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Celebration for designating Mudeungsan as the 21st Nati...
[ Ministry of Environment ]
May 24, 2013
Celebration for designating Mudeungsan as the 21st National Park   Korea National Park Service (KNPS) under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) holds a celebration event on May 23 for designating Mudeungsan Park as the 21st national park.   Under the theme ...
Retail Sales Figures for April
[ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ]
May 23, 2013
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has released its retail sales figures for the month of April. Sales at the nation’s three major discount chains declined 9.8 percent year on year as spending in all categories showed negative growth. Notably, sales of food continued the ...
ROK and the PRC to Hold a High-level Strategic Dialogue...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 23, 2013
1. The 6th High-level Strategic Dialogue between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will take place in Beijing on June 3, with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun and China’s Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui leading their delegations, resp...
1st MOE-MOTIE Integrated Administration Meeting to be h...
[ Ministry of Environment ]
May 22, 2013
1st MOE-MOTIE Integrated Administration Meeting to be held   The Vice Minister of Environment, Jeong Yeon-man, and the Vice Minister of Trade, Industry & Energy, Kim Jae-hong, announced to hold the “1st MOE-MOITE Integrated Administration Meeting” on May 21 to ...
ROK and Thailand to Co-host a ROK-Mekong Business Forum
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 22, 2013
1. The government of the Republic of Korea, together with the government of Thailand, will host the First ROK-Mekong Business Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23. The Forum will bring together some 100 people, including government officials and entrepreneurs from the ROK and co...
Heads of Overseas Diplomatic Missions to Boost Economic...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 22, 2013
1. On the afternoon of May 22, 122 heads of overseas diplomatic missions of the Republic of Korea held a meeting to discuss ways to conduct economic diplomacy and contribute to the ROK’s economic revival. The Foreign Ministry, after having its trade-negotiating function transferr...
ROK Ambassadors Express a Resolve to Boost Public Diplo...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 22, 2013
1. The fourth in the series of discussion sessions on policy priorities during the 2013 meeting of heads of overseas diplomatic missions of the Republic of Korea took place under the theme of “public diplomacy that contributes to cultural prosperity.” Second Vice Foreign Minister...
Heads of Overseas Diplomatic Missions Explore the Futur...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 21, 2013
1. Heads of overseas diplomatic missions visited the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the government agency that implements grant- aid prograrms overseas, on May 21. During the visit, they joined a meeting on the ROK’s official development assistance (ODA) policy a...
Sejong Art Market SoSo – Encounter between everyday lif...
[ Seoul Metropolitan Government ]
May 21, 2013
The Sejong Center for Performing Arts holds the Sejong Art Market SoSo in the Garden of Art at the rear side of the Center from noon to 6:00 PM every first and third Saturdays of the month between May and October this year. The market displays and sells artworks that do not attra...
Spoonbills flying from China tested negative for avian ...
[ Ministry of Environment ]
May 20, 2013
Spoonbills flying from China tested negative for avian influenza (AI)   The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that a flock of spoonbill birds that migrated from China to Korea on April 28 tested negative for av...