Kim Na-young

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Staff Writer at Yonhap News Agency (Korean)

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Finance ministry discusses response to global trade uncertainties in OECD meeting

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Economy and Finance has attended a high-level meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members in Paris to discuss the international community's efforts to respond to global trade uncertainties and economic risks, ministry officials said Thursday.
Finance ministry begins discussions on crafting 2nd extra budget bill to support economy

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The finance ministry held a meeting Thursday to discuss drafting a second supplementary budget bill with an aim to boost the local economy, officials said, following President Lee Jae-myung's call for economic recovery efforts. The Ministry of Economy and Finance held the meeting earlier in the day as a follow-up measure to the emergency government task force (TF) meeting held the previous day to address economic challenges, according to the officials.
KHNP to set up on-site construction office for Czech power plant project

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

By Kim Na-young SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will first establish an on-site construction office in the Czech Republic to swiftly commence the nuclear reactor construction project for the European nation, company officials said Thursday, a day after the two sides finalized the deal.
(3rd LD) S. Korea's KHNP signs final nuclear plant contract with Czech Republic after court injunction lifted

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS more info throughout, photos; RESTRUCTURES) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said Wednesday it signed a final contract to build nuclear reactors at a power plant in the Czech Republic, following the lifting of a court injunction that had blocked the deal.
(LEAD) Czech court cancels injunction banning nuclear power plant contract with S. Korea's KHNP, paves way for final deal

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; REWRITES throughout) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- A Czech court has canceled an injunction banning the signing of a multibillion-dollar nuclear power plant contract with South Korea, lifting a major hurdle in the final agreement between the two sides, the Korean company in charge of the project said Wednesday.
2 S. Korean firms vying to become partners in Alaska LNG project: Glenfarne

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- At least two South Korean companies have participated in the strategic partner selection process of the lead private developer of an Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, U.S. energy firm Glenfarne Group said Wednesday.
S. Korea's pharmaceutical exports hit record high in Q1 on robust demand in Europe: data

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of pharmaceutical products reached an all-time high in the first quarter thanks to strong demand for Korean medicines in the European market, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of pharmaceuticals came to a quarterly high of US$2.56 billion in the January-March period, up 17.7 percent from a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute.
Gov't to offer 34.1 bln won for R&D projects in future mobility sector

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul government will provide more than 30 billion won (US$21.2 million) for research and development (R&D) projects aimed at developing core technologies in the future mobility sector, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The government will offer up to 34.1 billion won in support funds to some 30 R&D projects on developing eco-friendly and autonomous driving vehicle technologies, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Gov't convenes emergency meeting on response to planned hike in U.S. steel tariffs

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) -- The government held an emergency meeting with major local steelmakers Monday to discuss the impact of the United States' plan to double its tariffs on all steel imports to 50 percent later this week, the industry ministry said. The meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, was attended by officials from POSCO Group, Hyundai Steel Co. and other major steel companies here, according to ministry officials.
Cheong Wa Dae | Yonhap News Agency

3 weeks ago | en.yna.co.kr | Kim Na-young

People look around Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea's former presidential complex, in central Seoul on June 1, 2025. (Yonhap)(END)