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A view of the Dongtan 2 LH No. 28 Apartment Complex, built by Korea Land & Housing Corp. (Photos: LH)Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH) is accelerating the supply of “gonggong” (state-supplied) jeonse houses allowed to live for up to six years at prices, set at 90 percent of current levels. G…
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President Kim Jung-ryul of Korea Land and Geospatial Information Corp. (LX) (Photos: LX)“Digital innovation will be essential due to the contactless situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Korea Land and Geospatial Information Corp. (LX), which has been so far been a cadastral and spatial in…
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Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) is spearheading the Green New Deal initiative by building carbon neutral infrastructure. (Top) A view of a hydrogen charging station at the Anseong Rest Area, an EV high-speed charging station at the Hwaseong Rest Area of the West Coast Expressway. Korea Expressway …
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Kim Tae-gyun, the head of the Seoul Waterworks Authority. (Photos: Seoul Waterworks Authority)The Seoul Waterworks Authority of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) had printed about 80,000 printouts annually for tap water supply construction and facility management. However, the blueprints for t…
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Chairman Kim Han-young of Korea National Railway (KR) poses with members of a newly inaugurated consultation commission on future railway policy on June 14. The commission was launched to support carbon neutrality 2050 initiative and realization of the Korean New Deal initiative and explore new rail…
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Fisheries research officials with the Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government release young shrimps in the sea off Dokto. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govt.)The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified its position on the map of the Olympic torch relay indicating that Dokdo was marked as …
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New Chairman Kang Myung-soo of the Korean Standards Association.Former Standing Commissioner Kang Myung-soo of the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) took office as the 25th chairman of the Korean Standards Association at DT Center, KSA headquarters, in Samseong-dong, Seoul, on April 29. One day earlier, …
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Yu Jeoung-yeol, new president of KOTRA. (Photos: KOTRA)“Going non-face-to-face is now an unstoppable global trend,” said Yu Jeoung-yeol, new president of KOTRA on May 20. “We will focus on digital transformation by making the most of our enterprise-wide capabilities. By doing so, we will contribu…
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Chairman Park Doo-yong of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA). Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) is offering the One Call Service to prevent deaths related to suffocation.You can make a call to receive the One-Call Service, in which experts are dispatched to pre…
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Minister Moon Sung-wook of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) speaks about the direction of his ministry policies as he took office on May 6. (Photo: MOTIE)Minister Moon Sung-wook of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) stressed the need to cope with future uncertaintie…
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Chairman Joo Young-jin, former chief of the National Assembly Budget Office, recently elected as chairman of the Korea Parliamentary Research Institute. (Photos : Korea Parliamentary Research Institute)Joo Young-jin is a recognized legislative b…
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Koo Ja-hong, the late first chairman of LG Group, died of 77 on Feb. 11.LS Nikko-Copper Chairman Koo Ja-hong, who shepherded the growth of LS Group, succumbed to a chronic disease he had been suffering from. He was 75. Chairman Koo, born in Jiny…
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By Park Jong-sun, a former professor with Jeonju University and ex-Korean consulate general in Qingtao, China.The global economy posted a high growth rate of 5.5 percent, as each country around the world employed expansionary fiscal and currency poli…
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Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group discusses on AI with KAIST President Lee Kwang-young at a talk show at KAIST’s main campus in Daejeon on April 2.Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group was once an old hand who had contributed…
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