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VOLUME XXXV NO. 2

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Three Local Governments Vowed To Cooperate for Various Projects

The Gyeongin (Seoul-Incheon) Canal will be a historic work that links the waterways of the Han River to the West Sea and to the world. It will help overcome the economic slump by creating jobs and invigorating local economies. It will also prevent the chronic flooding along the Gulpo Stream," said a joint statement issued by three local government chiefs.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Incheon Mayor Ahn Sang-soo, and Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo signed, on Feb. 11, 2009, an agreement (memorandum of understanding) to collaborate for more road construction al...

The Russian LNG Plant on Sakhalin Island Will Supply Japan

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Preme Minister Taro Aso inaugurated on Feb. 18, 2009 Russia's first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant that will supply Japan with millions of tons of gas annually.
"By making progress in the negotiations over the biggest issue that lies between the two nations - the final resolution of the territorial issues - I strongly hope for building of Japan-Russia relations that are befitting ... true partners in this region," said Prime Minister Aso.
President Medvedev added: "This (the LNG plant) strengthens ou...

KLC Signs an MOA for Preliminary Feasibility Study of Senegal Pink Lake New Town

Korea Land Corporation (KLC: CEO Lee Jong-sang) signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the CCBM Group of Senegal for a preliminary feasibility study of the Pink Lake New Town Project (Pink Lake Project) on an area of some seven million square meters. (CCBM Group owns 16 subsidiaries in Senegal in six industries: construction, automobile, machinery, transportation, logistics, and tourism.)
KLC CEO Lee visited Dakar (the capital of Senegal) last October by an official invitation from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.
He visited the sites of various ...