SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new culture minister offered a stark warning on Thursday, saying that behind the glittering image of K-pop, K-drama and other cultural exports lies a fragile industry infrastructure at risk of collapse. At his first press conference since taking office, Choi Hwi-young, minister of culture, sports and tourism, said he [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with Bangladesh’s ambassador to Seoul on Friday to discuss ways to expand economic cooperation between the two countries, Yeo’s office said. In the meeting with Ambassador Toufiq Islam Shatil, Yeo said Bangladesh is a key market connecting Southeast and Southwest Asia and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung nominated new education and gender equality ministers as well as the heads of the nation’s corporate watchdog and financial regulator Wednesday, the presidential office said. Choi Kyo-jin, superintendent of the Sejong City Office of Education, was named education minister, presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik [...]