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Ministry of Gender Equality & Family
Inspection of Readiness for Introducing the Child Support Advance Payment Program
Inspection of Readiness for Introducing the Child Support Advance Payment Program - Vice Minister Shin Young-sook visits the Child Support Agency with officials of the Ministry of Strategy & Finance on March 29 - Vice Minister Shin Young-sook of the Ministry of Gen...
Mar 29,2024
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Monthly Industrial Statistics, February 2024
Statistics Korea released 'Monthly Industrial Statistics, February 2024' report on March 29, 2024. The Index of All industry production in February increased by 1.3 percent from the previous month. Please refer to the attached pdf for the full report.
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Korea Discussed Cooperation with Cambodia in Export of Agri-food Products
Korea Discussed Cooperation with Cambodia in Export of Agri-food ProductsDeputy Minister Kwon visited the K-Ground Mall in Cambodia and checked how Korean agri-food products were being sold to local consumers. This was followed by a meeting with Korean importers to disc...
Institutional Investors’ Roundtable on Capital Market Advancement
- Calling on institutional investors’ active role in upgrading Korean capital markets - Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok held an Institutional Investors’ Roundtable on Capital Market Advancement on March 29 following the roundtable with experts on March 19 to gather market ...
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Healthcare Reform and Welfare for the Weak to Open up the Future
Healthcare Reform and Welfare for the Weak to Open up the Future - MOHW announces 2024 Action Plan for Key Policies - <Core Tasks> 1. Healthcare Reform to Save Lives and Local Communities ? ??Four Healthcare Reform Tasks, ??Con...
Mar 28,2024
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Boao Forum for Asia 2024 hosts discussions for Asian countries' intraregional cooperation
Deputy Minister for Trade Yang Byeong-nae attended the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 held in Boao, China's Hainan Province, through March 26-29 under the theme of "Asia and the World: Common Challenges, Shared Responsibilities.” Launched in 2001, ...
MOTIE and Thermo Fisher Scientific discuss investment prospects for raw biomaterials facility in Korea
Minister for Trade Inkyo Cheong met Mark Smedley, a senior vice president of Thermo Fisher Scientific, on March 28 in Seoul to discuss the global pharma and biotech company’s prospects of investment in establishing a raw and subsidiary biomaterials production facility in Ko...
Global auto parts production facility completed, bolstering Korea's future mobility supply chain
Deputy Minister for International Trade and Investment Choi Woo-seok attended the completion ceremony of Valeo Mobility Korea’s production facility for manufacturing self-driving vehicle parts on March 28 in the Daegu National Industrial Complex. The French company ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MOFA Spokesperson's Statement on UN Security Council’s Failure to Adopt Draft Resolution to Extend Mandate of Panel of Experts established pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 1874 (2009)
1. The Government of the Republic of Korea deeply regrets that a draft UN Security Council resolution to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 1874 (2009) was not adopted on the morning of March 28 (New York time) due to...
Korea-Philippines Agreement on Social Security Enters into Force
1. The Agreement on Social Security between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines ("the Agreement") will enter into force on April 1. 2. The Agreement will exempt Korean workers dispatched to the Philippines from payi...