Speculation is growing that President Yoon Suk Yeol might carry out another reshuffle of his Cabinet in the near future - most likely after spending a week on summer vacation starting Wednesday.
Foreign employees of local chip, automotive and telecommunication titans called on the government to ease visa extension and mortgage policies, according to the industry ministry, Wednesday. They said the government should establish a recruitment website to help highly skilled foreign workers access timely job information, and revise social benefit programs to better represent the interests of hard-working, tax-paying non-Koreans.
Korea will seek to achieve bio-related economic production of 100 trillion won ($79 billion) and increase biopharmaceutical exports to $50 billion by 2030, the industry ministry said Wednesday.
The government expressed its intention to construct new nuclear power plants. Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang said in the 29th meeting of the Energy Committee on Monday that it is necessary to consider expanding capacity to supply nuclear energy and hydrogen to meet the increasing demand for electric power. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration scrapped the previous Moon Jae-in administration's .
The government expressed its intention to construct new nuclear power plants. Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang said in the 29th meeting of the Energy Committee on Monday that it is necessary to consider expanding capacity to supply nuclear energy and hydrogen to meet the increasing demand for electric power. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration scrapped the previous Moon Jae-in administration's .