Kim Sang-pyo, CEO of AstraZeneca Korea, won the presidential citation at the ceremony for the "33rd Drug Day" at the Westin Chosun Hotel in central Seoul on Nov. 18.Kim was credited with promoting multi-faceted external cooperation to innovate the local bio health industry and help local companies a

KAI participated in the Defense & Security 2019 held at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bangkok, Thailand, from Nov. 18 to display basic trainer KT-1, light attack aircraft FA-50 and Surion utility helicopters.South Korea-ASEAN defense ministers' talks are also being held at the same time, and h

IVS, which specializes in intelligent video and sound source analysis, signed a contract with A&P Partners, a U.S. investment firm, to establish a U.S. joint venture, "IVS USA Inc.," at its IVS office in Singapore on Nov. 17.A&P Partners will invest $5 million in initial investment, with IVS holding

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) held a ground-breaking ceremony for a 294 MW solar power plant in Mexico City on Nov. 14 (local time).The event was attended by some 60 key figures, including KEPCO President Kim Jong-kap, Korean Ambassador to Mexico Kim Sang-il, Mexican Power Exchange President Al

Kyobo Life Insurance has been acquiring industry-leading credit ratings from global credit rating agencies one after another. It earned A1 and A+ ratings from the world's top credit rating agencies, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, respectively, and received high marks for its fi

POSCO has decided to set up a matching fund with a global raw material supplier to foster human resources, a company spokesman said on Nov. 14.POSCO signed an agreement with Yancoal on the GEM matching fund on Nov. 13 in Sydney, Australia, attended by POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo and Yancoal CEO Re

Sigma Chain, a blockchain technology company, announced on Nov. 12 that it signed an MOU with U.S. accelerator company USAKO Group on raising an investment fund of $10 million to cooperate in the blockchain business to enter the U.S. market.Located in Los Angeles, Houston and St. Louis in the U.S.,

It has been confirmed that police have started a forced investigation into Home & Shopping, a TV home shopping company specializing in small- and medium-sized enterprises, after detecting its embezzlement of donations.According to the police on Nov. 12, the Intelligence Crime Investigation Unit of S

Global outdoor company Blackyak has received a plaque of appreciation from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.Blackyark Chairman Kang Tae-sun, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, and officials from the Oregon State's economic development bureau, the U.S. Embassy in Korea, and Port Authority of Portland attended the cer

Korean Air has announced its commitment to establishing sound and transparent governance structures and worked out specific measures to implement them.Korean Air held a board of directors' meeting on Nov. 7 to establish and announce its governance charter, while at the same time deciding to appo

The BIXPO 2019 for energy transition & digital transformation, which will lead the future of the energy industry, was held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on Nov. 6, the KEPCO said.The fifth BIXPO started at Kim Dae-jung Convention Center for a three-day run until Nov. 8 with more t

SPC Group was the first Korean company to win the Best Partner of the Year Award at the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference (GRLC) held at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore on Nov. 5.GRLC is the largest conference in the global food and beverage sector where CEOs of global food companies a

KTB Investment & Securities said on Nov. 4 that it is concerned about a downturn in business cycles, and lowered its target price for Lotte Chemical to 280,000 won per share from 330,000 won."It is expected that the downward trend of the business cycle will increase pressure on Lotte Chemical's

Companies, educational institutions and military units have gathered in one place for the youth career exploration class "TLC Ten school."Taejeon Group (vice chairman Oh Young-seok) said it conducted "TLC Teen School" on Nov. 1 at Seoul Robot High School, a public school under the Seoul Metropolitan

Mirae Asset Daewoo said on Nov. 1 that it has established an organization to provide overseas stock sales services to foreign investors. The newly established body, One Asia Equity Sales, will integrate Mirae Asset Daewoo's overseas subsidiary brokerage desks to quickly provide sales services fo

Korean Air will launch a facial recognition boarding service at Atlanta Airport in the U.S. from Nov. 1. Accordingly, passengers on Korean Air flights will be able to verify their identity and board the plane at Atlanta Airport through facial scans without scanning their boarding passes.The facial r

S-OIL, along with Rehabilitation International Korea, held a launching ceremony for the "Marathon of impression for the disabled" at its headquarters in Mapo, Seoul, on Oct. 31.The impressive 22-member marathon squad, including team captain Lee Bong-ju, the 2001 Boston Marathon Winner, disabled mara

Kim Seung-taek, president of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA), won the grand prize on Oct. 24 for the first time as head of a public organization in the health and welfare sector in the service innovation category of the "2019 Korea CEO Hall of Fame."The 2019 Korea CEO Hall of

Asiana Airlines has turned the non-regular routes on Incheon-Kaohsiung and Incheon-Phu Quoc into regular routes. The Incheon- Kaohsiung route will be operated seven times a week, and the Incheon-Phu Quoc route will be operated four times a week.Asiana Airlines held a ceremony at the Incheon Internat

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) announced on Oct. 27 that they selected Chung Han-sung, CEO of Shinjin Fasteners, and Jang Gwan-seop, CEO of Yeongkwang YKMC as "proud small businessmen in October."Shinjin Fasteners is the first Korean company to develop stai