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Secretary General Kim attends the BIE General Assembly
Jul 15, 2010
A delegation of the Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea led by Commissioner Lee Joon-hee participated in the 147th session of the General Assembly of the BIE held on July 1, 2010 in the OECD Conference Hall, Paris. Commissioner Lee in his address assured the part...

Korean professor receives Breck Award
Jul 14, 2010
A professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) won this year’s Breck Award, given to an individual or a group for the most significant contribution to molecular sieve science and technology every three years. Professor Ryoo Ryong, 55, of the Depar...

Making bibimbap and buchimgae
Jul 14, 2010
About 700 global leaders from 54 different nations who are participating in Sungkyunkwan University's International Summer Semester took part in a Korean food festival. They tried cooking bibimbap and buchimgae, Korean pancakes.By Cindy Ji-Eon KimKorea.net Staff Writer

Korea Foundation publishes [The Climate and Culture of ...
Jul 13, 2010
“The Climate and Culture of Korea” has recently been published, in conjunction with the Publication Support Program of the Korea Foundation. Today, climate-related matters have attracted worldwide attention due to growing concerns over global warming. As such, the Foundation has ...

Seoul expands its support for medical services for fore...
Jul 13, 2010
More than 250,000 foreigners live in Seoul as of December 2009. Do they have appropriate access to medical services? The Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to increase its support for the medical services for foreigners. The number of exclusive medical facilities for foreigne...

Korea’s Chollian satellite successfully reaches orbit
Jul 13, 2010
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and Korea Aeorospace Research Institute (KARI) announced last Wednesday on July 6 that Korea’s Chollian Satellite, launched into space from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana in late June, has successfully ent...

Number of expats surpasses 1.2 million for the first ti...
Jul 12, 2010
The number of foreign nationals staying in Korea recorded at 1,208,544 in the first half of 2010, up 4.6% from the previous year. This is the first time Korea saw the number of foreigners within its territory surpassing the 1.2million mark. Short-term visitors were the main contr...

Yeosu Expo 2012: Waste cement silos become art
Jul 09, 2010
World famous installation artists and architects competed in an international idea competition to transform a waste cement silo into an icon of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, drawing attention across the globe. The Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea announced the five f...

Seoul Global Business Support Center to host seminar fo...
Jul 09, 2010
The Seoul Global Business Support Center clinched a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) for comprehensive cooperation. The center, based in the COEX building in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, has been offering a free one-stop service for expats intere...

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Field trip on Dokdo patrol ships becomes popular
Jul 09, 2010
The East Sea Coast Guard in Gangwon-do (Gangwon Province) announced that the number of visitors coming to see Dokdo patrol boats has shown a sharp increase since the unexpected sinking of the Cheonan Corvette in late March. Others believe Japan’s plan to alter its school textbo...