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- President Lee meets Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas
- Feb 06, 2012
- President Lee met with Mayor Kadir Topbas of Istanbul on February 5 during his state visit to Turkey.Having previously paid each other mutual visits during Lee’s term as mayor of Seoul in 2005, President Lee and Mayor Topbas both expressed gladness at the opportunity to meet agai...
- Past, present, and future of green growth
- Feb 02, 2012
- According to a recent national survey, 96.7% of respondents said the green growth policy the current government has carried forward should be continued by Korea’s next administration. The majority of respondents agreed that the green growth policy is one of the best leg...
- President Lee to visit Turkey, Middle East
- Feb 01, 2012
- President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok are scheduled to make a state visit to the Republic of Turkey, followed by a three-country whistle stop tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, from February 4 to 11. Cheong Wa Dae announced on January 30 that ...
- New agency to promote Hallyu
- Jan 31, 2012
- Culture Minister Choe Kwang-shik, along with First Vice Minister Kwak Young-jin and Culture and Arts Bureau Director Park Sun Tae, attended the official launching ceremony of a new ministry agency for the promotion of Hallyu on January 30. Headed by First Vice Minister Kwak, the ...
- Korea’s national competitiveness: How did Korea do in 2...
- Jan 30, 2012
- The Ministry of Strategy and Finance diagnosed the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Korean economy. Continuing from the report issued in 2010, the ministry released a report on Korea’s national competitiveness in 2011 on January 4 in order to establish strategies to impro...
- New Delhi hosts Seoul Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa me...
- Jan 27, 2012
- The Sherpa Meeting for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit was held in New Delhi, India, from January 16 to 17. For the third gathering, the delegates discussed the latest issues pertaining to outlining the summit’s final outcome or the Seoul Communiqué and reviewed program to...
- Prime Minister Kim talks oil with Oman, UAE
- Jan 26, 2012
- Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik returned to Korea on January 18 after securing an agreement with the leaders of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to assist in the provision of a stable oil supply.Kim met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, on J...
- Korea at the UN, a look back
- Jan 20, 2012
- Long before Seoul rolled out the red carpet for the leaders of the G20, before the UN had a South Korean Secretary-General, and before the iconic “hoop boy” welcomed the world’s athletes to the 1988 Olympic Games, six Koreans set out on a historic mission that would lay the found...
- Korean-American Ambassador Kim Meets Culture Minister C...
- Jan 19, 2012
- Sung Kim, the current Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Korea, met with Choe Kwang-sik, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on January 19 for the first time since officially taking office last October.“Our two countries already enjoy a strong relationshi...
- President Lee brings consolidated partnership from Beij...
- Jan 13, 2012
- On January 11, President Lee Myung-bak wrapped up his first state visit of the year at the invitation of President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China, bringing home enhanced bilateral ties. During the three-day state visit marking the 20th anniversary of bilateral relati...
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