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Koo Ja-hong, the late first chairman of LG Group, died of 77 on Feb. 11.LS Nikko-Copper Chairman Koo Ja-hong, who shepherded the growth of LS Group, succumbed to a chronic disease he had been suffering from. He was 75. Chairman Koo, born in Jinyang, Gyeongsangnam-do, was the eldest son of the f…
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By Park Jong-sun, a former professor with Jeonju University and ex-Korean consulate general in Qingtao, China.The global economy posted a high growth rate of 5.5 percent, as each country around the world employed expansionary fiscal and currency policies to overcome crises caused by the COVID-19 pan…
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Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group discusses on AI with KAIST President Lee Kwang-young at a talk show at KAIST’s main campus in Daejeon on April 2.Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul of Dongwon Group was once an old hand who had contributed most of his life as “a legendary captain,” spec…
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The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee. (Photos: Samsung Group)The late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee had been credited with catapulting a local business into a global tech giant of chips, smartphones and home appliances. He died at Samsung Hospital in Gangnam, Seoul, on Oct. 25. He was 78…
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Ahn Jong-bae, Chairman of Global Futures Studies Association & Professor of Hansei University.Please explain the world change after COVID-19 in one word.‘The New Renaissance’ With the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world has gone through chaos for a while, and humanism will converge with science and t…
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Artist Lee takes a look at an album of portraits of Shin Saimdang and Yulgok Yi Yi printed on Korean banknotes. (Photos: Artist Lee Jong-sang's office)Artist Lee Jong-sang painted portraits of two historic figures to be used on Korean banknotes. The artist is considered one of the greatest portrait …
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Dir.-Gen. Han Sang-bae of the Food Safety Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). (Photo: MFDS)Starting this year, the pesticide positive list system (PLS) has gone into force to ensure safety management of pesticides from the stage of production. The regime is designed to cont…
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Deputy Minister Song Hyung-keun of the Natural Environment Policy Office at the Ministry of Environment (MOE). (Photos: MOE)The Act on Waste Management is to go into force next May to put an end to the illegal dumping of waste. Under the law, waste producers and those entrusted with treating waste, …
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취임 1주년을 맞으셨는데 소감은?1년이 어떻게 지나갔는지 모를 정도로 바빴다. 취임 후 처음에는 현실을 진단하고 발전 방안을 구상하는데 시간을 많이 보냈다. 매일 새벽 다섯 시에 일어나 자정이 돼야 집에 들어갈 정도로 하루하루 최선을 다해 열심히 일했다. 한 달 평균 1만 km를 달렸다. 1년 동안 지구 세 바퀴에 달…
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2019년 기해년(己亥年) 희망찬 새해가 밝았습니다.동해에 힘차게 떠오르는 태양의 기운을 받아 모든 분들 건강하시고, 행복과 웃음이 넉넉한 한 해가 되기를 기원합니다.지난해 여러분께서 보내주신 성원 덕분에 도지사에 취임해서 경상북도의 새로운 미래를 만들어가기 위한 변화와 혁신을 시작할 수 있었습니다.현재 우리…
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Kim Sun-soon, head of the Women’s & Family Policy Affairs Office at SMG. (Photos: SMG)From July, pregnant women living in Seoul will be compensated 700,000 won worth of transportation per person monthly.Women who are pregnant as of July 1 or lat…
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President Yoon Sang-heum of Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) and KOSPO President Lee Seung-woo pose after they signed an MOU on innovation of laborer-oriented design at KIDP headquarters in Seongnam City on June 30. (Photos: KIDP)Korea Sout…
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Korea Post President Sohn Seung-hyun and presidents of four banks attend a ceremony to sign MOUs on having banks’ services made available at postal offices. (Photos: Korea Post)Starting November, customers with KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori and Hana ba…
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President Lee Byung-ho of Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRC) meets and exchanges views with heads of farming and fishing organizations to a meeting at KRC’s Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters in Suwon on June 9. (Photo: KRC)Korea Rural Community Corp. (K…
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