KB Financial Group wins top prize at Korea JoongAng Daily Advertisement Awards KB Financial Group won the top prize at the Korea JoongAng Daily Advertisement Awards for its community-focused campaign. Other notable winners included Wonju City Government and KHNP, recognized for their impactful ads. 2024.12.5
Korea's Czech nuclear project bid derailed by U.S. government Korea's grand plan to build nuclear power plants has hit an early hurdle after the U.S. government rejected a filing by Korea Hydro and Nuclear (KHNP) related to a project in the Czech Republic. The Department of Energy in January declined to... 2023.4.6
Plant contamination called a gamma ray in a teacup The ruling and opposition parties are facing off over a media report about groundwater contamination by a radioactive material at the Wolsong nuclear plant, the country's second oldest. 2021.1.12
Energy Ministry, KHNP, Korea Gas raided on Wolsong 1 Prosecutors raided the Energy Ministry and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to see whether they falsified data to justify the early closing of the country’s second-oldest nuclear reactor. 2020.11.5
![Participants of the 60th JoongAng Advertising Awards pose for a photo at the Westin Josun Seoul in central Seoul on Thursday. Korea JoongAng Daily and JoongAng Ilbo CEO Park Chang-hee, fifth from left in the front row, Professor Lee Myoung-chun from Chung-Ang University's Department of Advertising and Public Relations who headed the judge panel, sixth from left in the front row, pose with the awardees including Park Jin-young, chief public relation officer at the KB Financial Group, second from left in the front row, and Kim Cheol-woong, head of Wonju City Government’s strategic public relations team, second from left in the second row. [PARK SANG-MOON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11950698.jpg?imageId=11950698&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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