Korea set to launch vaccine council with US
Posted : 2021-05-25 16:40
Updated : 2021-05-25 16:41
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, center, Trade Minister Moon Sung-wook, left, and Health Minister Kwon Deok-chul appear at the Seoul Government Complex, Tuesday, to brief about President s Moon Jae-in s visit to United States last week. Courtesy of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
By Baek Byung-yeul
Korea and the United States will launch a COVID-19 vaccine expert panel by early June to specifically support the vaccine partnership agreed to by President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joseph Biden at their summit in Washington, D.C., last week.
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The National Pension Service has shelved a plan to introduce negative screening on coal miners and relevant businesses aimed at building a low-carbon portfolio, which failed to get the nod from its top decision-making body on Friday.
But the committee endorsed the South Korean pension scheme s decision to authorize its investment division heads to proceed with small-size alternative deals worth up to $100 million respectively, without reporting to its CIO Ahn Hyo-joon, compared to the current threshold of $50 million.
On the proposed negative screening, the 20-member committee supervising the NPS Investment Management department, chaired by Welfare Minister Kwon Deok-chul, was almost evenly divided, according to the committee sources.
Posted : 2021-04-26 16:29
Updated : 2021-04-26 16:32
Acting Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki announces a statement to the public regarding the country s COVID-19 inoculation plan at the Government Complex in Seoul, Monday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Acting Prime Minister vows to administer first shots to 70 percent of population by September
By Jun Ji-hye, Nam Hyun-woo
The government sought to dismiss concerns over a possible shortage of COVID-19 vaccines and their safety, Monday, which could hamper its efforts to meet the goal of achieving herd immunity by November, amid growing fears over another wave of infections.
President Moon Jae-in urged critics to refrain from creating exhausting debates about the vaccine, something he claims has caused anxiety among the public, and called on them to concentrate on the national effort to overcome the public health crisis as soon as possible.
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