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Energy
2nd Vice Minister attends Korea H2 Business Summit Investor Day
Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the H2 Investor Day held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) on July 6 hosted by Korea H2 Business Summit for stimulating private investment and seeking collaboration opportunities in hydrogen projects. In his opening message, Vice Minister Park emphasized that “hydrogen is the core energy source that can tackle both carbon neutral and energy security” and noted that the 'Hydrogen Act amendment in May has lai date2022-07-07
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Trade/Investment
Trade Minister attends Trade and Security 2022
Trade Minister Ahn Duk-Geun attended the Trade and Security 2022 held at COEX in Seoul on July 6 to raise awareness on trade security and encourage companies that contributed to Korea’s exports control system. Following his opening message, the Trade Minister gave a keynote speech under the theme of “Trade Security Environment and Challenges” and awarded 19 government commendations to companies and institutions that showed model implementation of exports control, as we date2022-07-07
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Trade/Investment
Trade Minister holds 28th Trade Promotion Committee meeting
Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun presided the 28th Trade Promotion Committee meeting at the Government Complex Sejong on July 5 to discuss recent trade ministerial talks, World EXPO 2030 Busan promotion, pandemic and food security response. The trade chief gave an opening message regarding current issues and bilateral, multilateral talks, namely the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), Korea-EU Trade Ministers’ meeting, promotion for Busan as World EXPO host city, fisheries subsidie date2022-07-07
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Energy
2nd Vice Minister attends Korea H2 Business Summit Investor Day
Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the H2 Investor Day held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) on July 6 hosted by Korea H2 Business Summit. The Korea H2 Business Summit was launched voluntarily in September 2021 by 17 companies investing in the hydrogen value chain, some of which are Hyundai Motor, SK, POSCO and Samsung C&T. The hydrogen fund (hereinafter “summit fund”) launching was publicly officialized by the H2 Investor Day event, and a pu date2022-07-07
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Energy
2nd Vice Minister attends “Power Generation Big Data Place
Trade, Industry and Energy 2nd Vice Minister Park Il-jun attended the “Power Generation Big Data Place Opening Ceremony” at the Korea Electric Power Corporation Research Institute (KEPRI) in Daejeon on July 4 to award orders of merit to those who contributed to the “Data Place” establishment. In his congratulatory message, Vice Minister Park stated that the Power Generation Big Data Place not only lays the foundation for power industry’s digitalization but date2022-07-06
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Industry
1st Vice Minister holds Industrial Digital Transformation Business Conference
Trade, Industry and Energy 1st Vice Minister Jang Young-jin presided the “Industrial Digital Transformation Business Conference” held July 5 at the LS Electric plant in Cheongju to discuss digital transitions across industry sectors and different businesses. In his opening message, he urged large companies to “take charge in swiftly establishing their digital innovation ecosystem with middle-market companies and SMEs” and exchanged views regarding digital transfo date2022-07-06
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Trade/Investment
Trade Minister holds 28th Trade Promotion Committee meeting
Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun held the 28th Trade Promotion Committee meeting on July 5 at the Government Complex Sejong in the presence of eight relevant ministries to discuss the new regime’s new trade directions, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) implementation and climate change impact on trade and necessary countermeasures. In his opening remarks, Minister Ahn stated that his focus over the past three weeks had been on the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), Korea-EU Trade Min date2022-07-06
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Energy
Korea's new energy policies are announced
The Government held the 30th Cabinet meeting presided by President Yoon Suk-yeol on July 5 with participation of relevant ministries and laid out new energy policy goals and directions through a deliberation and resolution process. Amid the global push for carbon neutral, escalation of Russia-Ukraine conflict and global energy supply chain uncertainties, energy security and attaining carbon neutral goals are now more critical than ever. In response to these changes, it is imperative that new e date2022-07-05
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Energy
Minister Lee attends Energy Efficiency Innovation 2022
Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang attended the kick-off ceremony for “Energy Efficiency Innovation with Citizens 2022” at Seoul City Hall on July 4, which was held under the slogan, “Net-Zero (NZ) Generation, Caring for Earth.” Minister Lee delivered opening remarks and awarded “Energy Cashback” award certificates and plaques to households and apartments that succeeded in reaching energy reduction goals, followed by a signing ceremony date2022-07-05
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Trade/Investment
Korea-ASEAN Dinner for promotion of World EXPO 2030 Busan
Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun attended the “Korea-ASEAN Dinner in Honor of ASEAN SOM Leaders” to promote World EXPO 2030 Busan at the Shilla Seoul on July 1 and gave a welcoming message to the vice ministerial-level attendees from ten ASEAN member countries, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. date2022-07-05