[Economic 365]

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. decided to build a team dedicated to bidding this month,'Team Korea', to win orders for 1,200MW nuclear power plants in the Dukobani region of the Czech Republic.

The project cost is only 8 trillion won, and the Czech Republic is also in the process of ordering construction of a new nuclear power plant in Corona 19.

In addition, Hansuwon is also pursuing a nuclear power plant maintenance and repair market than Romania's Cherna and entering the Eldava nuclear power plant construction project in Egypt.

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Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy creates a'Digital Industrial Innovation Fund' worth 80 billion won for the purpose of digital transformation of the entire industrial ecosystem.

As part of the government's'Digital New Deal' policy, we will start investing in earnest next year by selecting a fund manager through an online briefing session.

This fund mainly invests in small and medium-sized companies that develop new products and services using so-called'DNA' technologies such as data, networks, and artificial intelligence.

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In the first half of this year, Japan's product imports declined to a level similar to that of other regions.

According to the Korea Customs Service, imports from Japan in January-June this year were 22 billion dollars, a 9.9% decrease from the same period last year, similar to the overall decrease in imports.

In the last year, including the second half of last year, when the Japanese boycott was launched, the rate of decrease in Japanese imports was 12.9%, more than twice the total decrease of 6%.