SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched task forces under several ministries to beef up the monitoring of prices of key food and other major items and to implement necessary measures swiftly as part of efforts to bring inflation under control, officials said Monday. The establishment of the entities, led by vice [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a government-private consultative body Monday tasked with exploring ways to resolve the long-standing diplomatic row with Japan about compensation for the Korean victims of wartime forced labor, a sticking point in their relations. First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong presided over the inaugural session of the [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a task force meant to expand policy efforts to tackle demographic challenges as it is expected to suffer a serious fall in the working-age population in the coming years over its chronic low birthrate, the finance ministry said Friday. During the inaugural meeting of the task [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday launched a task force to commercialize urban air mobility (UAM) services in the domestic market in 2025. Around 40 organizations and companies joined UAM Team Korea to offer such services, starting with one to two routes, or terminals, in the Seoul metropolitan area in 2025 [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Sunday it will soon launch a task force of government officials and civilians to enhance a monitoring system for MERS and take all-out measures to prevent the spread of the viral disease. “We will launch a joint task force of government officials and civilians for all-out efforts [...]