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A “Blue Economy” seminar hosted for Expo 2012 Yeosu Kor...
Aug 18, 2010
The Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea and the Korea Maritime Institute jointly hosted the international seminar “Blue Economy, The Vision of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea” at Lotte Hotel, Seoul on July 22. World-renowned scholars gathered to discuss the “Blue Economy, New Ma...

Korean literary world to be introduced at Comparative L...
Aug 18, 2010
                            The 19th Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) began in Seoul at Chung-Ang Uni...

Comfort women animated film released
Aug 17, 2010
The Ministry of Gender and Equality (MOGE) has produced and distributed an animated film about WWII sexual slavery in August via the e-Museum for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery. The online website dedicated to the so-called “comfort women” was launched ...

National assemblymen promote Yeosu Expo in northern Eur...
Aug 17, 2010
A delegation of the National Assemblymen of the Republic of Korea headed by Song Kwang-ho, Chairman of the Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs Committee, accompanied by Kim Seong-tak, Director General for Construction of the Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, visite...

Lee Dae-ho sets world home run record
Aug 16, 2010
Korean baseball player Lee Dae-ho of the Busan Lotte Giants set a new world record, hitting home runs in nine consecutive major league matches.With runners on first and second base and two outs, Lee faced Kia Tigers' pitcher Kim Hee-geol to hit a home run and bring all three runs...

Seeking foreign teachers for global cultural classes in...
Aug 16, 2010
Busan Foundation of International Activities (BFIA) is looking for foreign instructors for the 3rd World Cultural Class, from October 4 to December 12. Any foreigners who have an outgoing character and can introduce their cultures in Korean or English can apply for this program. ...

Andre Kim, Korea's foremost fashion designer, passes aw...
Aug 16, 2010
Korea’s top fashion designer Andre Kim passed away last Thursday, Aug. 12, at the age of 75.  He was being treated for colon cancer at Seoul National University Hospital.  Andre Kim was born in 1935 in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province) as the fourth of five chil...

The Chinese sport exchange delegation visit Incheon
Aug 16, 2010
The Korea-China Youth Sports Exchange Program delegation, led by Mr. Zhang Zhi, Deputy Director General of the Youth Sports Department of the General Administration of Sports in China, visited the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) on July 29th during their visit to...

Yeosu Expo site to build 25-storey luxury hotel
Aug 16, 2010
Construction of a luxury hotel to accommodate VIPs, including summit-level guests, to the International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012 has begun. The privately-funded hotel, with 25 floors above ground and 282 rooms, broke ground on July 16.   The 69.9 billion Won project wil...

"It is so much fun to meet new friends and draw the Tae...
Aug 16, 2010
Korean students are drawing the Taegeukgi (The Korean flag) at the '2010 Elite Camp' in Osaka, Japan, hosted by Elite Basic. Red t-shirts are Korean students from Korea and school uniforms are Japanese- Korean from Keumkang School. Keumkang School is a Korean school in Japan that...