KOTRA Tops Korea’s Shared Growth Ratings for Fifth Straight Year The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, or KOTRA, said it earned the top grade for the fifth consecutive year in the government’s 2025 public-agency shared-growth evaluation, citing its cooperation with small businesses and regional economic players. KOTRA said the results, announced on the 27th, gave it an “excellent” rating every year since 2021. It said it posted its highest score to date and ranked No. 1 among entrusted-execution quasi-government agencies. The evaluation, aligne April 29, 2026

Samsung C&T Unveils 270-Degree Han River View Design for Apgujeong District 4 Rebuild Samsung C&T Corp.’s construction unit, which has entered the bidding for the Apgujeong District 4 reconstruction project, on Tuesday unveiled a design proposal developed with internationally known architects. The plan includes collaboration with high-tech architecture figure Norman Foster and landscape architect Peter Walker, the company said. According to Samsung C&T, the proposal uses Foster + Partners’ view-analysis solution, CYCLOPS, to optimize building placement on the s April 29, 2026

Jung Cheong-rae says Democrats will push special prosecutor after probe panel ends Jung Cheong-rae, leader of the Democratic Party, said a National Assembly fact-finding panel is exposing what he called prosecutors’ fabricated indictments tied to the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, and vowed to seek a special prosecutor as soon as the panel’s work ends. Speaking at a party leadership meeting at the Assembly on Tuesday, Jung said hearings by the special committee had “opened wide the door to the truth” that the Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance case was manipulated. He April 29, 2026

Dong-A Pharmaceutical Promotes Orthomol’s Targeted Nutrition for Seasonal Transitions As spring brings wider day-to-night temperature swings, more people report weakened immunity and accumulated fatigue. With outdoor activity increasing, attention is also growing on “precision targeted nutrition” tailored to an individual’s physical condition. German premium vitamin brand Orthomol is positioning its products around molecular orthomolecular medicine, emphasizing not just replacing missing nutrients but supplying them at concentrations designed to match what the body needs. April 29, 2026

U.S. Treasury chief touts Iran sanctions, says tens of billions in revenue blocked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent highlighted what he called the results of sanctions targeting Iran’s finance, energy and logistics networks, reaffirming a policy of “maximum pressure.” With U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks stalled, Bessent has repeatedly pointed to economic sanctions in a public push. In a post Monday on X, Bessent said the Treasury Department, through an operation he called “Economic Fury,” targeted Iran’s international shadow financial infrastructure, access routes to cry April 29, 2026

Epson Korea Expands Total Labeling Solutions From Home Use to Industrial Safety Epson Korea’s dedicated label-printer brand, “Namer,” launched late last year, is gaining rapid traction about four months after its debut, reshaping the home labeler market, industry officials said. The product is being used not only for organizing but also for personalizing diaries and other lifestyle uses. According to the industry on April 28, Namer is built around the concept, “Build my world with my own name,” and is positioned as a platform for expressing personal taste rather th April 29, 2026

Samsung Display, LG Display win SID Display of the Year awards Samsung Display and LG Display said Tuesday they have each won the Society for Information Display’s “Display of the Year” award. SID is a leading global display industry conference that draws about 7,000 experts, researchers and professors. “Display of the Year” is the top honor among SID’s annual Display Industry Awards. Samsung Display was recognized for its tri-fold smartphone display, first unveiled last year, which the company said demonstrated both high performance and improved p April 29, 2026

South Korea FTC to Revise Consumer-Centered Management Designation Rules South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission will revise terminology and procedures in its Consumer-Centered Management (CCM) business designation system, including renaming the certification review body as a designation review body and replacing “certificate” with “designation confirmation.” The FTC said April 29 it will accept public comments through June 8 on a proposed revision to the enforcement decree of the Framework Act on Consumers. The proposal follows amendments to the law promulgat April 29, 2026

Choo Kyung-ho Resigns as Lawmaker to Run for Daegu Mayor, Vows to Rebuild Conservatives Choo Kyung-ho, the People Power Party’s candidate for Daegu mayor, said April 29 he submitted his resignation as a National Assembly member to run in the local election, pledging to restore political balance starting in Daegu. In a statement, Choo, a three-term lawmaker from Dalseong County in Daegu, said, “Korea needs a counterweight to protect the country. I will try to reestablish that balance starting from Daegu.” He called the local election “an important turning point for Korea’s d April 29, 2026

Hyundai Rotem Shares Jump 8% on Poland K2 Tank Local Production Deal Hyundai Rotem shares surged more than 8% for a second straight session after the company said it signed a cooperation agreement tied to local production of K2 tanks in Poland. As of 9:43 a.m., Hyundai Rotem was trading at 265,500 won, up 21,000 won (8.59%) from the previous session, according to the Korea Exchange. The stock rose 5.84% a day earlier. Hyundai Rotem said Tuesday it signed a local production and maintenance cooperation agreement with Bumar-Labedy, a defense company under Po April 29, 2026