KOREA BULLETIN The official publication of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea JULY 2017

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KOREA BULLETIN

The official publication of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea JULY 2017

F R O M T H E A M B A S S A D O R ‘ S D E S K

KIM Jae-shin, Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary

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On our home front, His Excel- lency Moon Jae-in was elected President of the Republic of Korea and assumed office on May 10th. Just after this, Mr. Park Won-Soon, Mayor of Seoul and first Presidential Special Envoy to the Associa- tion of Southeast Asian Na- tions (ASEAN), came to the Philippines as part of Presi- dent Moon’s commitment to a wider and pluralistic approach of diplomacy for cooperation.

This visit is a clear indication of the Korean government’s high regard for the ASEAN and the Philippines.

Interactions like these attest to the expansion of the purview and fields of cooperation between Korea and the Philip- pines, a relationship that dates back to the Korean War.

From the 7th High-level Cross Regional Roundtable on Vio- lence Against Children, which

was suggested by the Philip- pines as 2017 ASEAN Chair, and supported by Korea with the ASEAN-ROK Coopera- tion Fund, to the arrival of the final 2 of 12 Korean FA- 50 fighter jets in May, our partnership has never been stronger and more diverse.

This dynamic relationship has allowed our governments to complete vital infrastructure projects as scheduled, such as the Puerto Princesa Airport, which will further contribute to national development.

However, for development to be truly comprehensive, there must be concomitant cultural growth. In this respect, the Korean Cultural Center has been coming out with events that familiarize Filipinos on our culture. Last May, for example, seven internationally-acclaimed documentaries from Korea were showcased in the Philippine leg of the DMZ International Documen- tary (DMZ Docs) Film Festi- val at the UP Film Institute.

This was followed a month later by the opening of the Moving Korea Exhibit, which featured 18 modern kinetic and interactive artworks of nine contemporary artists from Korea.

The cultural exchange between Korea and the Phil- ippines is certainly mutual.

Even as an increasing number of Filipinos are going to Ko- rea for leisure and education, the arrival of Korean tour- ists in the Philippines has re- mained steady at nearly 25%

of the total arrivals despite the conflict in Mindanao. This bodes well for the robust tourism market which continues to be buoyed by the country’s rosy economic climate.

Last but not the least, there was a significant advancement in educational cooperation between the two countries in June. The Embassy of the Re- public of Korea in the Philip- pines and the Department of Education (DEpEd) signed an agreement that allows DepEd

to teach the Korean language in public high schools through the Special Program in For- eign Language (SPFL). With this development, Korean becomes the sixth foreign language in public high schools among those currently offered in the program (Spanish, Jap- anese, French, German, and Chinese). The inclusion of the Korean language in the public high school curriculum will further enhance economic cooperation as well as socio- cultural exchanges between the two countries. I wish more and more young Filipinos can learn our language as much as they have embraced the Ko- rean Wave or Hallyu.

It is with these positive things in mind that I want to cele- brate with my fellow Koreans and our Filipino friends the advancement of cordial rela- tions for our mutual benefit and brighter future.

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MOON Jae-In Wins Presidential Election

President MOON Jae-in greets his supporters on May 9 after he was de- clared the winner of the presidential election. (Photo from Yonhap News)

Presidential Envoy to ASEAN PARK Won-Soon visits Philippines

Ambassador KIM delivers remarks at 7th High-level Cross Regional Roundtable on

Violence Against Children

MOON Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea won Korea’s 19th presidential election on May 10.

According to the Na- tional Election Commis- sion (NEC), MOON won 13,423,800 votes, 41.1 per- cent of the total number of votes casted. His rivals HONG Jun-Pyo from ousted President PARK Geun- Hye’s conservative Saenuri Party and People’s Party candidate AHN Cheol-soo

were behind with 24% and 21.4%, respectively. This is the highest “turnout gap” in the history of Korean presidential elections.

MOON’s presidential term in office officially started on May 10, after the NEC confirmed the winner of the presidential election. He replaced former President PARK, who was recently impeached and ousted due to corruption and bribery scan- dal.

Seoul City Mayor and Presidential Envoy to ASEAN PARK Won-Soon (left) greets Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during his courtesy call on May 22.

Seoul Mayor and Presi- dential Envoy to the Asso- ciation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) of the Re- public of Korea PARK Won- Soon visited the Philippines from May 21 to 23 for a series of meetings with Philippine officials.

PARK paid a courtesy call to Philippine President Rod- rigo Duterte on May 22 to de- liver newly-elected President MOON Jae-in’s letter to the Philippine President.

During the courtesy meeting, President Duterte asked to convey his congratulation on President MOON’s victory in May election. President Duterte emphasized the importance of cooperation be-

tween the two countries on the issue of North Korea’s provo- cation. PARK mentioned it is important to exert pressure on North Korea while pursuing diplomatic efforts in order to achieve denuclearization of North Korea. He also asked for the continuing support of the ASEAN in dealing with the North Korea issue.

President Duterte also ex- pressed his hopes to continue to strengthen the bilateral re- lations and economic cooperation between Korea and the Philippines. PARK said he hopes to further develop ties between the two nations in the fields of development cooperation, infrastructure, and defense industry.

PARK asked for enhanced security of Korean nationals in the Philippines, and Presi- dent Duterte promised their safety and emphasized that protecting Korean nationals would also be a part of the Philippines’ national interests.

PARK was accompanied by Congresswoman KIM

Hyun-mee, Congressman SHIN Kyung-min from the National Assembly of the Re- public of Korea, and Korean Ambassador to the Philippine KIM Jae Shin. A day earlier, he had a luncheon meeting with Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador KIM Jae Shin delivered his welcom- ing remarks on the 7th High- level Cross Regional Round- table on Violence against Children last June 6, 2017.

In his speech, Ambas- sador KIM talked about Ko- rea’s efforts to address the issue of violence against children.

The Roundtable was opened by Department of Social Welfare and Devel- opment (DSWD) Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) Deputy Secretary General for ASEAN Socio- Cultural Community (ASCC) Mr. Vongthep Arthakaivalva- tee, and United Nations (UN) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence against Children (VAC) Marta Santos Pais.

Around 90 individuals con- sisting of ASEAN Senior Of- ficials on social welfare and development, NGOs, and children representatives from ASEAN states shared their thoughts and experiences on violence against children.

The event was organized by the Philippines, 2017 ASE- AN Chair and ASEAN Sec- retariat as a part of ASEAN- Republic of Korea (ROK) cooperation, and Korea supported the meeting with the ASEAN-ROK Cooperation

Fund.

The ASEAN-ROK Coop- eration Fund was established in 1990 in order to contribute to ASEAN community- building and the close relationship between ROK and the ASEAN.

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Korea completes delivery of FA-50PH Jets in PH

Ambassador KIM graces opening of new Puerto Princesa International

Airport Terminal

ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) and Philippine Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) recently organized the ‘Trade Fa- cilitation Workshop for the Phil- ippine Food MSMEs’ last May 17 to 20 at World Trade Center in Metro Manila.

The Workshop aimed to enhance competitiveness of food sector MSMEs in the Philip- pines, thereby facilitating trade between Korea and the Philip- pines. A delegation, composed of members from ten Korean food companies, shared their expertise and conducted one- on-one business meetings Phil- ippine business representatives.

THE FINAL batch of FA- 50PH “Fighting Eagle” jets with tail numbers 011 and 012 arrived at Clark Air Base, Pampanga on May 31.

The supersonic jets were delivered by pilots of Korean Aerospace Industries Ltd.

(KAI) from Korea and were formally received by Philip- pine Air Force (PAF) Air Lo-

gistics Command head Major Gen. Arnold A. Mancita.

The FA-50PHs has a top speed of Mach 1.5 or one and a half times the speed of sound and is capable of being fitted air-to-air missiles. The missiles include the AIM-9 “Side- winder” air-to-air and heat- seeking missiles aside from light automatic cannons.

FA-50PHs with tail numbers 009 and 010 arrived in the Philippines on April 26, while FA-50PHs with tail numbers 007 and 008 arrived in the country last March 29 and were commissioned into service last April 6. The first batch of supersonic jets arrived in the country on No- vember 28, 2015.

This arrival of the final batch of planes is part of the PAF’s purchase of 12 fighter jets worth P18.9 billion from

KAI.PAF spokesperson Col.

Antonio Francisco said the FA-50PHs are very useful for the PAF as it can be used for territorial defense and pilot training which is important as they are now focusing on the

“generation” of pilots capable of manning sophisticated jet fighters which the country is planning to acquire for its military modernization program. (PNA)

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade, Civil Aviation Authority of the Phil- ippines (CAAP) Director General Capt. Jim C. Sydiongco, Ambassador KIM Jae-Shin, Palawan Gov- ernor Jose Alvarez, and Puerto Princesa City Mayor Luis Marcaida lll led the blessing of the new Puerto Princesa International airport. (Photo courtesy of http://palawan-news.com)

Korean Ambassador KIM Jae Shin, Department of Trans- portation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade, Civil Avia- tion Authority of the Philip- pines (CAAP) Director Gen- eral Capt. Jim C. Sydiongco,

Palawan Governor Jose Alva- rez, and Puerto Princesa City Mayor Luis Marcaida III led the blessing of the new Puerto Princesa International Airport on May 3, 2017.

The 4.5-billion-peso in-

ternational airport has a floor area of 13,000 sq. meters with a seating capacity of 1,500, parking slot for 200 cars and a 2,600-meter runway that can accommodate bigger aircraft like Airbus A330 and 6 parking bays. The new airport can also accommodate more than 1.9 million passengers a year.

The new Puerto Princesa International Airport boasts a state of the art air navigation system that comply with international standard enhancing the airport’s safety operations (CAT-1) with an 1800 KVA standby generator set.

The project was realized in 2012 when then Finance Sec- retary Cesar V. Purisima signed a $71.6-million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) for the Puer- to Princesa airport project.

Under the agreement the

government of Korea will pro- vide through Kexim an official development assistance loan under Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF).

Ambassador KIM said that the project will open more op- portunities and cooperation between Philippines and Korea.

Ambassador KIM added that Koreans top the list in terms of tourist arrival in the Philip- pines since 2010 and also ex- pressed hope to have a direct flight from Korean to Puerto Princesa soon.

“I believe that this project serves as a model for airport development in global scale.

We know that the airport great- ly contribute[s] to regional and national development,” Am- bassador Kim said.

(Reports from CAAP-PR / PNA/http://palawan-news.

com)

Korea, Philippines to boost food sector business cooperation

Ambassador of the Philippines to Korea Raul Hernandez, Secretary General of ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) KIM Young-sun, Director of Export Marketing Bureau Senen M. Perlada, Ambassador KIM Jae Shin during the Trade Facilitation Workshop for the Philippine Food MSMEs.

(Photo Courtesy of aseankorea.org)

KIM Young-sun, Secretary General of AKC, hopes that through this workshop the Phil- ippine food products will have more access to Korean market.

Following the ceremony, presentations by the Korean delegation on sourcing and packag- ing trends, importing procedures and global market access strate- gies were conducted. After the seminar, the Korean delegates and the Philippine MSMEs representatives had one-on-one business meetings to strengthen network for future businesses.

As part of the Workshop, the delegation visited the Interna- tional Food Exhibition (IFEX

Philippines), the country’s big- gest international food exhibition, whereby they took part in active interactions with busi- nessmen in the food sector from all over the world. Furthermore, the Korean business delegation

had an opportunity to gain up- to-date information on the cur- rent development of food industry in the Philippines through presentations by officials from the EMB and the Board of In- vestment.

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art & culture Korean Embassy, DEPED sign MOU to

teach Korean language in Public Schools

Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones (left) and Korean Ambassador KIM Jae Shin sign the memorandum of agreement for the Special Program in Foreign Language – Korean.

(Photo courtesy of DEPED)

The Embassy of the Repub- lic of Korea in the Philippines and the Department of Educa- tion (DEpEd) signed an agreement on June 21, 2017 that will allow DepEd to teach the Korean language in public high schools through the Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL).

DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones and Korean Ambassa- dor KIM Jae Shin led the memorandum of agreement (MOU) signing together with DepEd Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Dina Ocampo and Korean Embassy First Secretary and Korean Cultural Center Director LEE Jincheol.

Under the MOU, the DepEd will introduce Korean language as a second foreign language and elective through a pilot program which will be conducted starting this year in select ten high schools in Metro Manila.

SPFL helps learners develop skills in listening, reading, writing, speaking, and viewing that are fundamental in acquir- ing communicative competence in a second foreign language.

“We are very happy that fi- nally we are having this signing of the MOA. This is not a be- ginning. This is a continuation of very long years of fruitful relationship, including the field of education, between Korea and the Republic of the Philip- pines.” Briones said.

The Korean Embassy, through this program, hopes to strengthen the implementation of the Korean language in order to better respond to opportuni-

ties for local and international employment and to facilitate studies in Korea for select Fili- pino students.

Ambassador KIM emphasized the importance cultural and educational cooperation in strengthening bilateral relationship between the two countries.

“I’m very happy that Korean language is added as one of the second foreign languages.

Language is very important so teaching and studying [foreign languages] in schools is very helpful to deepen the bilateral understanding between two nations,” said Ambassador KIM.

In 2009, DepEd imple- mented the SPFL to prepare the graduates in a linguistically and culturally diverse global workspace. Among the languages currently offered in the program are Spanish, Japanese (Nihongo), French, German and Chinese (Mandarin).

Ateneo Student Wins Annual Korean Speech Contest

From Left: BANG Jong Ryeol, King Sejong Language Institute and KCC instructor; KCC Director LEE Jicheol; 2nd prize winner Aubrey Ortega; grand prize winner Angeleen Lee; 3rd prize winner Precious Ann Pendon; KIM Jong Ho of the Korean International School; KTO Director PARK In Shik; and SONG Ah Reum, First Secretary of Korean Embassy.

Angeleen Lee, a third year AB Psychology student from the Ateneo de Manila University, be- came the latest grand prize winner of the annual Korean Speech Contest held at University of the Philippines (UP) College of En- gineering Theater last April 29.

The 20-year-old student bested the nine other finalists from Manila, Cebu, Davao, Il- oilo, Pampanga, and Baguio, earning herself a P15, 000 cash prize, scholarship from Korean Cultural Center in the Philip- pines (KCC), gift certificates, and a roundtrip ticket to Korea courtesy Korea Tourism Organi- zation (KTO).

LEE started her formal Ko-

rean language training in Ateneo and is currently taking minor classes in Korean Studies.

Placing second in the com- petition is Aubrey Ortega of Pa- mantasan ng Lungsod ng May- nila, followed by Precious Ann Pendon from Iloilo City. Both won P10, 000 and P 5, 000 plus a scholarship at KCC and gift certificates, respectively.

The Korean Speech Con- test was organized by the KCC, United Korean Community As- sociation (UKCA) and UP. The contest aims to promote the Ko- rean language to Filipinos. It en- courages the learners of Korean language to enhance their skills in the speaking language.

Korea’s DMZ International Film Festival opens in Manila

Seven internationally-acclaimed documentaries from Ko- rea were showcased in the Phil- ippine leg of DMZ International Documentary (DMZ Docs) Film Festival last May 11 to 13 at Uni- versity of the Philippines (UP) Film Institute.

DMZ Docs Film Festival presented documentaries with various themes and styles, re- volving around the development of peace, communication and life. It aimed to promote docu-

mentary films as a mean of communication.

Jero Yun, director of the opening film ‘Mrs.B., a North Korean Woman,’ will grace the first day of the festival on May 11, 4PM and will hold a Direc- tor’s talk with the audience.

Other films screened were My Love Don’t Cross that River, Planet of Snail, The Emotional Society on Stage, Red Maria, Summer Days in Bloom, and Troublers.

Interactive Art Exhibit opens at KCC

EIGHTEEN art installations and interactive media art from Korea were opened to the public last June 8 at Korean Cultural Center’s (KCC) ‘Moving Korea’

Exhibit.

The exhibit opened with a short artist’s talk of NA Hyoung- min and performances by KCC’s Musical Class Team.

NA Hyoung-min studied Ori- ental Painting in Seoul National University where he also earned his Master’s Degree. He is currently serving as a professor in College of Fine Arts at Kyung Hee University.

His works “The Winter Poet- ry,” “The Moon,” and “The Ring around the Moon” were inspired

by Daeboreum or the First Full Moon Holiday in Korea.

Through moving objects, from where the ‘MOVING KO- REA’ exhibition takes its name, spectators are given an idea of how interactive media art com- municates. The artworks allow visitors to wander through various displayed artworks and be part of the process of creating art.The ‘Moving Korea’ exhibition will run until July 14, 2017 at the Korean Cultural Center Exhibition Hall. Admission is Free. For more information, con- tact (02) 555-1711 or email curator@koreanculture.ph