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Mayor Park speaks at the Cities Against COVID-19 Global Summit, hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, on June 2. (Photo: SMG)Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon proposed the establishment of the tentatively named Cities Alliance Against Pandemic (CCAP), a consultative body among 42 international cities…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo gives a speech at a meeting of the COVID-19 Central Countermeasure Committee at Gyeongsangbuk-do on May 8. (Photo: Gyeongsangbuk-do)Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial government submitted to the provincial council a second supplementary budget proposal on May 8 with an i…
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President Park Jae-hyeon of Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water)The Presidential Committee on Water Management and Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water) inaugurated a state-run integrated water management consultative body, along with six other public entities and research institutes. The President…
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Paek Ho, head of Seoul Waterworks Authority.Seoul Waterworks Authority has finally fixed a 20-year-old problem involving its tap water related to the installment of flowmeters. The solution involves a novel idea of using big data at water level gauges that have already been established. The idea wou…
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<알마티 순환도로 노선도>한국도로공사와 SK건설은 카자흐스탄 알마티 순환도로 투자사업 시행사인 바카드 유한책임 회사(BAKAD Investment and Operation LLP)와 도로 운영·유지관리 계약을 체결한다고 5월 26일(화) 밝혔다.카자흐스탄 알마티의 외곽순환도로 66km(4~6차로)를 신설하는 해당 사업은 SK건설이 시공…
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<이철우 도지사 광폭행보 (5.24 코로나19 중대본회의)>경상북도(도지사 이철우)는 5월 25일, 300만 도민의 에너지를 하나로 모아 포스트 코로나 시대에 선제적으로 대응하기 위한“다시뛰자 경북 범도민추진위원회” 출범식을 가졌다. 도청에서 개최된 출범식에는 이철우 경북도지사와 장경식 경북도의회 의장을…
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Minister Choi Ki-young of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) gives a commemorative speech at 2020 Anniversary of Science and Information & Communications Days at the Korea Science and Technology Hall on April 21. (Photo: MSIT)The highly coveted Order of Science and Technological Merit, Chang…
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President Moon Jae-in delivers a special address to the nation, marking his 3rd year in office on May 10. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae Website)In a special address marking his 3rd year in office on May 10, President Moon Jae-in announced a plan to elevate the Korea Centers for Disease Con…
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Minister Sung Yun-mo of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) presides over a meeting with CEOs of the four refinery companies, including President Cho Kyong-mok of SK Energy, President Huh Se-hong of GS Caltex, President Ryu Yeol of S-Oil, President Kang Dal-ho of Hyundai Oil Bank (Pho…
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A view of the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) in Songdo, Incheon.Commissioner Lee Won-jae of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority. (Photos: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced in late April that it plans to aggressively attract so-called “U-turn” companies that wil…
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Hwang Ki-yeon, the 23rd president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, delivers his inaugural address at the auditorium of the bank's Yeouido headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 6. (Photos: Korea Eximbank)“The Export-Import Bank of Korea should evolve beyo…
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FSC Chairman Lee Eok-won poses for a photo with Mirae Asset Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, Celltrion Chairman Seo Jung-jin and Korea Development Bank Chairman Park Sang-jin among others during the National Growth Fund Launch Ceremony at Korea Development B…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group won the Presidential Prize, the highest honor, at the 25th Korea Digital Management Innovation Awards on Nov. 27. The honor recognized KB Financial Grou…
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On Dec. 12, IBK established an international cooperation network in Luxembourg to support Korean SMEs and startups. Kim Sung-tae, CEO of IBK, poses for a photo with Gilles Roth, Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance and chairman of LHoFT at the Luxembour…
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