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::: Issue #07 -=- Year 1 -=- OKeNews 040907
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.:: LAST 10 KOREA.BE ADDED NEWS/ARTICLES
::: http://korea.be/index.php?id=23
.:: Korea Hosts International Food Commission Conference
Category: Events
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is sponsoring the 14th
Coordinating Committee Conference for Asia Source of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (CODEX) at Lotte Hotel on Jeju Island September
6-10, the agency reported.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=7&artuid=1739
.:: Chungcheong region draws companies from Seoul
Category: Politic, Nat'l, NK
More businesses are moving to the Chungcheong region that has been
chosen as the location of Korea's new administrative capital.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=1&artuid=1738
.:: IT opportunities, challenges abound in Asia Pacific
Category: SciTechIT
Leading names in the information and communications technology sectors
of the Asia-Pacific region are gathering here to participate in ITU
Telecom Asia 2004. The one-week event, which opens today, consists of
an exhibition and forum, attended by industry leaders such as Intel,
Samsung, Lucent and China Mobile.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=5&artuid=1737
.:: More IT innovation coming, Roh says
Category: SciTechIT
The Korean government will continuously expand its information
infrastructure, and will replace high-speed Internet service with the
Broadband Convergence Network, President Roh Moo-hyun said yesterday at
the opening ceremony of the ITU Telecom Asia 2004.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=5&artuid=1736
.:: Korea's wind power efforts seen coming up short
Category: SciTechIT
One alternative source of energy is the wind. But Korea is still at the
beginning stage of development of wind power, while other
industrialized countries such as Denmark and Germany are moving to an
advanced level.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=5&artuid=1735
.:: French chefs redefine kimchi, create new recipes
Category: KR EU Foreign Affairs
When the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Huh Sang-man and Andre J.
Cointreau, president of Le Cordon Bleu, shook hands Friday, it was more
than sealing another deal.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=3&artuid=1734
.:: Experience Bavaria at Oktoberfest
Category: Events
For beer lovers who dream of a night in Germany - the nation of beer -
drinking endless steins of beer in a festive atmosphere, Millennium
Seoul Hilton's Oktoberfest, Seoul's largest beer festival, is the
answer.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=7&artuid=1733
.:: Historic Belgian embassy turned into museum
Category: KR EU Foreign Affairs
The Seoul Museum of Art opens its new annex in southern Seoul today.
The annex is located in an early 20th century building that the
city-funded museum bought in Namhyeon-dong near the Sadang subway
station.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=3&artuid=1732
.:: LG unveils 55-inch LCD TV: world's largest
Category: SciTechIT
In an attempt to take the lead in the booming large flat-panel display
market, LG Electronics Inc. unveiled the world's largest
liquid-crystal-display digital television yesterday, with a size of 55
inches.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=5&artuid=1731
.:: Payback time for foreign companies in Korea
Category: Biz-Economy
Corporate social responsibility may sound like yet another corporate
buzzword, the latest in a long line of management fads. But it is a
serious business and all the world over companies are stepping in line
to display their sensitivity and dedication to society.
http://korea.be/index.php?id=23&catuid=2&artuid=1730
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.:: 5 KOREA.BE UPCOMING EVENTS AGENDA
::: http://korea.be/index.php?id=11
.:: Ecran Total - Cinema Arenberg
From: 16-6-2004 to 17-9-2004
Category: Culture (Cinema, AV)
Place: Cinema Arenberg - Brussels (BE)
http://korea.be/index.php?id=11&catuid=6&event=15
.:: 120th Anniversary of Korean-Italian Diplomatic Relationship
From: 22-6-2004 to 31-10-2004
Category: Culture
Place: Italy
http://korea.be/index.php?id=11&catuid=1&event=11
.:: JoongAng Daily Events Calendar 13Aug-30Sept
From: 13-8-2004 to 30-9-2004
Category: Culture
Place: Korea
http://korea.be/index.php?id=11&catuid=1&event=31
.:: JoongAng Daily Event Calendar 20Aug-8Sept
From: 20-8-2004 to 8-9-2004
Category: Culture
Place: Korea
http://korea.be/index.php?id=11&catuid=1&event=14
.:: Korea Herald Event Calendar
From: 20-8-2004 to 15-9-2004
Category: Culture
Place: Seoul, KR
http://korea.be/index.php?id=11&catuid=1&event=21
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.:: 5 KOREA.BE RANDOM FAVORITES
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.:: National Martime Police Agency
Category: Government (KR)
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.:: Human Rights Without Frontiers
Category: North Korea (KR)
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.:: Metropolitan Government of Busan
Category: Government (KR)
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.:: Kyung Hee University
Category: Education (KR)
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.:: Ministry of Construction & Transportation
Category: Government (KR)
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