[THE INVESTOR] State-run electricity provider Korea Electric Power Corp. saidon June 27 that it will run some 1,500 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country.

The 1,560 charging stations will be available at KEPCO’s operations center, public parking lots and some apartment complexes, it added.

The rate per kWh will range from 83.6 to 174.3 won depending on what time the charging commences, the KEPCO said.

EV owners will be able to find the locations of KEPCO-run charging stations at www.evc.kepco.co.kr or through a smartphone application.

By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)