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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Celebrating a Century of Table Tennis in Korea: Busan Hosts the Country’s Inaugural World Table Tennis Championships
World Tournament for the “2024 Paris Olympics” Table Tennis Team Slots Held at BEXCO Convention Centre in Busan from Feb 16 to 25, with 16 Qualifying Spots at StakeThe “2022 Hangzhou Asian Games” Gold Medalists SHIN Yubin and JEON Jihee Set to Compete, Wit...
Feb 19,2024
Ministry of Environment
Minister Han Wha-jin: "We will actively cooperate with the World Health Organization on - Western Pacific Environmental Health."
▷ Discussions on Collaborative Environmental Health Responses to Climate Change with the Newly Appointed Director of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional OfficeOn the morning of February 19, at Seoul Lotte Hotel (Jung-gu, Seoul), Minister Han Wha-jin of t...
Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Code Name MPVA: UN Veteran’s Granddaughter and YouTube Star Join MPVA Online Supporters to Promote Veterans Affairs
- MPVA launches its 17th class of Online Supporters at 2PM, Friday, February 16th at the National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government.- This year, 15 members were selected, including a descendant of a UN veteran and a YouTube star with military background.- Minister Kan...
Feb 18,2024
Joint Air Quality Investigation in Asia with NASA... Full Mobilization of Observation Equipment
▷ Conducting three-dimensional air quality observations and proposing improvement measures using ships, ground-based methods, aircraft, and satellites in major Asian cities, including in South KoreaIn an effort to enhance air quality across Asia, including Korea, and validat...
Ministry of SMEs and Startups
MSS plans to recruit super-gap startups that will lead the industry of the future
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister OH Youngju) announced its plan to recruit companies for the DIPS 1000+ program. This is a sub-project of the 'Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project.' DIPS stands for Deep Tech Incubator Project for Startup. The objective of the Sup...
Feb 16,2024
“Visit Korea Year 2024” features 10 major projects to showcase unique K-culture experiences and promote local tourism in Korea
- Driving 10 major projects, including holding large-scale events utilizing K-culture throughout the year, developing special local tourism products, operating a welcome week, and marketing with the participation of 113 companies- Through regular meetings of related organizations...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Current Employment Statistics, January 2024
Statistics Korea released report on the 'Economically active population survey' on February 16, 2024. The economically active population marked 28.815 million persons in January, which grew 428 thousand persons or 1.5% year-on-year. Please refer to the attached PDF.
Ministry of Unification
Sharing the vision of the ROK government’s North Korean human rights policy with the international community
Sharing the vision of the ROK government’s North Korean human rights policy with the international community February 16, 2024 □ On Thursday afternoon, February 15, the Ministry of Unification held a briefing session on the “Comprehensive Roadmap to Promote Human Righ...
KRW 910 billion will be invested in a Fund of Funds (FoF) to raise a venture capital fund of KRW 1.7 trillion, aiming to realize the vision of 'Startup Korea.'
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister OH Youngju) has recently announced its plans to invest KRW 910 billion in order to raise a venture capital fund of KRW 1.7 trillion through the public announcement for the first round of regular investment in a Fund of Funds. MSS pub...
Feb 15,2024
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
MOTIE holds pan-ministerial meeting to take stock of Middle East economic diplomacy outcomes
Deputy Minister for Trade Yang Byeong-nae chaired the sixth Korea-Middle East Economic Cooperation Public-Private Joint Committee Support Working Group meeting on February 14 at K-SURE in Seoul to assess the economic diplomacy outcomes and to support Korean companies’ advan...