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President Sohn Tae-rak of Korea Real Estate Board gives his inaugural speech at an inauguration ceremony at the board headquarters in Daegu on Feb. 26.Former deputy minister Sohn Tae-rak of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) took office as new president of Korea Real Estate B…
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President Kwon Yong-bok of Korea Transportation Safety Authority (TS) delivers his inaugural speech at an inauguration ceremony in TS headquarters in Gincheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on Feb. 2. (Photos: TS)Kwon Yong-bok, the former deputy minister in charge of aviation policy at the Ministry of Land, Inf…
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President Seo Joo-won of Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) joins a campaign to reduce plastic consumption in daily lives on Jan. 11. (Photos: SLC)Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) has developed a technology to increase the compressive strength of bio sulfur concretes using wa…
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The 6th-term Energy Committee, inaugurated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, holds the 22nd meeting on major energy policies for the year 2021 on Feb. 22. (Photo: MOTIE)A deadly winter storm that caused massive blackouts in Texas serves as a reminder that extreme events could easily ove…
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Kim Yoon-tae, a doctor with Nexon Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital receives a vaccine shot against COVID-19 at Seoul Mapo Health Center on Feb. 26 as President Moon Jae-in and Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyeong of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency look on. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong W…
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Minister Sung Yun-mo of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) (Photos: MOTIE)The government is pulling out all the stops to raise exports by 8.6 percent this year over the previous year, which would make Korea a top-four export power. Korea aims to leverage its expertise in the hydrogen…
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Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) holds a meeting with SME businessmen, including Chairman Kim Ki-moon of Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ), at the KBIZ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on Feb. 17. (Photo: MSS)Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startu…
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Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). (Photos: MCST)Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a meeting with representatives from the travel industry at the Seoul Center of the Korea Tourism Organization on Feb. 16 and discussed…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo announces “E.A.S.T Plan” on the green economy on the East Coast at a press briefing at Gyeongsangbuk-do Dongbu Building on March 3. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govt.)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo has set the province’s new task at “a great shift…
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Minister Park Jong-ho of Korea Forest Service (KFS) announces a plan to plant 3 billion trees in Korea and abroad with the goal of reducing 34 million tons of carbon during the 76th Arbor Day. (Photos: KFS)Korea Forest Service (KFS) is working on a long-term project to plant 3 billion trees in Korea…
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President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump following their summit talks with the White House in Washington DC on Aug. 25. (Photo on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung returned home from his visi…
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U.S. President Donald Trump poses with a Korean trade negotiation delegation, including Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yoon-cheol, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan and Minster for Trade Yeo Han-koo at th…
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President Lee Jae-myung poses with Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, Chmn. Lee Han-joo of the Presidential Committee of Policy Planning, Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik, Presidential Senior Secretary for National Security Wi Sung-lac, Presidenti…
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President Lee Jae-myung takes an oath as he took office as the 21st president in an inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly Rotunda Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4. (Photos on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung w…
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