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- President-elect Park meets Chinese envoy
- Jan 10, 2013
- President-elect Park Geun-hye (right) meets Zhang Zhijun, a special envoy from the Chinese government, on January 10 (photo from the presidential transition committee). President-elect Park Geun-hye received a visit from a special envoy of the Chinese government on January 10 at...
- Website on integrated information on Dokdo opens
- Jan 07, 2013
- Dokdo Jirinet Website The Korean government opened a website which contains integrated geographic and historic information on Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost island in the East Sea. This website was built in December 2012 by the National Geographic Information Institute under the Min...
- New welfare, health-targeted policies to benefit more p...
- Jan 07, 2013
- The Korean government has introduced new support programs in the welfare and public health sectors. Some of the most noticeable changes are found in the childcare and health sectors, thanks to the new policies.These changes will also apply not only to Koreans but also non-Koreans...
- Keywords in Korean economic history
- Jan 03, 2013
- Korea has experienced astonishing economic progress in the last few decades. The annual trade volume has expanded to USD one trillion, helping Korea become the world’s eighth-largest trading partner. Korea also strengthened its presence on the global stage by hosting and particip...
- President-elect Park meets SME leaders
- Dec 26, 2012
- President-elect Park Geun-hye (second from right) speaks with members of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business on December 26, 2012 (photo: Yonhap News).President-elect Park Geun-hye said that the incoming administration would shift its focus to small and medium-sized...
- President-elect Park meets Russian ambassador
- Dec 20, 2012
- Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin Vnukov delivers a signed letter to President-elect Park Geun-hye in Seoul on December 20, 2012 (photo: Yonhap News). President-elect Park Geun-hye received a visit by Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin Vnukov at the Saenuri Party office...
- Park Geun-hye becomes Korea's first female president
- Dec 19, 2012
- Park Geun-hye, daughter of President Park Chung-Hee who laid the foundation for Korea's economic success, was elected the next president on December 19, becoming Korea's first female president as well as the first president whose father was also president. From the ruling Saenuri...
- Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik visits Mexico, Canada, for...
- Dec 05, 2012
- Korea and Mexico agreed to further strengthen their strategic partnership in celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to the prime minister's office. Korea's Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik met Mexican President Enrique Pena Ni...
- President Lee wraps up state visit to UAE
- Nov 23, 2012
- President Lee Myung-bak held a summit with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, at Al Rawda Palace in Al Ain on November 21. The two leaders took time to evaluate the various joint projects that have been launched since the establishment of t...
- 7th East Asia Summit wraps up
- Nov 23, 2012
- The 7th East Asia Summit (EAS) held at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia came to an end on November 20. The summit wrapped up with the adopting of the Declaration of the 7th East Asia Summit on Regional Responses to Malaria Control and Addressing Resistance to Antimalarial...
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