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Teaming up Korea, India ...science and technology N.K. has around 30,000 electron... Remote-control craft expand U.S... Half of singles have no interes... Banks to buy W1tr in toxic loan... FSC delays ruling on Lone Star’... Prosecutors discover more FSS m... Home-backed lending jumps W2.4t... Money supply growth declines to... Science and technology are two driving forces for the economies of South Korea and India, with tremendous potential for projects that link both sides. To capitalize on this potential, India’s Science and Technology Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal came to Seoul to take part in the first Ministerial Steering Committee meeting on May 4. Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho (left) with India Science and Technology Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal during the 1st India-Korea Science and Technology Ministerial Steering Committee. (India Embassy) “We agreed on the need to promote human resource exchange and joint research in promising next-generation...

제13회 Seogwipo Rape Flower International Walking Festival http://www.walkingjeju.com   The Seoqwipo Rape Flower International Walking Festival invites you to the real spring scene of Jeju - yellow rape flowers, the blue sea, grand rock cliffs, beautiful seashores of Seogwipo awaits you. Date : 2011.03.25(Fri) ~ 2011.03.27(Sun) Venue : Jeju World Cup Stadium Square, 914 Beophwan-dong Seogwipo, Jeju 

Korean corporations, which have been key players in the Korean economy, are now taking a prominent role in nongovernmental diplomacy. The works vary from eradication of poverty and hunger to establishment of schools and libraries. These projects are not the one-off event, but very substantial and specific aid since they involve the interaction with local people and keep providing them with services, which are urgent. Here are some aspects of ‘Affectionate Korea’ in the world. ‘Springtime of my hometown’, a Korean children’s song echoed in Indonesia A familiar song is heard from Elementary School Menteng in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian students sing a Korean children’s song ‘Springtime of my hometown’ to the piano accompaniment. It sounds strange to hear a song sung in Korean at a local school of Indonesia not at Korean schools. (Photo: Korea Land Daily) It is because Booyoung Co., Ltd., a construction company of Korea, donated 10,000 digital pianos and 30,000 blackboards t...

 The third Concept Korea will be held at the David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York on the coming 15th (local time). The event takes place during the New York Fashion Week season featuring four groups of designers from Korea sponsored by the Korean government to represent the exceptional fashions of Korea. As an upgraded version of the past two Concept Koreas, this time a wide range of additional events supporting promotion will be offered. New York Fashion Week is one of the four major international fashion collections leading the world fashion industry. It is more a commercial-oriented fashion show, featuring merchandisable fashion to lead the market than boldly experimenting with trends. This year the week runs from February 10th to 17th at the Lincoln Center; and ‘CONCEPT KOREA, Cultural Treasures 2011’ brings the fashion designs of Korea to the international stage, where all leading figures of the fashion market gather to enjoy the season. The project, accompanyin...

 The third Concept Korea will be held at the David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York on the coming 15th (local time). The event takes place during the New York Fashion Week season featuring four groups of designers from Korea sponsored by the Korean government to represent the exceptional fashions of Korea. As an upgraded version of the past two Concept Koreas, this time a wide range of additional events supporting promotion will be offered. New York Fashion Week is one of the four major international fashion collections leading the world fashion industry. It is more a commercial-oriented fashion show, featuring merchandisable fashion to lead the market than boldly experimenting with trends. This year the week runs from February 10th to 17th at the Lincoln Center; and ‘CONCEPT KOREA, Cultural Treasures 2011’ brings the fashion designs of Korea to the international stage, where all leading figures of the fashion market gather to enjoy the season. The project, accompanyin...

Koreans often use the proverb “when whales fight, the shrimp’s back is broken” to describe their country’s victimization at the hands of larger, more powerful neighbors. China, as the largest and most technologically and culturally advanced society in East Asia, exerted the most important outside influence on Korea until modern times. In the twentieth century, Korea became the focus of rival interests among neighboring China, Japan, and Russia as well as the more distant United States. But for well over a thousand years, until colonization by Japan in the early twentieth century, successive kingdoms on the Korean peninsula were able to maintain a society with political independence and cultural distinctiveness from the surrounding nations. Korea Before the Twentieth Century  Settled, literate societies on the Korean peninsula appear in Chinese records as early as the fourth century BCE. Gradually, competing groups and kingdoms on the peninsula merged into a common national identi...

1. A New Start, Daboreum (the year’s first full moon) Festival  http://www.nfm.go.kr/Inform/ ninfor_view.nfm?seq=14381   Experience the seasonal customs of Daeborrum, a traditional Korean holiday and enjoy folk performance shows Date : Feb 17, Thurs (10:00~17:00) Venue : Front Yard (Main bldg), The National Folk Museum of Korea, Jongno, Seoul 2. 2011 National Gugak Center First Full Moon Festival “Ttwil-pan (jumping), Nol-pan (playing), and Han-pan making happy”  http://www.gugak.go.kr/ performance/performance/ information/perf_viw.jsp? boardId=30004065   Enjoy the First Full Moon Festival with National Gugak Center Date : Feb 16, Wed ~ Feb 17, Thurs (19:30) Venue : Yeakdang & Front yard, National Gugak Center * The event is free but requires an advance reservation  www.gugak.go.kr