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President Moon Jae-in gives words of encouragement to Director Chung Eun-kyeong of the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) for their efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 while touring KCDC headquarters in Osong, Cheongju City, on March 11. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong …
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President Koo Bon-hwan of Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC). (Photos: IIAC)Incheon International Airport was on a roll as the airport saw its visitors surge to 72 million tourists last year. But the airport has been hit by the global spread of COVID-19 as it is predicted to suffer losses th…
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President Seok Yeong-cheol of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). (Photo: KIAT)President Seok Yeong-cheol of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) said the organization will do its best to create an “industrial soil that can be sustained” in the post-COVID-19 era. …
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Jincheon County Mayor Song Ki-sup, Chungcheongbuk-do Govl Lee Si-jong, SK E&C President Lim Young-mun, and Towoo Construction President Kim Sa-seok hold a certificate of a 260 billion deal they signed to build “Jincheon Mega Polis Industrial Complex” in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do at a signing…
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21st National Assembly Chairman Park Byeong-seug. (Photos: The National Assembly)The 21st National Assembly opened on July 16 following a 47-day hiatus since the start of its official term, with Speaker Park Byung-seug pledging to make the National Assembly a “parliament for the people.” The curre…
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Commissioner Park Won-joo of Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). (Photos: KIPO)Heads of intellectual property agencies of 16 countries, including Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and Director General Francis Gurry of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), participated in a…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo speaks at a meeting with reporters marking the 2nd year in the seventh publicly contested local autonomy on June 30 in which he announced “2022 New Gyeonbuk Vision.” (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govt.)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo, in the second ha…
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President Byun Chang-heum of Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH). (Photos: LH) Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH) has launched a project to create a site for a pilot smart city in Sejong City. The project was launched on June 30 in Sejong City’s 5-1 living sphere zone. It follows Busan Eco Delta C…
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Chairman Lee Sang-jin of Korea Standards Association (KSA). (Photos: KSA)The Korean Standards Association held the 5th Service Week under the theme “Service Renaissance Opening Digital Transformation” at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, downtown Seoul from June 26 through July 3. The KSA has held t…
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박병석 국회의장은 7월 21일 의장집무실에서 김경수 경상남도지사를 만나 “‘세종국회’가 성사되면 국가균형발전의 역할을 선도할 수 있을 것”이라고 말했다. 박 의장은 “수도권은 전국토의 11.8%밖에 안되는데 인구의 과반이 살면서 여러 가지 부작용이 많다. 국가균형발전은 꼭 해결해야 하는 과제다”며 이같이…
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CEO Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex talks with GS Caltex staff members at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo: GS Caltex)GS Holdings said in an electronic notice released on May 13 that the holding company of GS Group posted 6,842.4 billion won in revenu…
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CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi of S-OIL. (Photos: S-OIL)S-OIL chalked up more than 1.2 trillion won in operating profit on the back of inventory profit, caused by crude oil price hikes for the first quarter of this year, in results that surprised analysts.Pr…
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Chairman Chang Sae-joo of Dongkuk Steel Group. (Photos: Dongkuk Steel Group)Dongkuk Steel announced on April 24 that it posted sales of 857.2 billion won, an operating profit of 21.4 billion won, and a net profit of 6.2 billion won in the first quart…
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Chairman Park Gee-won of Doosan Enerbility. (Photos: Doosan Enerbility)Doosan Enerbility said on April 23 that major Doosan Enerbility executives, including Chmn. Park Gee-won, embarked on efforts to promote cooperation to participate in a new power …
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