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Daejeon to host nuclear energy conference in October
Aug 25, 2010
The city of Daejeon and the National Fusion Research Institute will hold the 2nd meeting of the 23rd IAEA FEC committee on August 16th to discuss a detailed action plan for the upcoming nuclear fusion energy conference in coming October. This biannual international conference wi...

2014 Incheon Asian Games Committee to send staff to Gua...
Aug 25, 2010
The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) is to send its staff members, including a team manager and 12 managers, to the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) for two and a half months from September until the end of the Guangzhou AG in late Nove...

Old Korean map marking Dokdo as part of Gangwon-do foun...
Aug 24, 2010
An old Korean map showing Dokdo Island as part of Gangwon Province was discovered in Japan. According to the Aug. 24th edition of Japan’s Sankei Shimbun, the Kobe City Museum recently came across a woodblock printing of a map of Gangwon-do (江源道圖) from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1...

Iran's acclaimed director Abbas Kiarostami is to lead t...
Aug 24, 2010
The Asian Film Academy (AFA)  its 6th year members of faculty on Tuesday (Aug. 24): Abbas Kiarostami (the dean), Ogiganami Naoko as the directing mentor, and Kim Hyung-gu as the cinematography mentor.So far, AFA’s deans have been Hou Hsiao Hsien, Im Kown-taek, Kurosawa ...

Girl band Kara's debut album reaches no.5 on Oricon cha...
Aug 24, 2010
Korean girl band Kara made their Japanese debut this month with their first Japanese single, “Mister.” The song reached no. 5 in Japan’s Oricon daily chart only a week after its release on Aug. 17. Kara is a group composed of five girls: Park Gyuri, Han Seung-yeon, Goo Hara, Ni...

Incheon AG adds wings to informatization efforts
Aug 24, 2010
On August 20, 2010, the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (hereinafter “IAGOC”) came to an agreement with the Incheon IT Promotion Agency (hereinafter “IITPA”). Under this agreement, the two organizations will hold on a regular basis information exchange meetings to i...

The creativity management of Seoul is drawing attention...
Aug 24, 2010
Creativity management of the Seoul Metropolitan Government drew attention in the June issue of 'Public Performance & Management Review' The Banpo bridge fountain, Cheonggyecheon's wall of marriage proposal, a culture program named 'happiness of 1000 won' and the recent desig...

Ulsan City launches intersection numbering and naming p...
Aug 24, 2010
Finding your destination in the national industrial complex has become much easier. At the cost of KRW 280 million, the City of Ulsan launched ‘Intersection Numbering and Naming Project’ in Ulsan Mipo National Industrial Complex and Onsan National Industrial Complex in May. The...

Busan City to introduce ‘No-driving Day’ once a week us...
Aug 23, 2010
To meet the central government’s ‘Low Carbon, Green Growth’ policy, Busan City will introduce a ‘No-driving Day’ once a week using an RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) system from October.     From this October, for vehicles with less than 10 seats being use...

International Symposium on Biodiversity and Protected A...
Aug 23, 2010
‘International Symposium on Biodiversity and Protected Area' will be held at Jeju Oriental Hotel from September 1st to 3rd in order to seek measures to improve sanctuaries for biodiversity preservation. Around 200 people including 30 officials from secretariats of the ...