis of agarase, isolated from a marine microorganism, contains the decomposition of hyaluronic acid, which is effectiv…
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Chairman Choi Chang-ho of the National Forestry Cooperative Federation (NFCF) poses with Kazuhisa Nakazaki, chairman of the National Federation of the Forest Owners’ Cooperative Associations of Japan after they signed an MOU to revitalize the management of private forests in Tokyo on Aug. 25.The Na…
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A poster to promote Smart GEO Expo 2022, Asia’s largest geospatial information industry technology exchange exposition, to be held at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do Nov. 2 to 4. (Photos: LX)LX will hold Smart GEO Expo 2022, Asia’s largest geospatial information industry technology exchange expositi…
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Hwang Ki-yeon, the 23rd president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, delivers his inaugural address at the auditorium of the bank's Yeouido headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 6. (Photos: Korea Eximbank)“The Export-Import Bank of Korea should evolve beyo…
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FSC Chairman Lee Eok-won poses for a photo with Mirae Asset Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, Celltrion Chairman Seo Jung-jin and Korea Development Bank Chairman Park Sang-jin among others during the National Growth Fund Launch Ceremony at Korea Development B…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group won the Presidential Prize, the highest honor, at the 25th Korea Digital Management Innovation Awards on Nov. 27. The honor recognized KB Financial Grou…
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On Dec. 12, IBK established an international cooperation network in Luxembourg to support Korean SMEs and startups. Kim Sung-tae, CEO of IBK, poses for a photo with Gilles Roth, Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance and chairman of LHoFT at the Luxembour…
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