President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that he would during his tenure, push for the deepening of relations and bilateral ties between Ghana and Korea. “As government embarks on an ambitious social and economic programme to transform the country on the model of the ‘Asian Tigers’ we need to deepen relations”. According to the … Read more
President Akufo-Addo, is advocating for the growth of bilateral ties and relations between Ghana and Korea, as government seeks to embark on an ambitious programme of social and economic transformation modeled on the programmes used by the ‘Asian Tigers’. The President made this known when Mr. Lyeo Woon-Ki, the outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Ghana, … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is advocating the growth of bilateral ties and relations between Ghana and Korea, as government seeks to embark on an ambitious programme of social and economic transformation modelled on the programmes used by the ‘Asian Tigers’. The President made this known when Lyeo Woon-Ki, the outgoing … Read more
Ghana has signed a framework agreement with the Republic of Korea for a concessional loan of $200 million. The fund, which will be disbursed from Korea’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to Ghana between 2017 and 2019, will cover five projects. The concessional loan comes with a 10-year grace and 25 years repayment periods, at … Read more
President John Mahama’s late turn-up to an event yesterday in Accra did not go down well with members of the diplomatic corps. The event was the commissioning of the New Lavender Hill faecal treatment plant by Mr Mahama. Even though proceedings were scheduled to commence at 8:00am according to invitations sent out by the Corporate … Read more
African governments have been advised to overcome their economic challenges and work towards becoming the next manufacturing hub after China and East Asia in this 21st Century. Lyeo Woon-Ki, Korean Ambassador to Ghana, who gave the advice recently, was speaking at the 2nd Business Entrepreneurs Breakfast Summit hosted by KRIF Ghana, Action Chapel and Energy … Read more
A?survey commissioned by IMANI Ghana has suggested that most Ghanaians are unhappy with high government spending. The respondents, numbering 10,020, from all the regional capitals, also largely answered ‘no’ to a question on whether the government should continue to spend heavily in spite of the country’s rising debt stock. Respondents from the Central Region were … Read more
The Ghanaian attitude to time and late attendance to programmes of national importance received a backlash from the Korean Ambassador and a team of Korean engineers at a workshop in Accra yesterday. Lyeo Woon-Ki, the Ambassador, criticised the conduct of the officials of the Ministry of Transport after waiting for almost one hour at a … Read more