By Reporter Kayla lee Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Choi Young-sam of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the 4th Korea-Kuwait policy consultation with Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs of Kuwait Sameeh Essa Johar Hayat, who is on a visit to Korea on May 10. In the policy consultation, the two sides exchanged views on the Korea-Kuwait relations, and substantive cooperation in a range of areas, including trade, investment, energy, infrastructure, public health, aviation, information and communications technology (ICT), and economic security, as well as cooperation on the int
By Reporter Kayla lee Hyundai Motor today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 10 with two Korean government entities, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) and the Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (FIRA), in celebration of the 11th Marine Gardening Day. This public-private partnership includes expanding the sea forests in national coastal areas where sea deforestation is severe and conducting joint research to secure a quantitative database for international recognition of seaweed as part of the coastal blue carbon. Blue carbon ecosystems, one of the most promising climate c
By Reporter Kayla lee The Cheonan City of the Chungcheongnam-do Province is preparing to upgrade itself from the center of Korea's history to the center of global Hallyu (Korean Wave) Culture. The Cheonan City is preparing to take a big leap forward as a Hallyu Cultural Tourism City by hosting the '2023 K-Culture Expo,' which is expected to bring together Korea's outstanding cultural assets at the Independence Memorial Hall in Seoul. The K-Culture Expo, the largest event of its kind in the Republic of Korea, will be held from August 11 to 15 to promote national pride in the Korean Wave and glo
By Reporter Kayla lee The Hanwha Business Group in Seoul announced on Aug. 8 that Hanhwa has nominated Kwon Hyuk-woong, president of Hanwha's support division, as the new CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering on a promotion to the position of vice chairman. Former CEO Kim Jong-seo of the Hanwha Total Energy and former CEO Chung In-seop of Hanwha Energy were both nominated as members of the Board of Directors. Kwon is a KAIST graduate who has served as CEO of Hanwha Energy and Hanwha Total Energy. Since 2020, he has served as president of Hanwha Support Division, where he focused
By Reporter Kayla Lee SK Telecom announced on May 3 that it added a new service named ‘if home’ to its metaverse platform ‘ifland.’ ‘ifland’ is a personalized 3D virtual space that allows users to better express themselves and socialize with others in the world of metaverse. After updating their ‘ifland’ app, users can create their ‘if home’ by selecting one of each of the four terrains and six buildings. The four terrains are forest, universe, beach and city village, and six different types of buildings include Santorini-style house, wooden house, Hanok (Traditional Korean h Users can then de
By Reporter Kayla Lee Hyundai Motor will compete in the 2023 Nürburgring 24 Hours, the most gruelling automotive endurance race in the world, for the eighth consecutive year, seeking its third straight victory in the TCR class and first win in the VT2 class, the company said on May 3. As its name suggests, Nürburgring 24 Hours is a day-long annual touring car and GT racing event in Germany that takes place on a combination of tracks on a circuit that is affectionately known as the ‘Green Hell’. The nearly 25.4 km (15.8 mile) lap length allows more than 200 cars and over 700 drivers to particip
By Reporter Kayla Lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, who recently returned from a state visit to the U.S., on April 30 called the bilateral alliance with America "God's blessing and a valuable legacy for our future generations." Senior Secretary to the President for Public Relations Kim Eun-hye said in a news release that the president retweeted U.S. President Joe Biden's Twitter post mentioning the bilateral alliance and added the comment in English. "Don't know how to thank @POTUS (U.S. President Joe Biden) and @FLOTUS (first lady Jill Biden) enough for their truly warmest welcome," President Yoon
By Reporter Kayla lee Korea Forest Service signed a joint forest project agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government at the Seoul City Hall on May 8 to revitalize forest recreation and leisure. Korea Forest Service announced on April 28 that it plans to create a walkway in Namsan Pine Forest, a national forest cultural asset, in cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and forest leisure facilities such as campsites, tree houses on trees, and tree climbing. This agreement plans to contribute to improving the quality of life of urban residents by revitalizing forest recreation a
By Reporter Kayla lee Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang attended the “Korea-U.S. High-Tech Industry & Clean Energy Partnership” MOU signing ceremony on April 25 at Waldorf Astoria Washington DC where a total of 23 MOUs were signed for stronger forward-looking Korea-U.S. high-tech cooperation. Minister Lee gave an opening message and attended the MOU signing ceremony in which 23 MOUs were signed for cooperation in 10 high-tech industry areas (battery, bio, autonomous vehicles, aviation, robotics) and 13 clean energy areas (hydrogen, nuclear power, carbon neutral, etc.). Com
By Reporter Kayla lee President Yoon Suk-yeol, on a state visit to the U.S., has attracted investment of $2.5 billion (3.3 trillion won) in Korean content from Netflix in a meeting with the streaming site's co-CEO Ted Sarandos. President Yoon on April 24 announced the decision in a joint media announcement after his meeting with Sarandos at Blair House, the official guesthouse of the U.S. president, in Washington. 0 "Netflix is delighted to confirm that we will invest $2.5 billion in Korea," Sarandos said. "We were able to make this decision because of our great confidence in the Korean conten
By Reporter Kayla lee "We must all join forces to fight bravely so that the precious system of democracy and law, which has been protected by blood and sweat, should not be destroyed by false camouflage," Yoon Suk-yeol said in a speech at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. on April 27 (local time). U.S. House and Senate members shouted and applauded President Yoon's English speech. It is the first time in 10 years that a South Korean president has delivered a joint speech to the House of Representatives since former President Park Geun -hye in 2013. When President Yoon, who
By Reporter Kayla lee The Cheongyang-gun County of the Chungncheongnam-do Province is blessed with many natural assets, e.g., the god-given sceneries and clean air, best-fit for golfers. And this was immediately apparent at an interview with Mayor Kim Don-kon of the Cheongyang Country conducted by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language publications since 1985. Mayor Kim was obviously very proud of the natural beauty of his county, including the picturesque, and history-rich Chilgap-san Mountain noted for its splendid sceneries all year around together with various r
By Reporter Kayla lee For the first time in several years, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America appear to be in real good hands! President Yoon Suk-yeol of Korea is mending relations, cooperation and friendship between the two countries after they were reportedly somewhat “not as good as before” in the opinion of many people in Korea, the U.S., and many other countries of the world. President Yoon Suk-yeol (left), who is on a state visit to the U.S., is watching a video of the first pitch with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos at the U.S. guesthouse "Blair House" in Washington on A
By Reporter Kayla lee Recently, it was revealed that Cheongong Master Lee Cheon-gong, who teaches the fundamentals of life and law, had filed a lawsuit against individuals who falsely claimed that he had a criminal record of 17 offenses for defamation. Exclusive by Reporter Lee Jung-ha= The truth about Cheongong Master's 17 criminal records? Photo provided by Jeongbeopsidae. After receiving an investigation following the lawsuits, it was confirmed that the claims made by those individuals were false, and Cheongong Master Lee does not have any criminal record. The individuals responsi
By Reporter Kayla lee Upon arriving in the United States, President Yoon Seok-yeol, who has proclaimed himself as South Korea's top salesman, succeeded in attracting investment at his first official event. President Yoon achieved this feat during a global corporate CEO meeting held in the Blair House Reception Room in Washington, D.C on the afternoon of the 24th (local time). According to the presidential office, President Yoon met with Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix, at the event and said, "It was a very meaningful time. At this meeting, CEO Sarandos expressed his position that Netflix will inv