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ROK and Slovakia Exchange Celebratory Messages to Mark ...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Dec 28, 2012
1. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Slovakia, President Lee Myung-bak exchanged celebratory messages with Slovakian President Ivan Gašparovič. * The ROK and Slovakia established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1...
Retail Sales Figures for November
[ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ]
Dec 28, 2012
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy has released its retail sales figures for the month of November. Although sales at the nation’s three major discount chains fell 1.7 percent year on year, the downward pace slowed as unseasonably cold weather raised demand for apparel, sporting g...
Trade Minister to Run for the Post of the WTO Director-...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Dec 28, 2012
1.The government of the Republic of Korea has nominated Minister for Trade Bark Tae-ho for the post of the next World Trade Organization Director-General, and will register his candidacy at the WTO Secretariat through the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN Secre...
Cruise vessels calling at Korean ports expected to surg...
[ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ]
Dec 27, 2012
Cruise vessels calling at Korean ports expected to surge in 2013 - 379 calls expected, a 56% increase from 2012's 212 calls -   The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Korea (Minister: H.E. Mr. Kwon, Do-Youp) announced that the calls of 2...
ROK-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Dec 27, 2012
1. On December 27, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan had a telephone conversation with new Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who called Minister Kim to offer his greetings. 2. Minister Kim congratulated Minister Kishida on his taking office and requested that he take keen i...
ROK Lays a Claim to the Continental Shelf beyond 200-Na...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Dec 27, 2012
1. On December 26 (New York time), the government of the Republic of Korea submitted to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) information on the ROK’s continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the East China Sea, in accordance with the UN Convention...
Seoul Square Skating Rink to open December 15
Dec 26, 2012
Seoul Square skating rink finally opened at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 15 for the 2012 winter season. It is now open to the public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and public holidays. Admission costs just 1,000...
Subway “Rice Jars of Love” collected 350 bags of rice
Dec 26, 2012
Seoul Metro, which runs Subway Lines 1~4, announced on December 6 that it had collected about 350 straw bags (each containing 80kg) of rice from the ‘Rice Jars of Love’ installed at four of its stations across the city by the end of November 2012 and delivered the rice to more th...
MOFAT Spokesperson’s Commentary on the Launch of a New ...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Dec 26, 2012
1. The Government of the Republic of Korea extends its congratulations to Japan on the launch of its new government on December 26 led by Shinjo Abe, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and newly elected Prime Minister. 2. The Republic of Korea and Japan, as close neighb...
Government debt calculated according to international s...
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
Dec 26, 2012
Government debt for the 2011 fiscal year was 486.6 trillion won (37.9% of GDP) according to the IMF Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM), which was released in 2001 and provides standards for how to assess government debt accurately. These new standards expanded the scope ...