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Minister Kim Hyeon-soo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.Korean agricultural produce and food exports have achieved an all-time high mark despite rapid foreign market condition changes, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The achievement is not only partly owed to rising concern ov…
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2nd Vice Mayor Kim Hak-jin of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) speaks at the International Urban Resilience Forum Seoul 2020 held virtually on Dec. 9. (Photos: SMG)The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) held the International Urban Resilience Forum Seoul 2020 virtually on Dec. 9. The forum w…
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Minister Park Jong-ho of Korea Forest Service (KFS) inspects efforts to combat a wildfire in Goseong, Gangwon-do, on May 2. (Photo: KFS)Korea Forest Service (KFS), learning the lessons of a disaster-level wildfire on the East Coast in April 2019, has established a new 2020 comprehensive wildfire cou…
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Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks at a ceremony to sign an investment deal involving a consortium, led by SK, at the Sasemangeum Convention Center in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, on Nov. 24. (Photos: SDIA)With the opening of Saemanguem’s east-west road, the development of the reclamation area in Jeolla…
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President Yoon Tae-jin of Korea Institute for Food Industry Cluster gives a speech at an on-line FOODPOLIS Industry Symposium on the aging-friendly food industry on Nov. 26.Two tenant companies of FOODPOLIS, a new industrial cluster being built in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, obtained Good Manufacturing Pra…
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President Kim In-sik of Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) (Photos: KRC)Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) held a ceremony to mark the 112th anniversary at KRC headquarters in Naju, Jeollanam-do, held on Dec. 8. At the event, it announced “KRC Agro-Fishery Community New Deal” to implement innovative…
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President Moon Jae-in poses with winner of the Order of Industrial Service Merit, including Samsung Electronics President Kim Hyun-suk at a ceremony to mark the 57th Trade Day at COEX on Dec. 8. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)Korea is predicted to see exports surpass $500 billion t…
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President Kwon Pyung-oh Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has announced a roster of 817 Korean-made world-class products for 2020 and their 938 companies in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).The number of…
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President Kim Jung-hwan of Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) speaks at a ceremony to celebrate the 2020 Industrial Complex Day in KICOX headquarters in Daegu on Nov. 12. (Photo: KICOX)The government approved revisions of the act on the facilitating of industrial clusters and the establishing of…
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Kim Hak-kyu, chairman of the Korea Real Estate Board. (Photos: Korea Real Estate Board)The Korea Appraisal Board held an official launching ceremony at its headquarters in Daegu on Dec. 10, proclaiming Korea Real Estate Board as its new name. The Korea Real Estate Board surveys and manages real esta…
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한국해운협회(회장 박정석)는 9월 12일(금) 여의도 해운빌딩에서 해양수산부 전재수 장관과 한국해운협회 회장단 간 간담회를 개최하고 해운업계 주요 현안에 대해 논의했다.해양수산부 전재수 장관은 “북극항로 시범운항 및 상업항로화 그리고 해양수도권 완성을 위해…
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Chmn. Lee Jay-hyun of CJ Group, a member of an economic delegation who accompanied President Lee Jae-myung on a Korea-U.S. summit, poses with other delegates prior to the “Korea-U.S. Business Roundtable” at Willard InterContinental Washington in Wa…
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David Kim, CEO of LG Energy Solution. (Photos: LG Energy Solution)LG Energy Solution has struck a contract to supply EV batteries worth an estimated some 15 trillion won to Mercedes-Benz. The deal involves an over 100GWh huge capacity. The lates…
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Chairman Kim Nam-jung of Dongwon Group has a meeting with General Secretary To Lam of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who toured Dongwon Global Terminal (DGT) in Busan New Port on Aug. 13. (Photos: Dongwon Group)Chairman Kim Nam-jung of Dongwon Group…
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