OKeNews041005
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::: Issue #08 -=- Year 1 -=- OKeNews 041005
::: An "Europa Korea Private Foundation" initiative
::: A bridge between Europe and Korea ... your gateway to Korea
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.:: CURRENCY RATE
1000 KRW = 0.7085 EUR = 0.8706 USD
1 EUR = 1411.5 KRW = 1.2289 USD
1 USD = 1148.6 KRW = 0.8137 EUR
KOSPI : 884.84
KOSPI 200 : 114.04
KOSDAQ : 373.63
KOSDAQ 100 : 836.55
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Currently running in Brussels (Belgium)
The Week of the Korean Cinema (3-10 October 2004)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=56
An initiative of the Korea National Tourism Organization (Paris).
A partnership with the Belgian Royal Film Archive (Film Museum) and
the support/coordination of "europa.korea private foundation"
Musee du Cinema - Filmmuseum
9, rue Baron Hortastraat
B-1000 Bruxelles Brussels
Tel: +32(0)2.507.83.70
Web info : http://korea.be/index.php?id=56
Korea National Tourism Organization : www.tour2korea.com
Koninklijk Filmarchief - Cinémathèque Royale : www.cinematheque.be -
www.filmarchief.be
europa.korea private foundation : www.korea.be
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.:: HTTP//KOREA.BE FIGURES
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249 links recorded in "Favorites"
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.:: LAST 10 KOREA.BE ADDED NEWS/ARTICLES
::: http://korea.be/index.php?id=23
.:: Autumn Leaves at Mt. Sorak Attract Visitors
Category: Tourism
It's an annual tradition for thousands of Koreans when the weather
turns
crisp and the autumn season begins. Koreans from all over the country
flock to the scenic Sorak mountain on the east coast to enjoy the
breath-taking scenery of autumn foliage.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=10&artuid=2044
.:: Govt. Plans to Permit More Foreign Workers into Korea
Category: Politic, Nat'l, NK
The Korean government plans to permit more foreign workers into the
country to help alleviate domestic labor shortages.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=1&artuid=2043
.:: North Koreans Train for Cyberwar
Category: Politic, Nat'l, NK
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea has trained hundreds of
computer hackers to wage cyberwar against other countries.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=1&artuid=2042
.:: No Time to Waste for Financial Hub
Category: "Watching Korea"
Since the campaign for the presidential election in 2002, the vision
for
Korea to become an international financial hub in Northeast Asia has
been
widely shared among the Korean public.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=9&artuid=2041
.:: Korea Asia's Most Open Market
Category: "Watching Korea"
South Korea has been an arena for foreign bargain hunters since the
1997
financial crisis, with local companies complaining over the alleged
reverse discrimination vis-a-vis foreign players.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=9&artuid=2040
.:: Seoul's Improving Status as Financial Hub
Category: Politic, Nat'l, NK
After a high-profile political initiative for South Korea to provide a
financial hub for Northeast Asia, much time has been lost while
analysts
anguished over the viability of such a scheme. Despite torrents of hot
air
and rivers of ink flowing around the issue, a certain uncertainty and
inertia has rendered Korea's financial system unable to meet
globally-competitive standards.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=1&artuid=2039
.:: Life Insurers Target Women Breadwinners
Category: "Watching Korea"
Women accounted for 49 percent of new contracts for personal insurance
in
the fiscal year of 2003, which ended in March 2004, according to the
Korean Insurance Development Institute (KIDI).
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=9&artuid=2038
.:: Aging Society Opportunity for Life Insurers
Category: "Watching Korea"
Korean life insurance has grown even faster than economic growth under
the
government's savings promotion policy in the 1960s and 1970s.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=9&artuid=2037
.:: 'Kimono Originates From Hanbok'
Category: Arts Culture History
Japan's traditional "kimono" costume for women originates from Korea's
"hanbok," a leading Japanese kimono designer said Sunday.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=4&artuid=2036
.:: Personal Media Dawns With Own Contents
Category: SciTechIT
Tech-savvy and trend-conscious Koreans have begun to usher in the
so-called personal media era as Internet users now produce contents
themselves in addition to consuming them.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=5&artuid=2035
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.:: 5 KOREA.BE RANDOM FAVORITES
::: http://korea.be/index.php?id=10
.:: Uri Min Jokkiri
Category: North Korea (KR)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=10&lnkuid=195&clicks=oncemore
.:: BE - Cinebel
Category: Leisure (EU)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=10&lnkuid=81&clicks=oncemore
.:: BE - usIT Connections
Category: Business & Commercial (EU)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=10&lnkuid=73&clicks=oncemore
.:: FR,BE - Continents insolites
Category: Business & Commercial (EU)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=10&lnkuid=74&clicks=oncemore
.:: BE - DH Net - La Dernière Heure
Category: Media & Press (EU)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=10&lnkuid=36&clicks=oncemore
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