Researcher's Association for the Study of Korea organizes two-day seminar to boost India-Korea relations

A two day international Seminar on the theme "Deepening India - Korea Relations: Towards a sustainable future" was held in New Delhi on Friday.

The event was jointly organized by Researcher's Association for the Study of Korea (RASK) and Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the Convention Center of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and was sponsored by the KOREA FOUNDATION

This year 42 participants from 11 different universities and organizations presented their papers on various issues. The seminar commenced with the inaugural session.  A welcome speech was given by the President of RASK Ottojit Kshetrimayum which was followed by opening remarks given by Dr. Jitender Uttam, Asstt., Prof. CEAS, JNU. The Introductory speech was given by Prof. Kim Do-young, he pointed out that RASK born in 2007 for the past 6 years have been providing a platform for organizational and academic goal of encouraging researchers for their profound studies on Korea.

The Chairperson of CEAS, JNU Dr. Varaprasad Shekher delivered the inaugural address and congratulated RASK on it's achievements.

A Book entitled "Growing Synergy between India and Korea" edited by Prof. Sushila Narsimha and Prof. Kim Do-young was also released by Lee Joon gyu, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Some of the best papers during the last year seminar which marked the 40th anniversary of India-Korea diplomatic relations are included in this volume.

The seminar concluded with the Vote of thanks given by Jojin john, the joint secretary of RASK. He thanked the organizing committee, chairpersons and participants who helped to make the conference a success and hoped that RASK has achieved its initial role of sharing and learning and learning from sharing.

With the aim of tapping the potential of the growing India-Korea relations and the related job prospects, a diverse group of enthusiastic researchers and budding entrepreneurs from several premier academic and professional institutions in Delhi had set up the RASK in 2006

source: India Today

Korean Lawmakers to Visit India to Discuss Ssangyong Motor’s Workers

Ssangyong Motor CEO Lee Yoo-il (right) poses with CFO Bharat Doshi of Mahindra And Mahindra Group (center) and Pawan Goenka (right), president of the automotive and farm sector of the Indian company, at a press conference in Seoul on March 15.

11 November 2013

The opposition parties’ lawmakers from the Environmental and Labor Committee of the National Assembly of Korea will visit the headquarters of India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Group to discuss ways to rehire workers laid off by Ssangyong Motor.
According to parliamentary sources on November 10, the main opposition Democratic Party’s two lawmakers Hong Young-pyo and Eun Soo-mi and minor Progressive Justice Party lawmaker Sim Sang-jung will go to India to meet with the Indian conglomerate’s top management late on November 11 (Indian time).
The three lawmakers and a director from Korea’s labor ministry will have talks at the Indian company’s headquarters with Chairman Anand Mahindra and President Pawan Goenka, who is responsible for its automotive and farm equipment operations.
Lawmaker Hong said, “We hope that legal action taken by Ssangyong Motor against union member workers can be resolved in a mutually acceptable manner through talks with the top management,” adding that discussions will also be made about reinstating the workers laid off during the strikes.
Lawmaker Shim also said, “Ssangyong Motor President Lee Yoo-il hinted in an interview conducted last month that the Indian carmaker should keep its promises about the reinstatement of some workers,” adding, “It is our hope that the Indian conglomerate keeps the promises it made.”
The Mahindra Group took over Ssangyong Motor in early 2011, and since then the faltering Korean company has become South Korea’s fourth-largest carmaker, beating Renault Samsung Motors.

source:business korea

India, Japan and South Korea - Asia’s new security trifecta

South Korean President Park Geun Hye with Indian Prime Minister

Winter is India’s diplomatic high season, with the cool, sunny weather forming an ideal backdrop for pageantry, photo ops at the Taj Mahal or Delhi’s Red Fort and bilateral deal-making. But this winter has been particularly impressive, with leaders from Japan and South Korea visiting to advance the cause of security cooperation in Asia.

The first to arrive was South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Despite a strong economic foundation, the bilateral relationship has long lacked a meaningful security dimension. But China’s recent assertiveness — including its unilateral declaration last November of a new Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), which overlaps about 3,000 sq km of South Korea’s own ADIZ, in the Sea of Japan — has encouraged Ms Park to shore up her country’s security ties with India.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s unpredictable and often provocative policies represent an additional impetus for improved ties — as do China’s increasingly visible plans to weaken South Korea’s alliance with the US.

Not surprisingly, the discussions during Ms Park’s four-day visit focused on grand strategy, and included detailed talks on maritime security and naval shipbuilding.

Nuclear energy also featured prominently on the agenda, owing to both countries’ dependence on energy imported through dangerous sea lanes. In 2008, South Korea, as a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), supported the waiver granting India access to civilian nuclear technology and fuel from other countries — both of which it had been denied since becoming a nuclear-weapons power in 1974.

Indeed, India’s nuclear tests are what initially spurred the NSG’s formation. South Korea’s support of India’s civilian nuclear ambitions earned it high praise in India and helped to advance bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation.

 CEMENTING INDIA-JAPAN TIES KEY FOR REGION

 

This budding strategic partnership is undoubtedly important. But when it comes to the regional balance of power, India’s deepening ties with Japan are even more consequential.

source:todayonline.com

जेएनयू में कोरियन लैंग्‍वेज एजुकेटर्स सेमिनार का आयोजन

जेएनयू में सेमिनार

भारत में कोरियाई भाषा के विकास और इस ओर आगे की योजनाओं पर चर्चा के लिए हाल ही 'इंटरनेशनल कोरियन लैंग्‍वेज एजुकेटर्स सेमिनार' का आयोजन किया गया. इस दो दिवसीय आयोजन में कई इंटरनेशनल स्‍कॉलर्स ने अपने विचार साझा किए और प्रेजेंटेशन दिए. कोरिया फाउंडेशन और सिओल नेशनल यूनिवर्सिटी द्वारा प्रायोजित इस सेमिनार का आयोजन जवाहर लाल नेहरू यूनिवर्सिटी के कन्‍वेंशन सेंटर में 21 और 22 फरवरी को किया गया. कोरियन लैंग्‍वेज एजुकेटर्स इन इंडिया (एकेएलईआई) द्वारा अयोजित इस सेमिनार का थीम भारत में कोरियाई भाषा की शिक्षा के लिए सामरिक दृष्टिकोण था.
जेएनयू में कोरियन स्‍टडीज सेंटर की चेयरपर्सन और एकेएलईआई की को-प्रेसिडेंट प्रो. वैजयंती राघवन ने इस अवसर पर अतिथियों का स्‍वागत किया. जबकि एकेएलईआई के प्रेसिडेंट और डीयू में ईस्‍ट एशियन स्‍टडीज विभाग के प्रो. किम डो-यंग ने प्रारंभिक भाषण दिया.
जेएनयू में स्‍कूल ऑफ लैंग्‍वेज लिटरेचर एंड कल्‍चर स्‍टडीज के डीन प्रो. एमए इसलाहि ने एसोसिएशन द्वारा किए जा रहे कार्यों की प्रशंसा की. इस अवसर पर उन्‍होंने विदेशी भाषा की महत्ता पर भी अपने विचार रखे. रिपब्‍िलक ऑफ कोरिया दूतावास के मंत्री तई-इन-चुंग ने सेमिनार आयोजन के लिए आयोजनकर्ताओं को बधाई दी. अपने भाषण में उन्‍होंने कोरियाई भाषा के महत्‍व, इतिहास, संस्‍कृति के साथ ही लोगों में इस भाषा के लिए बढ़ रही जिज्ञासा और बढ़ते ज्ञान की भी चर्चा की.
इस अवसर पर कोरियन कल्‍चर सेंटर के डायरेक्‍टर किम कुम-पी युंग ने कहा कि बीते वर्षों में कोरियाई भाषा के छात्रों की संख्‍या में वृद्धि हुई है. वहीं, सिओल नेशनल यूनिवर्सिटी के प्रो. किम जोंग शेओल ने अपने की-नोट एड्रेस में कोरियाई प्री-मॉर्डन नॉवेल और विदेशी भाषा के रूप में कोरियाई भाषा के शिक्षण पर विचार रखे.

और भी... http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/educators-meet-to-discuss-strategies-for-korean-language-education-in-india--1-755769.html

Ancient petroglyphs captivate archeologists

Numerous ancient rock engravings of whales and whaling still remain in the southeast area of the Korea Peninsula, attracting archeologists from around the world. It has been suggested that they are the first pieces of evidence showing the prehistoric origins of whaling. These petroglyphs are found in Bangudae in the upper reaches of the Taehwagang River near Ulsan in Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province). Nearly 300 figures showing land and sea animals, as well as whale-hunting scenes, are found engraved into the wall over an area spanning 10 meters by 3 meters.

The name Bangudae comes from the Korean ban, the word for a carapace or a shell, gu, meaning a turtle, and dae, a structure or a site, as in a carving site; the rock formation itself is said to resemble the back of a turtle.

The petroglyphs of Bangudae recently came under the spotlight with the February edition of Current World Archaeology, a U.K.-based magazine devoted to archaeological finds. Based on his visit to Bangudae, archeologist professor Brian Fagan published a three-page article, “Discovering a Lost World,” in which he relates his observations about the engravings.

He concluded his article by saying, “The Bangudae engravings remind us of the remarkable skills of such ancient whale hunters, who attacked the world’s largest beasts with the simplest of weapons, relying on their knowledge of their prey and acute observational skills, as well as complex, now forgotten, rituals that provided powerful validation for the chase.”

The petroglyphs of Bangudae, engravings of around 300 figures, are a prehistoric cultural asset from the Neolithic Age, showing that the people who lived here mainly fished and hunted for a living. Being one of the rarer examples of prehistoric art, the engravings have attracted the attention of both the archeology and arts scenes. (photo: Yonhap News)

The petroglyphs of Bangudae were discovered in 1971. The figures engraved on the rock wall include humans, various types of animals—whales, turtles, deer, tigers, birds and pigs—and weapons, including a bow and a spear. Researchers believe that the engravings were completed over several centuries, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Among these are 58 engravings of whales and whaling that have attracted the most attention. The petroglyphs show a diverse range of whales, including one that’s bearing a calf. Researchers believe them to symbolize an active hunting culture, prosperity and abundance. Along with the figures, whale hunting skills are shown in the ancient works of art, too.

Until the discovery of Bangudae, it was believed that whaling began in Norway in around 4,000 B.C., according to the rock carvings in the Norwegian town of Alta. However, in 2004, the BBC reported that, “Stone Age people may have started hunting whales as early as 6,000 B.C., new evidence from South Korea suggests.” This grabbed the attention of media and archeologists from across the globe.

The figures of animals can be seen in highlights of the petroglyphs of Bangudae.

Since their discovery, the petroglyphs of Bangudae have been considered an important resource that gives a peek into the values, ideas and religions of mankind from a time before recorded history began. Oceanographer Daniel Robineau, in his book, “Une Histoire de la chasse a la baleine,” or, “A History of Whale Hunting,” published in 2007, said that the first whale hunting began in Korea, as shown in the petroglyphs.

French archaeologist and film maker Marc Azéma said the Korean petroglyphs could have possibly been the inspiration for his concept of a movie in his book, "La Prehistoire du cinema,” or, “Cinema in Prehistoric Times.” In 2013, the rock carvings stepped into the spotlight again when the French journal Archeologie described the art work as a moving object, such as a movie or cartoon.

The February edition of Current World Archeology introduces the petroglyphs of Bangudae.

Director Lee Sang-mog of the Ulsan Petroglyph Museum said that there have been a number of requests to use the carvings over recent years. “A growing number of researchers and scholars seem to be studying the petroglyphs from a variety of perspectives, whether it be looking into the mythologies surrounding the artwork or whether it be its artistic merits.
source:korea.net 

Korean literature in English #9

The Library of Korean Literature series is a collection of ten Korean novels published in English in the U.S. last year. (photo courtesy of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea)

The ninth volume of the ten-part Library of Korean Literature is Park Wan-suh’s (1931-2011) “Lonesome You.”

This work was published in 2000 and is a collection of ten short stories, including “Withered Flower,” “Psychedelic Butterfly” and “That Girl’s House.”

“Psychedelic Butterfly” tells the story of an elderly woman who has endured all kinds of suffering as a widow and as a mother of three children. The gray-haired woman feels uneasy staying at either her son’s or daughter’s house. She ends up being diagnosed with dementia, which, sadly, brings her more peace and freedom than being with her children, as the disease clears up all the memories of her ordeal.

“Withered Flower” presents a love affair that sparked between a widow, who soon turns 60, and a middle-aged man while traveling on a bus.

The seventh story in the collection, “Thorn Inside Petals,” is told in the first person. The narrator subtly denounces the indifference and ignorance of the daughter-in-law toward her older sister. She also reminisces about an elderly French immigrant who worked as a dress maker. She later found out that what the French woman was really making for a living was burial clothes for upscale clients.

In these stories, the writer is believed to have tried to bring to light the later-life of the elderly and, also, immigrants, full of loneliness.

“Lonesome You” penned by Park Wan-suh was published in English last year.

The title story, “Lonesome You,” too, is centered on an elderly couple. The husband’s shabby looks, which have given in to the irresistible forces of time, are straightforwardly shown as seen in the wife’s eyes.

The “you” who is described as being lonesome in the title is none other than the husband sitting next to the wife. The last scene shows the wife rubbing her husband’s shins, covered with the stains of age, disclosing her “acceptance at growing old” and the “sympathy” that has stirred up inside her for her husband.

The following is what the writer says in the preface of the collection, which she published at the age of 67:

“Don’t pity the elderly, as they feel that the world is still worth living in. I didn’t write this to make you feel that way, but that is true because I, one of them, still feel like I enjoy my life.

I don’t think that life is always sweet. It can be bitter sometimes. It is only the wisdom of age that can tell the taste of bitterness, and I accept getting old. That is what I cannot hide, no matter how hard I try…”

Writer Park Wan-suh (photo courtesy of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea)

Park Wan-suh was born in 1931 in Gaepung-gun, Gyeonggi-do, currently in North Korea. Park entered Seoul National University in 1950, but the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-53) cut her studies short. In 1970, at the age of 40, the writer made her relatively late literary debut with “The Naked Tree,” her first full-length novel about the Korean War and the tragic division of the country.

She continued to create numerous works that have long been considered a new chapter in Korean literature. They are usually themed on the division of Korea or on women who try to shape their identity.

Her works include the novels “Warm Was The Winter That Year” and “Mother’s Garden,” as well as novels that portray the materialism prevalent among the middle-class, such as “A Reeling Afternoon” and “Identical Apartments.”

Park’s work also targets the difficulties facing women, as told in “The Woman Standing” and “The Dreaming Incubator.”

Source:Korea.net 

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Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) 2014

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) 2014 to Study in any field including Engineering, Medical, Arts and Others in South Korea.

Do apply in here. See the procedure and how to apply by opening and downloading the files on the links given below

There are two ways to go for it:-

  1) University Selection.
  2) Embassy Selection

For University selection, they will select in March and recommend you to NIIED in April, Therefore, see the universities openings for March

 

About Embassy procedure, you can read in documents

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President holds series of talks in India

President Park Geun-hye, now on her four-day state visit to India, held a series of talks with the Lok Sabha’s, the lower house of parliament’s, Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj and Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on January 16.

They exchanged their in-depth opinions on how to enhance bilateral cooperation and deal with a wide range of issues on the Korean Peninsula and worldwide.

The meetings came just after President Park had a summit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and signed an array of agreements with her counterpart.

President Park Geun-hye (second from left) holds talks with the lower house of parliament’s Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj (right) during Park’s state visit to India on January 16. (Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)

During the talks with Sushma Swaraj, President Park said, “Here, I saw, in person, how far India has come. This country has strong potential for economic growth.” Stressing that Korea’s strong point is its manufacturing industry while India’s is in IT services, the president emphasized that the two economies have complementary economic structures and that therein lies high potential for a further expansion of bilateral cooperation across many fields.

Meanwhile, the opposition leader said that she was deeply impressed by Park’s visit to her nation, pointing out that this visit takes place less than one year after the president took office.

Swaraj also said, “I have strong confidence that her diplomatic efforts with India are sure to succeed during her term, with still another four years to go.”

“Even if my Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party) comes into power in the next election, we would respect every single word from those many agreements signed by the Korean and Indian governments at this time,” she stressed.

President Park Geun-hye (left) shakes hands with the lower house of parliament’s Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj during the January 16 talks in India. (Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)

President Park expressed her deepest gratitude to the Indian government for its swift action of releasing a statement and sending stern messages condemning North Korea’s long-range missile tests in 2012 and its nuclear test in February 2013. She called for India’s continuous support and cooperation for her government’s policies on the North.

The president went on to say that the North’s highly developed nuclear weapons are posing a huge threat to world peace, as well as to the peninsula. In response, the Indian opposition leader sympathized with Koreans for their pain and worries caused by ceaseless provocative actions by the North.

Following the meeting, President Park also had talks with Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari. She told the Indian vice president that she is so happy to see that many Indians have a keen interest in Korean culture and K-pop, adding, “It is, eventually, ‘culture’ that bridges the hearts of people from different cultures.”

President Park Geun-hye (fourth from left) holds talks with Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari (right, center). (Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)

“Few countries worldwide have their own movie industry that keeps on going so well. In that sense, both Korea and India have been quite good at it. India’s high-quality movies, food and even yoga have been growing in popularity in Korea,” she added.

In addition, the Korean president called for the world to shift to a new paradigm so as to tackle problems underlying the world economy, such as low growth, high unemployment and income inequality.

As she explained Korea’s strategy for developing the creative industries, the president said that there is quite a lot of room for cooperation between the two nations to develop such creative industries. Her call for the new paradigm was met with strong support from the Indian vice president.

President Park Geun-hye (left) shakes hands with Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari during the January 16 talks in India. (Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)

 

source:korea.net

Culture ties Korea, India together

“Korea and India have many things in common in terms of history and culture and even both countries’ Independence Day falls on the same day, August 15. Let’s expand cultural exchanges and further solidify the cultural ties between our two countries.”

So said President Park Geun-hye as she inaugurated the Korean Handicraft Exhibition at the Red Fort, a fortified former palace located in the center of Delhi, India, on January 17 during her four-day state visit to India.

There, the president voiced the importance of “communication through culture.”

President Park Geun-hye (center) participates in a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the Korean Handicraft Exhibition at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

The Red Fort, a 254 acre palace founded in 1648 by the 5th Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1657), is one of India’s most important cultural treasures and was even designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

According to Cheong Wa Dae, President Park visited the Indian historical site, also known as a symbol of the nation’s independence from British rule in 1947, to pay her respects to and to show her interest in Indian culture. It was a step to enhance the two countries’ cultural ties as well.

Held in the Quarter Guard Gallery in the Red Fort, the handicraft exhibition showcased 49 art works by 22 Korean traditional and modern craftsmen. Korea’s artistic crafts were shared with the Indian visitors, including Kim Jeong-ok’s moon-shaped white porcelain jars, Kwon Young-jin’s lacquered boxes inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Han Seong-jae’s birch-made speakers and An Min-sik’s silver pots.

President Park Geun-hye (third from right) appreciates craftwork by macramé artist Noh Mi-ja (left) at the Korean Handicraft Exhibition at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

Tara Gandhi (center), the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, puts a handcrafted bracelet around the wrist of President Park Geun-hye (right) at the Korean Handicraft Exhibition at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

The show was attended by more than 40 people representing the culture and arts field from both Korea and India. Among the participants included Tara Gandhi, the president of the Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) director general Pravin Srivastava, the Indian vice minister of culture and famous Korean craft artist Seo Young-hee.

Participating knotting and macramé artist Noh Mi-ja presented Tara Gandhi with a handcrafted bracelet while demonstrating how to do macramé, a form of textile-making using knots.

Noh said that her hope is that the already existing friendship between Korea and India will further be tied together like the knots of her handicrafts. In response, Gandhi said in Korean, “It’s so beautiful,” and put another one of her bracelets around President Park’s wrist.

President Park Geun-hye (right) admires an array of works by Korean craftsmen at the Korean Handicraft Exhibition at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

Meanwhile, the first-ever Korean language audio guide for the Red Fort was inaugurated on the very day of Park’s visit.

“I’ve heard that there are a growing number of Korean tourists visiting this site. This audio service will definitely help them get a better understanding about Indian culture,” President Park hoped.

President Park Geun-hye is led to the Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Audience, at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

President Park Geun-hye (second from right) listens to the guide’s explanation as she admires the red sandstone pillars inside the Red Fort in Delhi, India, on January 17. (Photo: Jeon Han)

source:korea.net

Lab for Globalization of Korean Studies

Lab for Globalization of Korean Studies

Vyjayanti Raghavan (Associate Professor Korean Language, Literature & Culture Studies, JNU, New Delhi)

The Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies (SIKS) has itself been an innovative idea for initiating research in Korean studies.
It is committed to and has pioneered many excellent academic works around the globe in the field of Korean studies.
The recently launched Lab for Globalization of Korean studies is also one such innovative initiative which as the name suggests will be a lab for conducting research under the able guidance and direction of a Lab master who will bring together researchers of this area of study and also decide the topic of research.
The world has become far more interdependent now than ever before and it is only right that researchers of the same area of study are linked together for more productive, efficient and less duplication of research work.
In an era when Korea itself has gone global it is only right that Korean studies too become global to keep in tune with the growing interest in the area.
More than anything else, the funding of such globalization of Korean studies will ensure collective participation of researchers who may until now have had an interest but not had the funds to conduct meaningful research on Korea.
This initiative is innovative in that it will help simplify the procedure for conducting research by doing away with bureaucratic procedures and reams of paper work which have largely been responsible for procedural delays and for killing all incentive and motivation for research work.
It is innovative in that it no longer provides just an opportunity and financial aid for conducting research about Korea but will also initiate change in the subject matter to be studied and through that bring about a concurrent change in the global perception of Korean studies.
And which organization is better placed than the Academy of Korean Studies to provide such new models for innovation and experimentation?

source: KSPS,aks.ac.kr

South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit should boost India's Look East policy

 

- AFP

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, the country’s first woman president, is in India on a four-day State visit, providing a valuable opportunity to New Delhi and Seoul to impart new dynamism to their bilateral relations. After ignoring each other for years, India and South Korea are also now beginning to recognise the importance of tighter ties. Despite establishing diplomatic ties in 1973, the two nations hardly figured in each other’s foreign policy calculus.
Former Indian Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao, paid a historic visit to South Korea in 1993, encouraging greater economic cooperation and inviting Korean investors to invest in India to help in India’s economic rejuvenation after years of economic stagnation. The resulting courtship was highlighted by then South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak’s state visit to New Delhi in January 2010, when he was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. During his stay, New Delhi and Seoul decided to elevate their bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership.” The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, reciprocated by visiting South Korea in 2012.
Despite pursuing a “Look East” policy since early 1990s, New Delhi failed to generate momentum in ties with South Korea. South Korean businesses did not begin to view India as an important destination for investments until after the 1997 financial crisis. South Korea still remained focused on China as an economic partner and has only recently made India a major economic and political priority. With a renewed push from both sides, things have improved dramatically on the economic front over the past few years. There is now an annual dialogue on foreign policy and security, allowing the two nations to share their views on regional and global security issues.
The visit of former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam to South Korea in 2006 led to the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that came into force in January 2010. Even as India-Japan trade stands steady at around $11 billion annually, India-South Korea trade grew to more than $15 billion in 2012, with the two sides aiming to double it by 2014. During the Summit Meeting in March 2012, a new bilateral trade target of US$ 40 billion by 2015 was set.
South Korean firms are increasing their brand presence in India, and the Indian Chamber of Commerce has also been established in Korea. South Korea is currently the fifth largest source of investment in India. Linkages with the Indian economy can help Korea grow at far higher rates than it is currently experiencing.
While economic ties between India and South Korea have been diversifying across various sectors, defence cooperation between the two states has also gathered momentum, reflecting the rapid changes in Asian balance of power. In 2005, India and South Korea inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Defence, Industry and Logistics, which was followed in 2006 by another MoU on cooperation between the two countries’ coast guards. A MoU on exchange of defence- related experience and information, and for promoting cooperation in humanitarian assistance and international peace keeping activities was signed in 2005 along with a MoU to identify futuristic defence technology areas of mutual interest and the undertaking of research and development works in both countries. Co-development and co-production of defence products (marine systems, electronics and intelligent systems) was identified as a priority task with Indian industry through the DRDO. After purchasing eight warships from South Korea in 2012, India’s Ministry of Defence has decided to award a US $1.2 billion contract to South Korea’s Kangnam Corporation for eight mine-countermeasure vessels.
South Korea is one of the world’s leaders in naval ship-building technology, and India would like to tap into South Korean naval capabilities to augment its own. As a result, naval cooperation is rapidly emerging as a central feature of bilateral defence cooperation, with the two navies cooperating in anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean region and the Gulf of Aden. Both States also share a strong interest in protecting the sea lines of communication in the Indian Ocean region. Maritime security is a key interest of both nations in order to secure vital energy supplies that pass through the Indian Ocean.
Other sectors of convergence include nuclear energy and space. As a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, South Korea supported the waiver granted to India at the 45-nation grouping’s September 2008 meeting.   This then led to India signing a civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement with South Korea in 2011. Space cooperation between the two States is also growing. India launched South Korea’s KITSAT-3 satellite in 1999 and has now invited Seoul to join the Indian expedition to the moon — Chandrayaan 2.
The China factor in India-South Korea ties cannot be underestimated. At a time when India’s tensions with China have become more manifest, there are signs that South Korea, too, is re-evaluating its ties with China. Seoul has grown disillusioned with Beijing’s shielding of North Korea from the global outrage over the Cheonan incident. An international investigation convened by South Korea concluded that the sinking of the warship, which killed 46 South Korean sailors in March 2010, was the likely result of a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine. Instead of berating Pyongyang, China watered down a UN  Security Council presidential statement that, while condemning the incident, failed to hold North Korea responsible. As a result, no punishment has been meted out to North Korea for its brinkmanship. China’s overly cautious response to continuing North Korean nuclear and missile provocations has also not helped.
China’s declaration in November 2013 of a new Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) has also raised tensions between Seoul and Beijing as China’s new ADIZ also overlaps with about 3,000 square kilometres of South Korea’s own ADIZ.  As if in response, Japan has decided to recognize South Korean sovereignty over islets known as Dokdo, which the Japanese call Takeshima. In return, the South Korea government has promised to suspend all official efforts to change the name of the sea in which Dokdo is located from “Sea of Japan” to “East Sea.” As they carefully assess the evolving strategic environment in the Asia-Pacific region, New Delhi and Seoul need to advance their political ties so that a mutually beneficial and long-term partnership can evolve between the two sides. The resulting relationship could be as important for greater regional stability as it will for Indian and South Korean national interests.

Source:dnaindia.com

India and South Korea to collaborate on Internet of Things technologies

Technology firms of India and South Korea, as part of a newly inked agreement to join hands in the cyber world, could collaborate on the emerging domain of "Internet of Things", or IoT, projected to be a $19 trillion market over the next several years.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, during her visit to India last week, pitched for IoT as one area where the two countries should work jointly and address other markets.

"Korea and India will be able to produce a global win-win model through a creative economy from the former's strength in hardware and the latter's competitiveness in software," Park said, addressing an information and communications technology forum. IoT, next-generation smartphones and big data, she said, will be the core engines to achieve a "creative economy" for sustainable growth.

Communications & IT Minister Kapil Sibal and South Korean Science, ICT and Future Planning Minister Choi Mun-Kee signed a "Joint Declaration Of Intent" between the two ministries to "promote, facilitate and support joint ventures, joint initiatives and markets in the ICT sector".

The two sides also agreed to establish the ICT Policy Forum and hold its first meeting this year to discuss cooperation on software and information security.

NASSCOM President R Chandrashekhar says there are many things in South Korea that are domain-specific and a partnership would provide an opportunity for Indian firms venturing into newer products and services. The aim would be to "promote the partnership and scale this up."

IoT is a term for connected sensors, devices and objects. It refers to new technologies that will put everything from your home appliances to the most insignificant object on the Internet for remote monitoring and automatic communication.

Market research firm IDC predicts that more than 200 billion items will be connected to the Internet by 2020. Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers says IoT will change the way people live, work and play. "It will be bigger than anything that's ever been done in high tech."

A 2013 McKinsey report estimated various IoT applications could have an economic impact of between $14 trillion and $33 trillion a year by 2025. IDC in a report ranked South Korea second after the US among 20 major countries in terms of preparedness for IoT.

"The opportunity for vendors from India to seize opportunities in the top tier G20 countries with services, analytics and applications specific to IoT is the real story for the country, in addition to the evolving efforts it can place on becoming prepared for the IoT world," Denise Lund, research director, Mobile Enterprise Services and M2M, at IDC, told TelecomLead.com.

British technology guru Kevin Ashton, while working for Procter & Gamble in 1999, supposedly first came up with the term. According to Ashton, efficiency can be increased and waste can be minimised by computer-tagging all objects and people, and dovetailing their needs with production.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, companies like Cisco, GE and Verizon, unveiled their IoT capabilities.

Korean chaebols LG and Samsung revealed entire systems and expensive home appliances for the IoT.

LG's smart fridge, for example, will text you if you're out of milk.

Samsung's Shape speaker system can stream audio wirelessly from the cloud -- no phone or computer needed.

French company Kolibree displayed a connected toothbrush that keeps a tab on what's happening in your mouth.

Earlier this month, Google bought Nest, a smart thermostat and smoke alarm maker. It also displayed a smart contact lens, which monitors diabetics' glucose levels.

Global research institutes expect that the number of identifying devices that are machine-readable in the IoT will amount to as many as 50 billion by 2020 to enable the advent of the new era.

 

source:NDTV gadgets.

Daewoo E&C Recruitment for the First half of 2014

Daewoo E&C Headquarter is seeking candidates for the under given Positions:- 

1. Job Title: HSE Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

No. of Positions: 01

Requirements:-  -Participating in corporation Meeting and analyzing MOM
                           -  Risk Management 
                           -  Experience of more than 2 years in HSE Coordination 
                           -  MS EXCEL, POWER POINT

Assigned Work: - HSE Report for Overseas and arranging MOM
                            - Analyzing and making report for HSE Trend
                            - Participation in Corporation Clarification Meeting and Kick off  
                              Meeting 
                            - Coordination with HSE

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                      

2. Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: Any

Requirements:   - Experience of Petrochemical Project and EPC Program
                            - Experience of Bidding and preparation of  Technical proposal
                            - ITB Documentation, Contract, specification certificate etc.-
                            - Experienced in Planning PJ Performance, organization chart, 
                              Procedures, Writing    HR Planning.

Assigned Work: - Writing PQ 
                             - Writing Technical Proposal 
                             - Expected to be assigned works incrementally after Participating as Trainee.

Preferred Nationality: India/Phillipines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                            

3. Job Title: Procurement Engineer(Electrical)

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 20~40 yrs.

Requirements:  - Experienced in Purchase or Purchase control

                            -Working Experience of a Korean EPC

                            -MS OFFICE (WORD, EXEL, PPT,) .

Assigned Work:  -Encouragement and Management of overseas enterprises and receiving estimation 

                             - Encourage ment Management of overseas purchase companies schedule.

                              -Find Innovating new overseas company.

                             -Company wise Report on Cost Break Down comparison report

                             -Company wise comparative report on the comparison of 

                             -Assistance in Preparing  AGREEMENT and receiving report.

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                       

4. Job Title: Process/Mechanical Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 40~50 yrs.

Requirements: 1) Experience

                             - more than 10 years exp. as schedule controller for Oil&Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical PJ

                            2) Skill

                             - Good operation for Primavera, MS-Project

                             - Excellent communication skill as Eng. 

Assigned Work:  -1) Schedule controller for EPC PJ

                               2) Trainer for schedule controllers

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                       

5. Job Title: Process/Mechanical Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 20~35 yrs.

Requirements:  

1) Experience

                             - More than 5 years exp. as engineering management for Oil&Gas, Refinery,

                               Petrochemical PJ

                            2) Skill

                            - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-Office/Primavera/MS-Project

                            - Excellent communication skill as Eng. 

Assigned Work:  1) Preparation of engineering plans / procedures

                             2) Review of technical documents

                             3) Operation of EDMS system

                             4) Preparation of correspondences

                             5) Review of engineering schedule

                             6) General affairs for engineering

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                       

6. Job Title: Process Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

Requirements:  1) Experience

                               - more than 3~5 years exp. as process engineering

                            2) Skill

                              - Good operation for process simulation program(hysys, unisim & pipesim)

                              - Good operation for AutoCAD/MS-office.

                              - Excellent communication 

Assigned Work: 1) Line sizing & Hydraulic calculation

                            2) Process data for equipment & instrument data

                            3) Equipment sizing

                            4) PSV & instrument calculation

                            5) Report & procedure

                            6) P&ID drawing

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

                                                                                                                                                                      

7. Job Title: Mechanical Engineer(Stationary Equipment)

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                             - More than 10 years for statinary equipment engineering(Vessels,Drums,

                               Heat  Exchanges,Columns, Reactors, API Tank,Cyrogenic Tank,Air Cooler,Filter, etc). 

                            2)Skill

                            - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office/PV-ELITE/COMPRESS/B-JAC 

                            - Good analysisskill for FEM

                            - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing) 

                              with vendor/client. 

Assigned Work: 1) Engineering for project & proposal work (Oil & Gas Project, Petrochemical, etc.)

                            2) Detail mechanical engineering

                              -Assist leader engineer as assign engineer in preparation of technical specification, MR, TBE, 

                               mechanical datasheet, engineering drawing

                             -Review specifications, engineering documents and drawings, vendor prints

                             -Assist junior engineer as assign engineer in preparation of VP review and BM take-off

                             -Prepare the specification, mechanical datasheet, engineering drawing, MR, TBE

                            -Clarification with client and vendor 

                            -Reviewing the VP/drawings/calculation

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

8. Job Title:  Mechanical Engineer(Rotating & Package Equipment)

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~50 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                           - More than 7 years for rotating and packaging equipment engineering

                            (Compressor,Pump,      Blower, Package Equipment etc.

                           2)Skill

                           - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office

                           - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work: 1) Engineering for project & proposal work (Oil & Gas Project, Petrochemical, etc.)

                            2) Detail mechanical engineering

                              - Assist leader engineer as assign engineer in preparation of technical specification,

                                MR, TBE, mechanical datasheet, engineering drawing

                             - Review specifications, engineering documents and drawings, vendor prints

                             - Assist junior engineer as assign engineer in preparation of VP review and BM take-off

                             - Prepare the specification, mechanical datasheet, engineering drawing, MR, TBE

                             - Clarification with client and vendor 

                             - Reviewing the VP/drawings/calculation

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

9. Job Title:  Mechanical Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 40~50 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                          - More than 10 years experience as schedule controller for power plant project. 

                            2)Skill

                          - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office/ETAP

                          - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:   1) Schedule contoller for EPC PJ

                              2) Trainer for schedule controller

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

10.  Job Title:  Electrical Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                             - More than 10 years of experience for FEED and EPC in onshore and offshore 

                               Oil and Gas,LNG,Refinery & Petrochemical plant. 

                            2)Skill

                            - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office/ETAP

                            - Knowledge of International Standards.

                            - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:   1) Short term plan 

                              - Assigning electrical engineer for iraq DGS south project

                               2) Long term plan 

                              - Assigning electrical engineer for detail engineering works 

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

11.  Job Title:  Instrument & Control Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                            - More than 10 years experience as Instrument and Control engineering at Oil and                                                   Gas/Chemical/Petrochemical Plant

                            - Expertise-Middle East/Field Engineering(I&C)

                              2)Skill

                            -Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office/Smart Plant Instrumentation(Intool)

                            -Good Operation of 3D ModellingReview Program for Instrumentation

                            -Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:   1) Handling of total I&C engineering activities of the project

                              2) Preparation of I&C engineering schedule

                              3) Preparation of instrument schedule, I/O list, loop diagram, logic diagram  

                              4) Preparation of instrument layout drawings, hook-up drawing,

                                  installation detail drawings 

                              5) Sizing calculation of orifice, control valve and pressure safety valve

                              6) Prepartion of specifications, datasheet, TBE of various instruments required for

                                   timely executions of the project

                              7) Prepartion and review of control system(DCS, ESD) with system configuration

                              8) Clarification with client and vendor 

                              9) Review of the drawings prepared by subcontractor

                             10) Preparation of I&C BM

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

12.  Job Title:  Piping Design Engineer

(Refinery, Oil & Gas plant)

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~45 yrs.

Requirements: 1)Experience: 

                            -More than 10 yearspiping detail design experience for Refinery,Oil&Gas, tankfarm  or

                              Chemical Plant Project

                            -Experience for major multinational corporation  

                            2)Skill

                           -High Grade operation for 2D CAD and SPR(Smart Plant Review)or other 3D review 

                             program.

                           -Knowledge of International Standards.

                           -Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:   1) ITB review and preparation of FEED verification report

                              2) Preparation/Communication/Checking of information for civil, structure, 

                                  mechanical etc.               

                              3) 3D model review                                         

                              4) Preparation of specialty data and line schedule                                              

                              5) Preparation of piping plan and plot plan, isometric drawings

                              6) Preparation of piping routing study 

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________

13. Job Title:  Civil Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~40 yrs.

Requirements:  1) Experience: 

                             - More than 10 years of experience in Plant Civil Engineering overseas.

                             2) Skill

                            - Good operation for Auto CAD/Micro-station

                            - Good skills in  operating smart Plant 3 D

                            - Proficiency in documentation using MS office

                            - Good operation for at least two of St add,SAP,Midas, Tekla, Naviswork etc.

                            - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:  * Bidding

                              1) General civil engineering work for bidding. (Oil & Gas Project, Power Project, etc.)

                              2) ITB review and preparation of technical proposal documents

                              3) Review/Preparation of civil specifications and BOQ

                              4) Clarification with client

                              5) Control of design input data arose by other disciplines

                             * Detail engineering

                             6) Review the specifications engineering codes

                             7) Review 3D modeling (to check interference, to generate layout drawings)

                             8) Control of design input data arose by other disciplines

                             9) Review and modification of the deliverables from subcontractor (calculation / drawing)

                             10) Technical support to site

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

_________________________________________________________________________________

14. Job Title: Architectural Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~35 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                            -More than 5 years of experience for Overseas Projects.

                             2)Skill

                            -Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office

                            -Good operation for Revit, Sketch,Up,3d;s max,,Photoshop etc.

                            -Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work:  1) Architectural engineering works about plant project (Oil & Gas Project, 

                                 Power Project, etc.)

                              2) Basic & detail structural engineering & coordinator

                             - Conduct periodic conferences with the fellow designers in the interpretation of 

                              drawings,and specifications, report errors which might result in unnecessary 

                              and costly  operation with the master schedule

                              - Assist Technical Manager as Junior Architect to carry out the basic and 

                                detailed architectural design

                              - Full coordination of works and technical superintendence from the manager to the 

                                fellow designers, oversee and coordinate the various works being implemented                                                     simultaneously per master schedule, with optimum quality of workmanship and 

                                consistent objectives to finalize the drawing before submission.

                             - Coordinates Structural, Architectural & MEP Drawings and prepare for any discrepancy

                             - Review the 3D model for the interference with MEP

                             - Review specifications, engineering documents and drawings for coordination & 

                               preparation of construction.

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

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15. Job Title: Structural Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~35 yrs.

Requirements:  1)Experience: 

                             - More than 5 years of experience for Overseas Projects.

                             2)Skill

                            - Good operation for Auto CAD/MS-office

                            - Good operation for Stadd,SAP,Midas,Tekla,Naviswork etc.

                            - Excellent communication skills in English (speaking/reading/writing)

Assigned Work: 1) Structural engineering works about plant project (Oil & Gas Project, Power Project, etc.)

                            2) Basic & detail structural engineering & coordinator

                               - Conduct periodic conferences with the fellow designers in the interpretation 

                                of drawings,and specifications, report errors which might result in unnecessary

                                and costly  operation with the master schedule

                              - Carry out the basic and detailed structural design

                              - Review the 3D model for the interference with MEP

                              - Review specifications, engineering documents and drawings for coordination &                                                   preparation of construction.

Preferred Nationality: India/Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

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15. Job Title: Proposal Engineer

Work Place: Seoul

Age: 30~35 yrs.

Requirements:     - Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Master’s degree preferred

                               - Minimum 10 years of experience in international civil infrastructure construction 

                                projects

                               - Excellent word processing skills (High efficiency in MS Office Suite)

                               - Experience in estimating and scheduling utilizing P6

                               - Prepare presentation slides utilizing PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.

                               - Prepare, completing and compiling forms.

                               - Experience managing multiple tight production deadlines in a fast-paced

                                 environment,required.

                               - High level of organization, follow up, attention to detail and multi-tasking, required.

                               - The ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as within

                                  team environments.

                                - Experience working with Korean contractor on site or at head office (preferably)

                                - Willingness to travel and work outside of regular business hours when deadlines 

                                  dictate.

Assigned Work:   • Preparation of proposals for large scale civil infrastructure projects.

                              • Evaluate bid documents and determine required proposal deliverable.

                              • Outline and organize proposal preparation assignments.

                              • Draft work method statements and construction program scheduling.

                              • Work with a proposal team to include client-required forms, qualifications and 

                                 experience information, resumes, technical work plans, pricing forms, etc.

                              • Coordinate the development of all proposal/marketing material.

                              • Undertake research and follow through as required to support proposal 

                                 submissions.

                              • Coordinate the creation and production of all aspects of formal/informal proposal                                                  submissions.

                              • Assist in the creation of presentation materials and designs for proposal interviews.

                              • Prepare RFQ/RFP to vendors and suppliers

                              • Other responsibilities as needed to support group.

Preferred Nationality: Philippines

Interested candidates may send their CVs to : sanjaykumar@daewooenc.com

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