Patrasche

"One must never rest till one dies," thought Patrasche...

- the last paragraph of Ch. 5

Is that really a dog aright?!
Finally finished the phrasal marking & T job of the ch. 3, 4, and 5 of the grand classical piece, "The Dog of Flanders." The more I read, the more humble I felt, the more taciturn and thoughtful I got... it's an amazing piece of work filled with heavy symbolisms and imageries.

Yeosu Expo Series - 3 of 3

Yeosu Expo Series - 2 of 3

Yeosu Expo Series - 1 of 3

Obama's letter to G-20 leaders

Reuters: SEOUL | Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:11am EST


Following is a text of a letter from President Barack Obama to G20 leaders due to meet in Seoul from Thursday.
The letter was sent on Tuesday.


"As we approach the Seoul Summit, the world is looking to us to work together to strengthen the global economic recovery, continue to repair the financial system, and promote the stability of global markets.
"The United States will do its part to restore strong growth, reduce economic imbalances, and calm markets. A strong recovery that creates jobs, income and spending is the most important contribution the United States can make to the global recovery.
"The dollar's strength ultimately rests on the fundamental strength of the U.S. economy. To secure the strong recovery the global economy needs, the United states joined with its G-20 partners to take decisive action to halt the fall in activity caused by the deepest crisis we have experienced in generations.
"The United States moved quickly to repair our financial system and to enact the strongest financial reforms since the 1930s.
"The United States is committed to an ambitious path of fiscal consolidation, consistent with our G-20 commitment to stabilize our public sector debt, as the recovery strengthens.
"We all now recognize that the foundation for a strong and durable recovery will not materialize if American households stop saving and go back to spending based on borrowing. Yet no one country can achieve our joint objective of a strong, sustainable, and balanced recovery on its own.
"Just as the United States much change, so to must those economies that have previously relied on exports to offset weaknesses in their own demand. A rebalancing of the sources of global demand, along with market determination of exchange rates that reverses significant undervaluation, are the best base for the shifts needed to bring about the vigorous and well-balanced recovery that we all want.
"When all nations do their part -- emerging no less than advanced, surplus no less than deficit -- we all benefit from higher growth.
"The action plan that our G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors laid out in Gyeongju offers a new consensus on global economic cooperation. It sets out how unleashing domestic demand in surplus countries can support strong global growth as deficit countries increase savings and repair balance sheets damaged by the crisis.
"It commits us all to pursue policies to reduce the risk that unsustainable external imbalances will re-emerge. It recognizes the responsibility of countries with reserve currencies, and the role that market-determined exchange rates -- coupled with a commitment to refrain from undervaluing currencies for competitive purposes -- can play in facilitating global adjustment.
"It can help to create a stronger internal monetary system that avoids destabilizing shifts in capital flows.
"We should build on this foundation and ask Finance ministers and Central Bank Governors, with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to finalize the details of this consensus promptly.
"If we work together to avoid the kind of imbalances that weakened the global economy on the eve of the crisis, we will bolster the global recovery.
"With these shifts, emerging markets will be an increasingly important source of demand for the global economy.
"In that regard, it is important that we discuss how to move forward on Doha. All G-20 countries have a responsibility to provide the ambition necessary to reach agreement.
"The G-20 Leaders can be proud of our work in the area of financial sector reform. Our cooperation holds the promise of banishing the regulatory race to the bottom and opening the way for a genuine race to the top.
"In the United States, the Dodd-Frank legislation will greatly strengthen consumer protections and financial market integrity. The Basel Accord will allow us to raise standards together in a way that, once fully implemented, will enable us to withstand stresses of the magnitude associated with the recent financial crisis without extraordinary government support. The United States will implement the new Basel agreement on the agreed timelines.
"But now is no time to be complacent. The market will not wait for us to finish. They will test us every day. We need to press on and complete our reform agenda, with new steps to ensure no financial institution is too big to fail.
"We must work together to ensure large interconnected firms have a greater capacity to absorb losses. Each of us must also put in place a strong national resolution regime that protects taxpayers, and we must build on top of our national systems a framework for cross-border cooperation to promote the safe wind down of even the largest and most complex global institutions.
"We must press ahead with the other important financial sector reform items on this agenda.
"We need to work together to assure that the momentum of reform does not falter. We should also take great pride in the historic progress that we have made to modernize the world's economic governance institutions over the past 2 years.
"The IMF now has the resources it needs to fight crisis, better tools for preventing future crisis, and more effective governance.
"These reforms, like our plan to support a well-balanced global recovery reflect the growing role and responsibilities of dynamic emerging market countries in the global economy.
"Finally, we should advance our cooperation to address common global challenges. The Korean presidency has highlighted the key role growth has played in lifting so many out of poverty, especially in emerging Asia, and drawn attention to what we all can do to increase the potential for inclusive growth in low-income countries.
"We should make sustained efforts to carry through with our groundbreaking Pittsburgh commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
"And we should recognize our special responsibilities to prevent corruption and promote a clean business environment.
"This is an ambitious agenda, but the circumstances demand no less. I want to express particular appreciation for the leadership shown by President Lee of Korea in advancing this agenda. Together, we have important work to accomplish in Seoul."

Pope Benedict XVI's letter to President Lee - on G-20 summit

10 November 2010
SEOUL (BNO NEWS) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday called on the Group of 20 nations to draw fair consensus that will serve common interests of the international community during the Seoul summit.
The Pope voiced his message through a letter sent to South Korea's president Lee Myung-bak, Yonhap news agency reported. He also sent words of encouragement to the leaders of G-20 nations that are gathering in the Korean capital to discuss and work out a global financial road map among other issues.
The Catholic leader encouraged Lee and the other leaders of the twenty most advanced and emerging market nations to discuss the many serious problems considering the deeper reasons for the economic and financial crisis.
"In doing so, it is my hope that there will be a keen awareness that the solutions adopted, as such, will work only if, in the final analysis, they are aimed at reaching the same goal: the authentic and integral development of man," the Pope’s letter read.
The G-20 summit’s agenda includes the establishment of a guideline on limiting current account balances and the United States recent controversial move to print more money. In this regard, Pope Benedict XVI urged not to favor some countries at the expense of others.
South Korea hopes that the summit will result in commitments to support developing nations. The Pope added that the selection of Seoul as host of the summit is a recognition to the significant level of economic development reached by the Asian nation.

Pope's Address to New Korean Ambassador

Pope's Address to New Korean Ambassador

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today upon receiving in audience Han Hong-soon, the new ambassador from Korea to the Holy See.

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Your Excellency,

I am pleased to welcome you to the Vatican and to accept the Letters accrediting you as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Holy See. I would like to express my gratitude for the good wishes that you bring from President Lee Myung-bak, whose visit to the Vatican last year I recall with much pleasure. Indeed, His Excellency’s visit served to deepen the very cordial relations that have existed for almost half a century between your country and the Holy See. Kindly convey my cordial greetings to His Excellency and to the Government, and assure them of my continued prayers for all the people of Korea.

It is encouraging to note the remarkable economic growth that your country has experienced in recent years, which has transformed Korea from a net recipient of aid into a donor country. Such a development would be inconceivable without a remarkable degree of industry and generosity on the part of the Korean people, and I take this opportunity to pay tribute to their achievement. At the same time, as your President pointed out during his visit to the Vatican, there are dangers involved in rapid economic growth which can all too easily bypass ethical considerations, with the result that the poorer elements in society tend to be excluded from their rightful share of the nation’s prosperity. The financial crisis of recent years has exacerbated the problem, but it has also focused attention on the need to renew the ethical foundations of all economic and political activity. I wish to encourage your Government in its commitment to ensure that social justice and care for the common good grow side by side with material prosperity, and I assure you that the Catholic Church in Korea is ready and willing to work with the Government as it seeks to promote these worthy goals.

Indeed, the commitment of the local Church to work for the good of society is well illustrated by the great variety of apostolates in which it is engaged. By means of its network of schools and its educational programmes it contributes greatly to the moral and spiritual formation of the young. Through its work for interreligious dialogue it seeks to break down barriers between peoples and to foster social cohesion based on mutual respect and growth in understanding. In its charitable outreach it seeks to assist the poor and the needy, particularly refugees and migrant workers who so often find themselves on the margins of society. In all these ways, the local Church helps to nurture and promote the values of solidarity and fraternity that are essential for the common good of any human community, and I acknowledge with gratitude the appreciation shown by the Government for the Church’s involvement in all these areas.

Furthermore, the Church "has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities" (Caritas in Veritate, 11). It is a role that involves proclaiming the truths of the Gospel, which continually challenge us to look beyond the narrow pragmatism and partisan interests that can so often condition political choices, and to recognize the obligations incumbent upon us in view of the dignity of the human person, created in the image and likeness of God. This requires of us an unambiguous commitment to defend human life at every stage from conception to natural death, to promote stable family life in accordance with the norms of the natural law and to build peace and justice wherever there is conflict. The importance that your Government attaches to our diplomatic relations demonstrates its recognition of the Church’s prophetic role in these areas, and I thank you for the willingness you have expressed, on behalf of the Government, to continue to work with the Holy See in order to promote the common good of society.

In this context I should like to express the Holy See’s appreciation for the active role played by the Republic of Korea within the international community. By promoting the peace and stability of the peninsula, as well as the security and economic integration of nations throughout the Asia-Pacific region, through its extensive diplomatic links with African countries, and especially by hosting next month’s G20 Summit in Seoul, your Government has given ample proof of its role as an important player on the world stage, and has helped to guarantee that the process of globalization will be directed by considerations of solidarity and fraternity. Under "the guidance of charity in truth", the Holy See is eager to cooperate with all efforts to steer the powerful forces that shape the lives of millions towards that "‘civilization of love’ whose seed God has planted in every people, in every culture" (Caritas in Veritate, 33).

Your Excellency, you have spoken of the Congress of Asian Catholic Laity that took place in Seoul in early September under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. I too see in this important event a clear sign of the fruitful cooperation that already exists between your country and the Holy See and that bodes well for the future of our relations. It was only right that the Congress’s focus was on the lay faithful who, as you have pointed out, not only sowed the first seeds of the Gospel on Korean soil but bore witness in great numbers to their firm faith in Christ through the shedding of their blood. I am confident that, inspired and strengthened by the witness of the Korean martyrs, lay men and women will continue to build up the life and well-being of the nation through "their loving concern for the poor and the oppressed, their willingness to forgive their enemies and persecutors, their example of justice, truthfulness and solidarity in the workplace, and their presence in public life" (Message on the occasion of the Congress of Asian Catholic Laity, Seoul 2010).

Your Excellency, in offering my best wishes for the success of your mission, I would like to assure you that the various departments of the Roman Curia are ready to provide help and support in the fulfilment of your duties. Upon Your Excellency, your family and all the people of the Republic of Korea, I cordially invoke God’s abundant blessings.

© Copyright 2010 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana

 

 

November 9, 2010

G-20 Event to Showcase South Korea’s Arrival

By MARK McDONALD

SEOUL — There may be a cabbage farmer in the rural heartland, or an abalone fisherman off Jeju Island, or even a bartender slinging soju in Pusan who is unaware of his country’s recent emergence as a global economic player. The Bulldozer is about to let them all know, however, that South Korea is now at “the center of the world.”
The Bulldozer — the nickname is used both admiringly and derisively here — is President Lee Myung-bak, and he has overseen, often personally, often microscopically, the extravagant preparations for the summit meeting of the Group of 20 major economies to be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul.
Until South Korea was chosen to serve as G-20 host, Mr. Lee said at the time of the announcement, the country “was passive in international society and did not have a say.”
“Now it will no longer be possible to discuss a global issue without including Korea,” he said, proclaiming that the country had moved “away from the periphery of Asia to the center of the world.”
South Korea is the first Asian nation to hold the gathering of the G-20 heads of government and the first non-Group of 7 nation to be the host. It was the first former aid recipient to become an aid donor within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Once poorer than Communist North Korea, it now boasts the world’s 13th-largest economy and has recovered from the current economic downturn faster than any other developed nation.
“The G-20 is a landmark financial coming-out event — a sort of Korea comeback story on the back of the perceived embarrassment it felt from the 1997-98 financial crisis,” said Jasper Kim, associate professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. “The G-20 is also big for South Korea because this time the G-2 — the U.S. and China — are highly focused on it.”
Mr. Lee, 68, who as a young chief executive turned Hyundai Construction from a small company into a worldwide builder (hence The Bulldozer), was mayor of Seoul before becoming president in 2008 on a pro-business platform that also promised closer ties with the United States and a harder line toward North Korea. “The G-20 is important to Lee Myung-bak, who wants to be remembered as an economic president,” said Gi-wook Shin, director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in California. “He ran his presidential campaign as a ‘C.E.O. president.’ All past presidents have wanted to leave a legacy, and with a successful hosting of the G-20, he can claim that he has advanced Korea to the status of a global player.”
Austerity may be the economic mantra elsewhere, but South Korea is not throwing its G-20 party on the cheap (though it seems unlikely that Seoul’s budget will surpass the $860 million that Toronto spent to hold the previous summit meeting, last June). The organizers have declined to estimate the total cost, but the mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, said in an interview Tuesday the city was spending just $9 million extra.
Politicians and business leaders here sense that this is a chance to finally strut their stuff, to show off the national grit and economic mettle, maybe even to lecture some larger countries, especially Japan and China, about the merits of the South Korean model.
For Seoul, the G-20 meeting is not just about exchange-rate feuds and trade policies. New museum shows and gallery exhibits have opened, and dance and music concerts are being staged all week. There will even be bursts of gastrodiplomacy — culinary demonstrations featuring Korea’s fiery and famously fermented foods. Organizers have prepared a G-20 pep song, G-20 cocktails, souvenir knickknacks, appearances by TV stars and massive G-20 billboards featuring Kim Yu-na, the Olympic figure skating champion.
As they are laying on the show, the organizers also are going heavy on the security. The Toronto meeting was beset with violence and nearly a thousand arrests. Mr. Lee and his lieutenants will be tolerating none of that. “They’ll do whatever it takes to block any protests,” said Mr. Shin. Mr. Lee, in an interview last weekend, said he did not expect any disturbances from North Korea. Still, the South Korean military has been placed on alert, the Defense Ministry said.
South Korea and its capital are well-credentialed in the big-event business. The country successfully staged the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament jointly with Japan. The 1988 Olympic Summer Games, held in what was then a fledgling South Korean democracy, were a huge success, uniting all of the world’s teams after the three previous Summer Games were marred by boycotts.
“Seoul established new standards for security, transportation and efficiency,” said Mike Moran, a former senior official with the U.S. Olympic Committee. “The Koreans demonstrated patience and a willingness to correct systems when the Games began, and that was a first.”
Mr. Oh said that the Olympics had “really put us on the map,” but that “holding the G-20 will be more important as a way of showing that Korea is part of the new global economic order, and part of the flow.”
Koreans are famously fond of lists that show where they rank in relation to other countries. The topic hardly matters. First in patent filings per gross domestic product. Lowest unemployment rate among all G-20 countries. The Olympic gold medal in baseball. The world’s highest rate of Internet penetration. The No. 1 maker of computer chips and flat-screen televisions. A government-backed plan that intends to lift Korean food into the “top five rank of world cuisines” by 2017, whatever that means.
But the country’s phoenix-like economic rebound is not necessarily obvious to all South Koreans, many of whom have seen incomes flatten and consumer prices skyrocket. A splashy hosting of the G-20 could generate some significant domestic political capital for Mr. Lee.
“Samsung, LG and Hyundai are world-class businesses, but there are people in the countryside still living in 20th-century houses with a 19th-century mentality, and maybe they don’t realize the meaning and importance of the G-20,” said Kim Seoc-woo, director of the Institute of Peace and Cooperation, a research group in Seoul. “This a chance for them to see Korea alone in the spotlight.”
South Korea can sometimes seem obsessed with its image. Mr. Lee established a Presidential Council on National Branding to improve the country’s image, which, according to the council and the Samsung Economic Research Institute, ranks 20th worldwide.
“Hosting the G-20 certainly has something to do with nationalism and identity,” said Mr. Shin. “Korea’s reference point has not been other developing countries, even in the 1970s and ’80s, but advanced countries, especially Japan.
“Koreans also say their country is ‘small,’ and it certainly looks so in Northeast Asia since its neighbors are so huge: China, Russia, Japan,” he said. “But it’s a top-15 country in terms of economic size. And through the G-20, Koreans want to show the world that they have become an advanced country.”

Yeosu to build on Shanghai's success story

Now it's Yeosu's turn

Have a good day~!

よい一日になりますよう
Yoi Ichinichini Narimasuyo ~

This is how you say have a good day in Japanese...

Hillary to Yuna

김연아 양에게
당신의 사려 깊은 서신과 깊은 성원에 감사 드립니다. 지난 2월 외교통상부 유명환 장관님과의 회담에서 이야기하였듯이, 밴쿠버 올림픽에서 선보인 당신의 경기는 실로 감동적이었습니다. 나는 당신의 쇼트와 롱 프로그램 모두 매우 즐겁게 보았고, 당신의 금메달 연기의 우아함과 경기력에 매료되었습니다. 당신은 빙상 위에서나 밖에서나 올림픽 정신의 표본이 되고 있습니다.
나는 당신이 아이티 국제 구조 활동을 위해 상당한 재정적 지원을 제공했다는 사실에 매우 감동했습니다. 피겨 선수로서 자신의 분야에 대한 열정과 노력, 그리고 한 개인으로서 사회에 대한 환원을 실천하고 있다는 점이 롤모델로서 세계 모든 여성과 어린이들에게 큰 귀감이 될 것이며 이점 깊이 감사 드립니다.
나는 앞으로도 당신의 행보를 관심 있게 지켜볼 것이며, 내가 당신에게 동기부여와 영감을 줄 수 있었다는 것에 대해 영광스럽게 생각합니다. 앞으로도 김연아 선수의 계속된 성공을 기원한다는 점을 꼭 기억해 주시기 바랍니다.

깊은 감사를 전하며,

힐러리 로댐 클린턴

Yuna to Hillary

Dear Madam Secretary,

My name is Yu-Na Kim, and I am a South Korean figure skater.  As you could imagine, although the 2010 Winter Olympic Games have come to an end, I am still overwhelmed with joy.  It was an unforgettable experience that will remain cherished in my memory.

 I owe my achievement in Vancouver to the passionate dedication of my coaching staff and the wholehearted devotion of my family.  The affectionate support of my beloved fans has also been a source of tremendous energy.

 It was very humbling to read newspapers reporting that you had complimented my performance.  It was all the more touching as I have always held deep admiration for the inspiring woman that you are and the momentous work that you do. 

 As I strive to do better on the ice, it is highly motivating to know that more people are enjoying my performance and that your thoughts are with me, Madam Secretary.  I will push myself harder.

 Thank you so much for your thoughts and gracious words.  May God bless you and your family with good health and success. 

                                                                                      

                                                            Sincerely yours,

                                                           Yu-Na Kim
                                                           South Korean figure skater

The BIE flag being handed over from EXPO 2010 Shanghai to EXPO 2015 Milan.
.... Inbetween the two is EXPO 2012 Yeosu!

Gabriele no longer with us

-----Original Message-----
From: "BIE"

To: "정찬수"

Cc:
Sent: 09-07-07(화) 01:14:33
Subject: Re: La lettre de Yeosu EXPO en concernant Travelling EXPO


D/09/0790
Bonjour Monsieur JUNG Chan-soo,

J’accuse réception de votre courrier du 6.07.2009, dont je vous remercie.

C’est un plaisir de faire votre connaissance et de pouvoir collaborer avec vous au sujet de l’Exposition Itinérante du BIE.
Concernant les dates d’ouverture de l’Exposition à Séoul mentionnées dans votre courrier, je vais soumettre la question au Secrétaire Général du BIE dès son retour de Shanghai et je vous informerai au plus tôt.

En vous remerciant à nouveau pour votre courrier, je reste à votre entière disposition pour toute question concernant l’Exposition Itinérante et je vous prie d’agréer, Monsieur JUNG Chan-soo, mes salutations les plus distinguées,


**********************

Dear Mr. JUNG Chan-soo,

Thank you for your letter dated July, 6th.

It’s a pleasure to know you and to collaborate  with you on the Travelling Exhibition of the BIE.
Concerning the opening dates of the Exhibition in Seoul mentioned in your letter, I will submit your proposal to the Secretary General of the BIE as soon as he will be back from Shanghai and I will inform you about this matter.

Thanking again for your letter, I remain at your disposal for any information you may require about the Travelling Exhibition.

Hoping to hear you soon,
Yours Sincerely,


Gabriele Fasan
Bureau International des Expositions
34, Avenue d'Iéna
75016 Paris - France

Tel. +33 (0)1 45 00 38 63
Fax +33 (0)1 45 00 96 15





Le 06/07/09 07:37, « 정찬수 »  a écrit :

Bonjour, Mr. Gabriele FASAN
Je suis Mr.  JUNG Chan-soo
qui travaille dans la section International Cooperation de Yeosu EXPO.
Je veux envoyer une lettre en concernant Travelling Expo.
Si vous avez recu ma lettre.
J'aimerai bien recevoir la reponse de votre part.
Le meilleur salut.


De  JUNG Chan-soo


tel) 02-740-4794
fax) 02-740-4789

BIE Rules Committee, 26 May 2010

BIE Executive Committee, 25 May 2010

Woodstock School News

http://www.woodstockschool.in/News/Fall2010/October/101001.htm
Just how much energy and creative forces flow from this little valley of Mussoorie, India!

Ms. Landry, CEO of Landry & Kling, Inc.

Date: Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 12:58:45 AM
From: Joyce Landry
To: Eunshin Lee
Subject: RE: After the meeting at the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea

Dear Ms. Lee,

Thank you so much for your gracious comments! 

Even in the U.S., it is unusual to have business success at such an early age – especially as a woman - and I am very grateful.   Even in my limited time in S. Korea, I can see that women here have a few more challenges – but still there are a lot of opportunities and I wish you much success.  Both Ramon and I appreciated your competence as an interpreter – you have a wonderful command of English, and it will open many doors for you. 

It’s good of you to mention Mr. Moon, but no need to worry.  I assumed that Mr. Moon had to say what he said, especially in front of the contingency from Yeosu – I’m familiar with this and it did not lessen my interest in being involved with the Expo.  You are correct in seeing the opportunity of having a ship involved, especially with the ocean theme.  It makes a lot of sense.

We look forward to our meetings in Yeosu tomorrow and having the opportunity of meeting the mayor.  We hope that we can be involved in this exciting project, especially because it will be our reason to come back again and again.

It was a pleasure to meet you, and I sincerely hope to see you again!

Very best regards,

Joyce

JOYCE LANDRY CEO

Landry & Kling, Inc.

T 305 661 1880 / 800 448 9002

http://www.landrykling.com/

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From: "Lee Eunshin" 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:50:07 +0900

To: J. Landry
Cc: R. Santos
Subject: After the meeting at the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea

Dear Ms. Landry,
I had the honor to be the interpreter at the meeting we had today at the Organizing Committee for EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea.
I had to run to another assignment and missed the chance to say a proper goodbye to you... :)

It's been truly a great pleasure meeting you and personally, I was so impressed to hear that you built the company up as a pioneer at the age of 27!
I hope Mr. Moon didn't make you feel uncomfortable by listing all the unfavorable conditions in the site. Despite all, I sincerely hope that we'd be able to make it happen, cuz the floating hotel just fits so perfectly in the ocean-themed Expo.

I also thank Mr. Santos for his nice presentation on how L&K built up its good reputation.
Hoping that the meeting goes well with Yeosu's mayor tomorrow, and wish you a memorable rest of your stay in Korea! :)


Sincerely,

Eunshin Lee
International Cooperation Division

The Organizing Committee for EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea
75 Yulgokno Jongno-gu
110-793 Seoul, Korea
tel. +82.2.740.4793
fax. +82.2.740.4789