Prime Minster Kim Hwang-sik, 3rd R, talks with Chairman Chung Mong-koo of Hyundai Motor Group, 2nd R, during his tour of Hyundai Steel Dangjin Complex in South Chungcheong Province on Jan. 7.Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik visited Hyundai Steel’s steel complex in Dangjin, South Chungcheong P…

Chairman Kang Duk-soo of STX Group gives a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 26, last year for the North Bukpyeong Thermal Power Plant in Donghae City, Gangwon Province, the first privately invested power plant in Korea.STX Group kicked off the construction of the first ba…

Chairman Chung Joon-yang of POSCO.POSCO opened 2013 by pledging to secure a higher level of competitiveness through value management and innovation management. On Jan. 2, the first working day of this year, POSCO held the POSCO Family year opening ceremony at the Pohang headquarters main auditorium,…

Korea Power Exchange Chairman Nam Ho-ki gives a speech in a ceremony to mark the start of the 2013 business year on Jan. 2.Korea Power Exchange Chairman Nam Ho-ki said in his New Year’s message, “A respected organization will come out of a crisis stronger. Stressing the importance of integrit…

KEPCO President Cho Hwan-eik“Change” and “communication” were Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) President Cho Hwan-eik’s business buzzwords in his New Year’s message delivered at the KEPCO head office on Jan. 2. Cho said, ”I’ll strive to reinvent KEPCO’s corporate culture by transform…

Choi Tae-hyun, director general for the Nuclear Power Industry at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy“Korea aims to develop safety-oriented nuclear power plants proved to be the safest in the world by 2030,” said Choi Tae-hyun, director general for the Nuclear Power Industry at the Ministry of …

Notables, including Minister of Knowledge Economy Hong Suk-woo and Vice Minister of Education, Science and Technology Cho Yul-nae, attend a ceremony to mark the 3rd Nuclear Power Safety and Promotion Day in Seoul on Dec. 27.About 400 people from the government, nuclear industry, research, and other …

(right) Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI) Chairman Ro Hee-chan speaks at a New Year’s gathering at the KOFOTI Building in Daechi-dong, Seoul, on Jan. 8. A view of the meeting.The Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI) held a New Year’s gathering at the KOFOTI Building in Dae…

President Kwon Oh-kap of Hyundai Oilbank, won the Order of  Industrial Service,  Silver Tower at the 49th Trade Day ceremony this year, and the oil refinery traces its history back to 1964 when Kukdong Shell Oil launched its operation, which was taken over by Hyundai Group and changed its …