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President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Cheong Wa Dae, the Presidential Office, on June 26 before holding talks. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)Saudi Arabia and South Korea signed an $8.3 billion economic cooperation pact on June 26 during C…
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<President Moon Jae-in speaks about Japan’s export curbs to Korea during a meeting with economic and business leaders at Cheong Wa Dae on July 10. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)>Korean-Japanese relations have soured to their lowest level in decades, reaching the point where…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo shakes hands with minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid A. Al-Falih of Saudi Arabia after sining an agreement on hydrogen economy and auto as President Moon Jae-in and Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman look on at Cheong Wa Dae on Jun…
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Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has pledged to focus on expanding public housing during his remaining three years in office.Park, a three-term mayor of Seoul, is likely to join the next presidential race. He says he will focus on policies that directly improve citizens' lives …
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo said, “I’m devoting myself to making good on promises to help the province find a way to make a living and make it the center of Korea.”Reflecting on his first year in office, Gov. Lee said he h…
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President Moon Jae-in speaks at a ceremony to declare the vision at a smart manufacturing innovation center in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, on June 19. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)The government unveiled its vision of resurrecting the Korean manufacturing industry and vaulting it into the…
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MOLIT Minister Kim Hyun-mee announces the plan for the 3rd New Cities on May 7 at a meeting held at the ministry’s conference room in Seoul. B: A map of the series of new cities from the 1st to 3rd plans already built and to be built around Seoul and in Gyeonggi Province. (Photos: MOLIT)The Ministr…
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Chairman Lee Sang-jin of Korea Standards Association.The 4th Service Week took place at Lotte Hotel at Lotte Hotel and Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul from July 2 to July 5 under the theme “Good Service, Better Quality.” The Service Week events were hosted by the Korean Standards Association…
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President Chung Yang-ho of Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) (Photo: KEIT)President Chung Yang-ho of Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) said, “My goal is to upgrade KEIT into such institutions as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) …
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KOTRA President Kwon Pyung-oh.The government announced a scheme to spur the exploration of the overseas smart city market. (Photo: MOTIE)The government has begun supporting Korea’s drive to export smart cities outfitted with advanced systems. It will plunk down 500 billion won and build a smart cit…
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Officials with HD Hyundai Oilbank test the cooling lubricant of a liquid immersion cooling facility and server. (Photo: HD Hyundai Oilbank)HD Hyundai Oilbank said the company will supply “XTeer E-Cooling Fluid,” a liquid immersion cooling product, …
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President Park Sang-hyung of KEPCO KDN and Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong participate in a ceremony to strike an MOU on the application of advanced energy ICT solutions at Gwangju City Hall. (Photo: KEPCO KDN)KEPCO KDN is leading the construction of a s…
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Chairman Koo Ja-eun of LS Group. (Photos: LS Group)LS Group’s energy and mobility subsidiaries demonstrated future strategy business capabilities by participating in InterBattery 2025, which took place at COEX in Seoul from March 5 to March 7. …
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President Jeong Chang-jin of KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KEPCO NF) shakes hands with President Kim bo-hyun of Daewoo E&C as the companies struck an MOU to ramp up their joint nuclear power business development and technology cooperation at Daewoo E&C…
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