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A cargo truck being escorted out of a port in Euiwang, Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]

Trucker strike talks end without deal, executive action looms

About 6,000 unionized truckers have been on strike since last Thursday. Some 25,000 truckers, 6 percent of the total in the country, are members of the trucker union. Reports of violence have been filed with the police.

2022.11.28

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong anounces the government's mobility road map at the government complex in Sejong on Monday. [YONHAP]

Level 3 autonomous cars on the roads in a year under new plan

Level 3 autonomous vehicles will be plying the streets of Korea in a year, and Level 4 within five years, according to a plan issued by issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Monday.

2022.9.19

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Land Minister Won Hee-ryong announces the Yoon Suk-yeol government's first housing supply plan at the government complex in Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

2.7 million apartments to be added under Yoon's plan

The key to the Yoon Suk-yeol's government first housing supply plan is relaxing "excessive" restrictions, including the payment apartment owners have to make when the value of their newly reconstructed units rise.

2022.8.16

Aviation organization

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, fourth from left, poses with major delegates including International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) President Salvatore Sciacchitano at Paradise City, Incheon, on Monday.

2022.7.4

A flight flies over Gimpo International Airport on Friday. [YONHAP]

Asia's biggest civil aviation conference arrives in Incheon on Monday

The conference is held as countries have been gradually lifting travel restrictions adopted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, including mandatory quarantine.

2022.7.3

Coupang’s reusable Rocket Fresh bag used to deliver groceries [COUPANG]

[ROAD TO 2050] E-commerce dream and environmental problem as delivery spews carbon

The at-home shopping delivery boom is bad for the environment and could be a problem for Korea as it seeks to meet its carbon goals.

2021.5.8

An almost empty Incheon International Airport on March 25 [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Secure and safe travel pass app could take some time

The Travel Pass app could run into trouble in Korea over privacy and security concerns.

2021.4.4

Kim Gi-seoung, vice president of LX, a state-backed land information company, center, and Choi Myung-kyu, vice mayor of Jeonju, right, attend a press event at LX in Jeonju, North Jeolla, on Tuesday to promote digital twin technology. [MOLIT]

Jeonju gets a 3-D twin to help with urban planning

Imagine seeing a 3-D model of Jeonju, North Jeolla, from a bird’s eye view.

2021.1.27

Land Minister Kim Hyun-mee, center, announces new real estate market regulations at the government complex in Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Moon's war on real estate speculation soldiers on

Anyone who used a jeonse (long-term housing rental deposit) loan to buy an apartment worth 300 million won ($250,000) or more in areas designated as "overheated" or "speculative" zones will have to immediately repay the loan.

2020.6.17

View of an apartment complex in Jamsil, southern Seoul, on June 9. The neighborhood is one of the most popular in Seoul. The government recently announced that in July it will investigate individuals who have registered housing rental businesses. [YONHAP]

Much-abused landlord tax loophole is investigation target

Housing rental businesses are the target of a task force seeking to weed out individuals who use the structure to gain certain tax benefits. Violators can be fined 30 million won ($24,800). Landlords are furious over the government’s crackdown,

2020.6.15