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ROK and Colombia to Sign a Bilateral FTA
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Feb 18, 2013
1. Minister for Trade Bark Tae-ho and Colombia’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Sergio Diaz-Granados will formally sign the ROK-Colombia FTA at the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea on February 21. 2. The ROK has signed nine FTAs with 46 countries, eight of w...
At shopping street, art and culture converge
[ Busan Metropolitan Government ]
Feb 14, 2013
At Seomyeon Street in Busanjin District, art and culture are alive. Duty-free shops, department stores and all kinds of restaurants are on offer at Busan’s No. 1 shopping street in Seomyeon.Busan City has created a street where art and culture are alive. The 2.1-kilometer (1.3-mi...
Monetary Policy Decision(February 14, 2013)
[ Bank of Korea ]
Feb 14, 2013
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea decided today to leave the Base Rate unchanged at 2.75% for the intermeeting period.*Link *Source: The Bank of Korea*Press release (February 14)
Macroeconomy and Finance Meeting held to evaluate situa...
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
Feb 13, 2013
On February 13 at 7:30a.m., Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Shin Jaeyoon held an emergency session of the Macroeconomy and Finance Meeting to evaluate the current state of domestic and international financial markets and discuss response measures following North Korea’s 3rd...
Outcome of UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on Nor...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Feb 13, 2013
1. At 9:00 a.m., February 12 (US Eastern Standard Time), the United Nations Security Council held a closed-door emergency meeting to discuss ways to respond to the nuclear test conducted by North Korea. ° On the heels of the nuclear test by North Korea, the Republic of Korea, in...
Seoul Metropolitan Library now opened 100 days ago
[ Seoul Metropolitan Government ]
Feb 13, 2013
The Seoul Metropolitan Library (http://lib.seoul.go.kr/www/html/en/main.jsp) opened 100 days ago following the remodeling of the former Seoul City Hall. The library is serving as a resting place for local residents in addition to being a place for reading books, in close linkage ...
MKE Releases Car Sales Figures for January
[ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ]
Feb 13, 2013
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy has released its car sales figures for January. Despite the global economic slowdown, automobile production and exports recorded their highest-ever figures for January thanks to an increase in the number of working days. The nation produced 410,6...
ROK-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Feb 13, 2013
1. On February 13, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan, who is on a visit to New York, had a telephone conversation with his Australian counterpart Bob Carr at the latter’s request and discussed ways to work together in responding to North Korea’s nuclear test. 2. Minister Carr cond...
"Korean style" to be applied to ports in Equatorial Gui...
[ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ]
Feb 13, 2013
"Korean style" to be applied to ports in Equatorial Guinea - Korea-Equatorial Guinea port development cooperation MOU signed –   Korea embarks upon port cooperation projects with Equatorial Guinea, a country whose GDP is the highest in Africa, and is one of the three bigg...
Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and S...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Feb 12, 2013
1. On February 12, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lim Sung-nam summoned to the Foreign Ministry Ambassadors Sung Kim, Koro Besho, Konstantin Vnukov and Chen Hai from the US, Japan, Russia and China, respectively, for bilateral meetings. In ...