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- Yeosu, where the ocean comes to life
- May 03, 2012
- Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea is set to open in less than ten days’ time. In the three and a half years since Korea won the bid to host the event, Yeosu has been transformed from a small coastal city best known for its maritime industry to the site of a 2,710,000-square-meter venue expec...
- OECD credits Korea's green policies and growth potentia...
- May 03, 2012
- On April 27, Secretary General Jose Angel Gurria Trevino of the OECD held a press conference at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) where he unveiled the OECD Urban Policy Review of Korea 2012, an assessment of Korea’s approach to sustainable urban developm...
- Korea steps up cooperation with Sri Lanka
- Apr 25, 2012
- President Lee Myung-bak and President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka held a summit talk on April 24, exchanging views on a variety of topics of mutual interest and the state of regional and international affairs. President Lee Myung-bak and his Sri Lankan counterpart Presiden...
- Four major highlights at Yeosu Expo
- Apr 25, 2012
- With a little over two weeks to go until the May 12 grand opening of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, the countdown to the biggest international event of the year has officially begun. The Yeosu Expo was designed in order to awaken and alert world citizens to the pressing issues of climate...
- Jeju to become a medical tourism city
- Apr 25, 2012
- A large-scale health care center is going to be introduced on Jeju Island.A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Jeju Health Care Town on April 17.As one of the six core projects on Jeju Island conducted by the Jeju International City Development Center (JDC) and the Ministry of ...
- Foreign press in Korea for the Yeosu Expo
- Apr 20, 2012
- With less than a month to go before the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, some major foreign press correspondents have been making an official visit to the Expo grounds from April 15 and will continue through April 21 to gain direct experience of the world-class Expo facilities and Korean c...
- Korea soon to be a country of tropical crops
- Apr 20, 2012
- According to the National Institute of Meteorological Research (NIMR), the average temperature of Korea has risen by 1.7 °C in the last 100 years, while the average temperature of the world in the same period has increased by 0.74°C. As years go by, localized heavy rain in the su...
- Eco-friendly GreenCard counts over 2 million users
- Apr 17, 2012
- The Ministry of Environment’s GreenCard initiative has issued GreenCards to over 2 million people over the past nine months. Introduced in July 2011 to promote a culture of environmentally responsible consumption, the GreenCard initiative rewards cardholders with points and benef...
- Korea, new role model for development assistance
- Apr 16, 2012
- Amid the global economic downturn of recent years, the Republic of Korea has constantly expanded the scope of its official development assistance (ODA), becoming a new role model in development aid. According to reference statistics issued by the Development Cooperation Directora...
- KF opens e-lectures on Korean study in Europe
- Apr 13, 2012
- The Korea Foundation (KF) opened an e-school at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary on April 10 to offer courses on Koreanology focusing on the Korean economy and society. The KF also signed a contract last year for a global e-school with four universities in ...
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