Commuters in Korea are now able to use public transportation at discounted fares with the official launch of the K-pass on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Monday that Land Minister Park Sang-woo and envoys joined a ceremony congratulating the resumption of a developmental project in Bismayah, Iraq, on Sunday.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday rolled out multiple measures to alleviate traffic congestion during the Lunar New Year holiday, also known as Seollal.
Gyeonggi will offer its own unlimited nationwide transit discount program starting in May. “The Gyeonggi Pass” service will reimburse its users a certain amount of monthly public transportation expenditure.
Multiple sources told the JoongAng Ilbo on Monday that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport submitted its plans to bury major railways in downtown areas to the presidential office.
The Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office raided the Statistics Korea headquarters and other related offices suspected of data manipulation after the BAI requested an investigation into allegations that the Moon government had tampered with data.
The minister is currently not a political fighter, but a public servant.
Land and Housing Corporation pledged to root out so-called construction industry “cartels” amid rising public jitters on shoddy construction. It launched an anti-cartel headquarter aimed at preventing corruption in the construction process.
The presidential office said Sunday that the controversy over the cancellation of the highway project connecting Seoul with Yangpyeong in Gyeonggi is "an issue that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport should take care of."
Land Minister Won Hee-ryong said he was throwing out the project due to groundless rumors by the Democratic Party that the highway project was changed to benefit the first lady Kim Keon-hee's family, which own lands in the area.
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