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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...
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...
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...
Aspiring young entrepreneur’s store No. 2 opens in Myeo...
[ Seoul Metropolitan Government ]
May 16, 2013
On May 9, the Aspiring Young Entrepreneur's Store No. 2 was opened in Myeong-dong, one of the busiest shopping districts in Seoul. Receiving support from Seoul Metropolitan Government and Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA), the store sells a wide range of goods made ...
Psy will hold a concert in Indonesia on July
[ Seoul Metropolitan Government ]
May 16, 2013
The world wide phenomenon, PSY, and a flash mob of 1000 will people dance away in Indonesia to create more unity between our two countries. Soon, Psy harmony concert" in support of Korea - Indonesia Friendship Year 2013 will take place in Jakarta. Indonesia's top VIPs will introd...
ROK Nationals Now Eligible to Obtain Brazil’s Short-ter...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 16, 2013
1. Under the new improved visa system of the Brazilian government, foreigners who wish to visit Brazil to provide technical support to Brazilian companies will be issued in only three working days short-term technical visas valid up to 90 days by the Brazilian diplomatic mission ...
2013 Fiscal Strategy Meeting
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
May 16, 2013
The 2013 Fiscal Strategy Meeting* was held on May 16. President Park Geun-hye chaired the meeting and the entire Cabinet along with experts from the private sector participated in the meeting. * The Fiscal Strategy Meeting is held annually to review previous year’s fiscal perform...
Foreign Bond Investment continues to grow
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
May 16, 2013
Foreign bond investment in 2013 is on the rise as central banks and global funds continue to buy government bonds despite North Korean threats and other risk factors. 2013 Foreign Bond Investment TrendsNet foreign bond investment was 6.2 trillion won during the period from Januar...
5th ministerial meeting on the economy
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
May 15, 2013
Deputy Prime Minister Oh-Seok Hyun hosted the 5th Ministerial Meeting on the Economy on May 15. The meeting touched on ways to finance venture startups and examined the current state of budget execution as well as the housing market normalization measures. The following is Deputy...
Measures to develop a venture-startup funding ecosystem
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
May 15, 2013
The Park Geun-hye administration has released an outline for their master plan to transform the Korean economy into a creative economy. The government, at the May 15 Ministerial Meeting on the Economy, announced ‘Measures to Develop a Venture-Startup Funding Ecosystem.’ These mea...