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New KCL President Jo Young-tae. (Photos: KCL)President Jo Young-tae gives his inaugural speech as he took office as president of Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) on Nov. 1.Jo Young-tae, former director general in charge of trade policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, took office as…
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President Shin Chang-hyun of SL Corp. (Photos: SLC)Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) is expected to ban waste from local government areas where residents are opposed to establishing waste treatment facilities, such as incinerators. SLC said it plans to revise regulations related to …
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<한국수자원공사(사장 박재현)는 11월 24일, 대전시 대덕구 본사에서 국민 중심의 물관리를 실현하고 산·학·연이 연계한 연구개발 성과의 공유와 확산을 위해 ‘2021 K-water 테크컨퍼런스’를 개최했다. 안정호 한국수자원공사 미래기술본부장(사진 오른쪽부터 다섯 번째)과 경연에 참여한 참가자들이 행사 이후 기념…
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(from left) Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Yoon Seok-youl, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, and Sim Sang-jung, the presidential candidate of the Justice Party.Presidential candi…
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Minister Kwon Chi-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) (Photo: MSS) Venture capital investments surpassed record-breaking 5 trillion won in cumulative figures for the first nine months of this year. Q3 venture capital investments amounted to a record high of 2.067.8 billion won.&nbs…
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Mayor Oh Se-hoon tours the site of redeveloping the decrepit Hagye 5 Apartment Complex in Nowon-gu on the occasion of his 200 days in office. (Photo: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has managed to supply a combined 80,000 housing units since Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon took office 200 days ag…
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Ahn Sung-il, director general of the Planning Office of Free Economic Zones. (Photo: MOTIE)The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) convened the 126th Meeting of the Economic Free Zone Committee in which four proposals, including the designation of each FEZ’s core strategic industries, we…
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Chairman Choi Byung-goo of the Korea Copyright Commission (KCC).Chairman Choi Byung-goo of the Korea Copyright Commission (KCC) said, “With the establishment of an experience hall on the education of copyrights, KCC will be reorganized into an institution to cope with the rapidly changing copyright…
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Poster on “Turn Toward Busan” memorial ceremony. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco of Colombia, and Minister Hwang Ki-chul of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) participate in a ceremony to unveil a monument to mark amicable rel…
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President Yu Jeoung-yeol Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA). (Photos: KOTRA)Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) held a webinar to discuss ways of coping with foreign countries’ import restrictions and non-tariff barriers on Oct. 28. The webinar was designed to look at …
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Chairman Kown Oh-gap of HD Hyundai Group. (Photos: HD Hyundai Group)HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided to bring HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) into its corporate structure fold. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said on Aug. 27 the shipbuilder will effectively…
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Acting KPX President Kim Hong-keun. (Photos: KPX)The nation’s power demand soared to 96 GW at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25, renewing the highest-ever peak power demand one this summer, Korea Power Exchange (KPX) said. A sultry spell, which started earlier…
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Dignitaries, including President Kwon Myung-ho of Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP), Gyeongsangbuk-do Vice gov. Yang Kum-hee and Acting Yeongju Mayor Yoo Jeong-geun, participate in a deal on joint cooperation and investment in a 1.2 trillion won projec…
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President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. (Photos: KEPCO)Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and MR (Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen) of Germany joined forces to explore new global markets by utilizing the former’s Substation Equipment Diagno…
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