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<경남 합천군 합천댐 작업자들이 수상태양광 구조체를 조립하고 있다.>한국수자원공사(사장 박재현)는 국내 최대규모로 조성되는 경남 합천군 합천댐 수상태양광 사업을 지역주민들이 건설단계부터 완공 이후 운영과 수익 배분에 함께 참여하는 ‘주민참여형’ 사업으로 조성하기 위해 12월 21일 합천댐 사업대상지에…
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<정부의 사회적 거리두기 3단계에 준하여 한국국토정보공사 직원들이 특별방역조치에 따라 체온 측정과 손소독 뒤 건물로 들어가고 있다. >정부가 12월 24일부터 5인 이상 집합 금지 방안을 시행하기로 한 가운데, 한국국토정보공사(사장 김정렬·LX)가 국민과 직원의 안전강화를 위해 사회적 거리두기 3단계에 준하…
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Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun delivers a speech after the National Assembly approved the 2021 budget bill at a plennery session on Dec. 12. (Photo: National Assembly)The National Assembly approved next year’s budget of 558 trillion won, a 2.2 trillion won increase from the planned budget set by the…
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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 Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 5 as they attended a ceremony to sign MOUs. (Photo on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung held summi…
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HD Hyundai Chmn. Chung Ki-sun takes office at a ceremony on Oct. 17. (Photos: HD Hyundai)New HD Hyundai Group Chung Ki-sun said “As far as Our group’s changes and leap forward is concerned, now is a critical juncture.” Chmn. Chung made the re…
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President Lee Jae-myung announces a joint fact sheet on the conclusion of the “Korea-U.S. trade and security negotiations, one of the biggest variables for the Korean national economy and security, at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul, on No…
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President Lee Jae-myung (right) presents the Order of Mugunghwa, Korea’s highest honor, and a replica of the Cheonmachong gold crown to U.S. President Donald Trump, who made a state visit on the occasion of the APEC 2025 Korea, at the Gyeongju Natio…
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