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Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
An Opportunity to Become a YouTube Video Creator and Engage with a Marine & Fisheries Community of 1.2 million
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to recruit first official YouTube content collaborators to promote marine and fisheries policies The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (Minister Kang Do-Hyung) will be recruiting collaborative creators from March 18 to April 7 to work with t...
Mar 22,2024
Ministry of SMEs and Startups
MSS to extend its support to microenterprises who want to sell their products through livestreams at Sodam Square
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS, Minister OH Youngju) and the Small & Medium Business Distribution Center will recruit a new executing agency for Sodam Square from March 20 to April 18. Sodam Square is a specialized platform for digital commerce that offers comprehensi...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MOFA Spokesperson’s Statement on Japan’s Authorization of Middle School Textbooks
1. The government of the Republic of Korea expresses deep regret over the Japanese government's authorization on March 22 of middle school textbooks containing preposterous claims over Dokdo and other claims that do not conform to historical facts. 2. Particularly, the ROK...
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups to partner with LG Electronics and other companies to support on-device AI startups
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS, Minister OH Youngju) has partnered with renowned companies such as LG Electronics and Microsoft to collaborate for the "On-Device AI Challenge." The challenge's objective is to encourage collaboration among on-device AI startu...
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Public-private "One Team" gear up to attain KRW 10 tln NPP export target by 2027
Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Namho Choe chaired a meeting on March 21 at K-SURE in Seoul to review prospective nuclear power plant (NPP) equipment export projects, as a follow-up to the ministry’s measures for achieving the KRW 10 trillion in NPP equipment expor...
Mar 21,2024
MOTIE to support groundbreaking for cutting-edge memory chip fab slated for March 2025
Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Dukgeun Ahn, on March 21, visited SK Hynix’s Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a pillar of the semiconductor mega cluster plan announced during the public forum in January. Approximately 35 percent of Fab 1 has been completed so far a...
Korea and Lithuania discuss bilateral economic cooperation
Deputy Minister for Trade Yang Byeong-nae met with Lithuania’s Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Egidijus Meilūnas on March 19 in Seoul to discuss measures to widen bilateral trade, investment, and economic cooperation. Noting the growth of bilateral exchanges and trade...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Hold 2024 Steering Committee Meeting of UNDP Seoul Policy Centre
1. On March 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a steering committee meeting of the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre (USPC) for 2024 in Seoul. 2. Mr. Won, Doyeon, Director-General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry ...
1st Meeting of Host City Selection Committee for 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM)
- Launch of the "Host City Selection Committee" and determination of the Host City Selection Criteria Set - Commencement of Solid Preparations for the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting 1. The 1st meeting of the "Host City Selection Committee" for selecting the h...
Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) Establishes Communication Channels with Foreign Correspondents in ROK
- Through signing a cooperative MOU with the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club, the KNDA will hold ‘KNDA-SFCC Close Encounter’ - Chancellor PARK Cheol Hee emphasized solidarity with like-minded countries such as the U.S. and Japan, and flexible engagement wi...
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