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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Hyun Oh-seok
The Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold their annual meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, from May 2-5. Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Hyun Oh-seok will lead…
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Rep. Cho Hyun-yong, a member of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, speaks at a parliamentary policy seminar on an inland High-speed Network at the National Assembly last June 24. (photos: courtesy of Rep. Cho Hyun-yong’s office)
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President Park Geun-hye
President Park Geun-hye, marking one year in office on Feb. 25, has an approval rating of 56 percent in the latest opinion poll. Her job approval rating represents the second highest ever since 1988 compared to that of previous presidents’ marking their first anniversary in…
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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick poses for pictures with the CEOs of the nation’s top 30 business groups following their meeting at the Seoul Plaza Hotel on Jan. 14.
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick said his ministry, designating this year as the firs…
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Rep. Shim Jae-chul, a member of the Supreme Council of the ruling Saenuri Party
Rep. Shim, a journalist-turned lawmaker, is well known as an outspoken critic of the government with a mandate to ensure a balanced government as the voice of the people. The Saenuri Party proposed its top six political…
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Rep. Lee Cheol-woo of the ruling Saenuri Party. (Photos: Rep. Lee Cheol-woo's Office)Rep. Lee Cheol-woo of the ruling Saenuri Party called on the government to take the road to integration and solve local rivalries and the gap between the Capital area and local regions during the parliamentary…
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Korean President Park Geun-hye attends the 8th East Asia Summit in Brunei on Oct. 10.(photos: Cheong Wa Dae)
Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 7 and reaffirmed their opposition to North Korea’s nuclear arms.
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Cho Hwan-eik, chairman of the World Energy CongressDaegu 2013 Organizing Committee (photos: KEPCO) Thousands of energy experts from around the world will descend on Daegu to participate in the 22nd World Energy Congress (WEC), to be held from Oct. 13-17 to deal with pend…
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President Park Geun-hye speaks at a ceremony to declare the Government 3.0 Plan on June 19. (photo: MOSPA)
The Park Geun-hye government has come up with “Government 3.0” Plan to allow wider public access to government data to improve the transparency of state affairs.
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Minister Suh Seoung-hwan of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. (Photo: MLIT). Minister Suh Seoung-hwan of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “The government will encourage construction firms to go overseas for operations since the domestic constructi…
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A poster to publicize a national briefing session on the three mega projects “for Korea’s Great Leap Forward” at the State Guest House of the Cheong Wa Dae on June 29. (Photo on the courtesy of the Office of the President)The Korean government wil…
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Min Hyung-bae, mayor of Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, takes the oath of office at Main Assembly Hall of the City Council in Muan on July 1. (Photo: Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City)Min Hyung-bae, went down in history as the firs…
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Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young explains the direction of city administration, including growth strategies to lead the future of Gyeongju and a vision for the next four years, in a meeting with reporters at Alcheon Hall in Gyeongju City Hall on July 15.…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers his inaugural address during the 40th Seoul Mayor’s inauguration ceremony at Seoul City Hall on July 1.On the first day of his fifth term in office, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon again brought up ‘youth’ as the key keyword…
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