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2013 AIMAG Ticket Issuing Center opens
[ Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee ]
May 02, 2013
The Ticket Issuing Center for the 2013 Incheon Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) was opened on May 2 at the Room 1207 of Meet-You-All Tower in Songdo, Incheon, the home of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC). The IAGOC held a ceremony for the openi...
Consumer Price Index, April 2013
[ Ministry of Strategy and Finance ]
May 01, 2013
Statistics Korea released their report on the Consumer Price Index in April 2013 on May 1. Click here to see the document: Consumer Price Index *Government press release (May 1)
Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and S...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 01, 2013
1. Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lim Sung-nam will visit Beijing, China, on May 1-2 for meetings with Chinese officials, including Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei. 2. In their follow-up meeting to the one betw...
Pyeongchang wins bid to host CBD/COP12 in 2014
[ Ministry of Environment ]
May 01, 2013
The Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province will host the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD/COP12).   Other candidates that applied to host the Conference were Changwon, Gyeongnam Prov...
ROK Puts into Full Gear Preparations for Seoul Conferen...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 01, 2013
1. Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 will take place in Seoul on October 17-18. ° The Seoul Conference, the third of its kind following the first in London in 2011 and the second in Budapest in 2012, will discuss a full range of issues related to cyberspace. 2. In order to ma...
ROK Seeks to Expand Cooperation with Developing Countri...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 01, 2013
1. The Foreign Ministry, together with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Technology Center (GTC), co-hosted the “Workshop on Equitable Energy Access” in Seoul on April 30-May 1. 2. In the Workshop, the participants held extensive discussions on sharing the Repub...
Presidential Envoy Attends the Coronation Ceremony of K...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
May 01, 2013
1. A Representative of the Saenuri Party and head of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee Suh Sang-kee, in his capacity as special envoy of President Park Geun-hye, attended the coronation ceremony of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of the Netherl...
Let our children stay in healthy environment!
[ Ministry of Environment ]
Apr 30, 2013
When our children grow in a healthy environment, the parents will work at ease without worries. This is the way to achieve people’s happiness.   The Ministry of Environment (MOE) designated the first week of May as ‘Children’s Environmental Health Week’ to highlight...
Foreign Minister and US House Asia and Pacific Subcommi...
[ Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]
Apr 29, 2013
1. On the afternoon of April 29, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met with Steve Chabot, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and Pacific, and Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking member of the Subcommittee. Minister Yun started by welcoming the US House Foreign Affair...
President meets with Myanmarese House Speaker Thura U S...
[ Office of the President ]
Apr 29, 2013
President Park Geun-hye met with Speaker of the Myanmarese House of Representatives Thura U Shwe Mann today at Cheong Wa Dae. At the meeting, they discussed ways to promote bilateral relations, assessed Myanmar’s reform and open-door policy and exchanged views on how to work toge...