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Began 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team' supervised by the School of Mechanical Engineering Eight YU project teams selected for college specialization projects attracting the highest in national funding at 35 billion won for 5 years [October 1, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) opened the specialized project team and will begin pursuing in earnest the 'University for Creative Korean Project for Fostering Provincial Universities and University Specialization' (hereinafter called College Specialization Project). At 11:30 a.m. on the 1st, YU held the 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team (Director Song Dong-joo)' opening and sign-hanging ceremonies at the Mechanicals Hall Room 104. At the opening ceremony were in attendance YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Director Song Dong-joo, College of Engineering Dean Jung Hyeon-yeol, School of Mechanical Engineering Dean Koh Tae-jo, Department of Information and Communication Engineering Dean Nam Seung-yeobg, and other professors involved in the specialization project. The 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team' is a specialization project pursued as a regional strategic project made up of a consortium by YU and Kyungpook National University. It is expected to create synergy effects by maximizing the strengths of the top local private university and top national university of YU and Kyungpook National University. The project team will be overseen by the YU School of Mechanical Engineering and will be participated by the YU Department of Information and Communication Engineering, and Kyungpook National University Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Energy Engineering. At the opening ceremony, YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "The automobile conversion parts industry, a specialization project being pursued by YU, is one of the representative regional strategic projects' and added, "We will do our best in fostering human resources, who will be the key resources to create industrial value of the regional strategic project, as an education and research institute to maximize the achievements of the college specialization project." Meanwhile, in the 'college specialization project' carried out for the first time this year, YU will receive a total of 35 billion won in the next five years with its eight project teams, which is the highest in the nation. The Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team will be receiving national funding in addition to the Global Co-prosperity Human Resources Fostering Project Team, Cultural Convergence Design Ecosystem Establishment Project Team, Multi-cultural Age Korean Language and Literature Human Resources Project Team, Medical and Precision Chemical Specialization Project Team, Parts and Materials Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team, IT/Energy/BT Industry Customized Creative Chemical Engineering Fostering Project Team, and the DREAM Software Human Resource Project Team.
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Presentation of recent research results at the '3rd International Congress on Lipid Metabolism & Atherosclerosis' oral presentation session Investigated mechanism of inflammation suppression effects of high density lipoprotein [September 30, 2014] <Researcher Kim Sung-min (left) who won the best presentation award at the 3rd International Congress on Lipid Metabolism & Atherosclerosis Researcher Kim Sung-min (26) of the YU BK21 Plus Blood Serum Bio Medical Project Team (Director Cho Gyeong-hyeon, Professor at the School of Biotechnology) won the 'Best Presentation Award' at the '3rd ICLA (International Congress on Lipid Metabolism & Atherosclerosis)'. This academic conference, which is celebrating its third year, is an international academic conference on lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis. Every year, domestic and foreign scholars are invited to introduce and present the latest research results in basic, nutrition, epidemiology and clinical studies, while providing the opportunity to discuss the subjects to greatly contribute to the development of Korea's lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis sectors. This event was held at the Seoul Grand Hilton Hotel Convention Center on the 12th and 13th where over 400 lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis experts from over 20 countries attended to display and present approximately 100 theses. In the oral presentation session that Kim participated in, 12 teams from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Malaysia participated to present the latest research results. Kim was awarded for his presentation on 'Investigation of inflammation suppression effect mechanisms of high density lipids (HDL)'. Kim confirmed that the mechanism in which anti-inflammation occurs from blood serum HDL that are beneficial to the human body became mediums through specific cell receptors. He also found that harmful HDL transformed due to saccharification promoted inflammations and worsened diabetes and atherosclerosis. Kim said, "These research results can be used to treat heat diseases, Alzheimer's and diabetes by applying in bio drug development that treats blood diseases, and can also contribute in studies on mechanisms that occur in diseases related to old age." He added, "In addition to blood serum lipoprotein studies to treat heart and blood diseases, I will also concentrate on research to improve the functions of proteins that can be used as treatment like HDL." Meanwhile, Kim, who graduated from the YU School of Biotechnology has been continuously conducting research on treatment for atherosclerosis and hyperlipidemia since he was a junior. In particular, in December 2010 prior to his graduation, he was selected as a scholarship student for the National Research Foundation's 'national scholarship program for exceptional students' and also won a science and engineering national scholarship student research reward. Meanwhile, he completed his combined master's and PhD program majoring in animal and medical bioengineering at the YU Graduate School of Biotechnology and is currently working at the YU BK21 Plus Blood Serum Bio Medical Project Team.
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Participated by Ministry of Education, Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private (& Public) School, Gyeongbuk-do, Gyeongsan, and Five Universities in Gyeongsan including YU Global exchange hub to accommodate 240 international students and the International Student Support Center [September 18, 2014] The 'Global Exchange Center', a residential and combined support facility for international students studying in Korea will be built for the first time in Korea at YU (President Noh Seok-kyun). YU Held the opening ceremony of the 'Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center' (hereinafter called Center) at 3 p.m. on the 17th. This center, which was built south (112 Gyeyang-dong) of the YU Gyeongsan Campus Hyangto Living Area and a total of 9.8 billion won was invested with 2.5 billion from national funding and 500 million from provincial funding (Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsan). The center has a total are of 5,169㎡, standing five stories tall with one underground floor. It includes a dormitory that can facilitate 240 students, and various facilities to support international students such as conference halls, global lounge, seminar room, international student support center, and fitness centers. At the opening ceremony, Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private (& Public) School President Lee Won-hee, Gyeongsangbuk-do Vice-governor Lee In-seon, Gyeongsan Mayor Choi Young-jo, Gyeongsan Council Chairman Lee Cheon-soo, Ministry of Education International Cooperation Bureau Kang Young-soo, Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center Chief Park Tae-gyeong and other directors and officers for the center, as well as YU President Noh Seok-kyun and Scholarship Director Kim Jin-sam, Kyungil University President Jung Hyun-tae, Daegu Haany University President Byeon Chang-hoon, Catholic University of Daegu Nam Jong-hoon, and other personnel from universities in the Gyeongsan area, as well as Sayeeda Tasneem (27) who is studying at the YU Korean Language Center from Sri Lanka attended as the representative from international students. In his congratulatory address, YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "I am very happy that the first global exchange center is opened at YU," and added, "I hope that the Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center, which was constructed together by the Ministry of Education, local government, and colleges in the region including YU, will become a hub for internationalization of the local community and colleges." Operation of the center will be overseen by the special purpose corporation 'Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center Company' established in March of 2012. For this, the Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private (& Public) School and the Yeungnam School Foundation invested 50% each of 20 million won the capital of SPC, and the operation rights will be returned to Yeungnam School Foundation after being operated by the SPC for 20 years. There are a total of 1,514 (based on school statistics of 2014) international students at the five universities participating in the Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center including YU and about 6%, or 1,036 are studying at YU. The center will operate adaptation programs for life in Korea, as well as domestic and international student exchange programs to help improve the residential conditions of foreign students in the region, and help them establish themselves here. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is planning to actively pursue international student dormitory construction projects for the stable residences of international students. Starting with the 'Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center', the second international student dormitory will be built at Wonkwang University by building the 'Iksan Global Exchange Center' that can accommodate 200 students.
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UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Becomes YU Partner Signed aide memoir and pledged to jointly pursue 'Global Saemaul Undong' Cooperation in emerging country support such as developing rural towns and eradicating global poverty by sharing the Saemaul Undong [Sep 11, 2014] The 'Global Saemaul Undong' that YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) has been pursuing is gaining speed as it stirred up a big issue in the international society. Governments of emerging countries, NGOs, the UN, WB (World Bank), AARDO (Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization), and other international organizations expressed their intent to participate in the goal of the global Saemaul Undong of developing rural towns of emerging countries and eradicating global poverty by sharing Korea's experiences with development and the Saemaul Undong. Recently, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under the UN became a new partner of the global Saemaul Undong. YU International Development Cooperation Center Director (YU Vice President) Choi Oe Chool and IFAD Asia Pacific Regional Director Kim Hoon-ae exchanged an aide memoire to construct partnership after the 'Joint Seminar on Plans to Link Saemaul Undong and International Rural Development' that they co-hosted at the Gyeongju Hotel Hyundai on the 26th. Accordingly, the two institutes agreed to cooperate on △leading the improvement of quality of life and sustainable development policies to strengthen the capacities of people in rural areas around the world and △to jointly search for plans for improving international understanding and developmental directions for the importance of rural development. Photo after signing aide memoire between YU and IFAD (left to right - IFAD regional director Kim Hoon-ae, YU Vice-president Choi Oe Chool) The IFAD is a special organization (international financial institute) of the UN established in 1977 for improving agricultural development and food production of emerging countries following the 1974 World Food Conference. The main purpose is to provide support for the development of rural areas of emerging countries where the population in poverty are concentrated in. Its base is located in Rome, Italy and there are currently 172 member countries that are divided into A, B and C groups (as of June 2014). Korea joined in group C. IFAD carried out a total of 948 programs and projects with 120 governments around the world since 1978. Beneficiaries reached 420 million people. Current programs and projects include 52 programs in 22 countries in West Africa and Central Africa, 44 in 18 countries in East Africa and South Africa, 60 in 18 countries in Asia and the South Pacific, 41 in in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 44 in 19 other countries. Regarding the partnership with IFAD, Choi Oe Chool said, "This is meaningful since the experience of Korea that successfully made developments in the local societies by overcoming poverty for rural areas through the Saemaul Undong in the 1970s was recognized by the international community including the UN to have great implications for solving the rural and agricultural issues of emerging countries who failed to overcome their problems even in the 21st century and to rise out of global poverty." He added, "YU and IFAD will spare no efforts to jointly develop the Saemaul Undong and Korea's development experience as a program for sustainable rural and agricultural development of emerging countries."
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Held Chuseok festival for international students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Experience Korean culture through traditional games such as yutnori and gejichagi International students participated in various events such as taekwondo samul-nori, traditional clothing fashion show [Sep 5, 2014] International students at the YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul had a very special Chuseok. On the 5th, YU held the 'Global Saemaul Chuseok Festival' with international students enrolled in the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (director Park Seung-woo) for Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving and the biggest holiday of the nation. Over 100 people participated in this event including 70 international students from 31 different countries enrolled at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, YU Vice President Choi Oe Chool and faculty. In his opening address, Director Park Seung-woo said, "I hope that through this festival held on the biggest holidays of Korea, participants will have the opportunity to experience and understand traditional Korean culture and once again think about the value of family." He added, "I hope that you create a new community in your new 'home' in Korea and make many great memories." At the 'Global Saemaul Chuseok Festival' held at the YU Folk Village Gugye Seowon at 11 a.m., students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul who came to Korea to study the Saemaul Undong, Saemaul spirit, and the economic development and afforestation experiences of Korea had a fun time to understand Korean culture through traditional games such as yutnori, treasure hunts, jegi-chagi, three-legged races, and group jump ropes. International students also took part in taekwondo, samul-nori concerts, saxophone recitals, and fashion shows wearing their traditional clothes to spend the holiday season in Korea. Yutnori was played on a specially made board with drawings to represent the values of sharing, volunteering and creation needed for the global Saemaul Undong and Saemaul spirit of industriousness, self-dependency and cooperation, as well as the flags of different countries. Through this, international students were able to experience the traditional games of Korea, while also looking back on the Saemaul Undong in the world and the current status of Korea. Adu Ebenezer Appiah (33, 3rd term in Saemaul International Development Cooperation), an international student from Ghana at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul who attended the festival, said, "I am very happy to have the opportunity to experience the Korean holidays and traditional cultures of Korea while studying here," and added, "Playing yutnori as a team will be an unforgettable experience." YU Vice-president (Director of the International Development Cooperation Center) Choi Oe Chool who planned the 'Global Saemaul Chuseok Festival' said, "I hope that this will be an opportunity for students who came from different parts of the world to the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul will be able to experience the traditional cultures and holidays of Korea and be able to get a glimpse of the spirit of Koreans, while having a good time experiencing the Saemaul spirit of industriousness, self-dependency and cooperation, as well as the values of the Global Saemaul Spirit of sharing, volunteering and creation through individual and team games."
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YU Team wins 'Grand Prize, Runner-up, and Special Award' at the 5th Eubcheon Port Gallery Wall Painting Contest Added beauty and fun with works using the tales of Shimcheon and Byeoljubu Winning pieces to fill the 'Eubcheon Port Wall painting Town' along the East Coast [Sep 5, 2014] “A town's ambience can be completely changed with just one wall painting!” YU students added to the beauty of a coastal town filled with beautiful wall paintings. Students from the YU School of Fine Arts won the grand prize, runner-up and special awards at the '5th Eubcheon Port Gallery Wall Painting Contest' held at Eubcheon-ri, Yangnam-myeon in Gyeongju on the 23rd of last month. YU School of Fine Arts Yoo Eun-sang (24, senior) won the grand prize, and the Seo Ji-hyeon (22, junior), Jeon Hye-ji (21, junior) and Kwon Sun-hae (21, junior) team won the runner-up award, and the Eom Sang-yon (25, second term in master's degree course), Jin Jong-hwan (23, sophomore) and Kim Jong-min (22, sophomore) team won the special award. A total of 65 teams submitted their works to this contest co-hosted by the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Wolsong Nuclear Plant and the Korea Fine Arts Association Gyeongju branch. Based on the uniqueness of the work and practicality of the wall painting, 10 large wall paintings 17 small wall paintings and 1 illustration was selected. The 80 members of the 28 final teams painted the walls of the Eubcheon Port Wall Painting Town from July 12 to August 10 based on their works. The completed wall paintings were judged to select 1 first place, 1 runner-up, 3 third places, 5 complimentary awards, and 5 special awards. <First Place 'Sea in Fairy Tales-Shimcheong'> The theme of this contest was 'Creative Works based on Children's Literature' and the winning work by Yoo Eun-sang was titled 'Sea in Fairy Tales-Shimcheong'. Yoo said "When I thought about Eubcheon Port where the wall painting would be made, the first thing that came to mind was the sea. 'Shimcheongjeon', the folklore loved by men and women of all ages came to mind so I used it as my theme." She added, "In the tale, Shimcheong appears on top of a lotus flower, but I wanted to add some fun to it by putting her on the move with a sea turtle of another fairy tale, 'Byeoljubujeon'." The 'Goblin World' that showed goblins, which often appear in folklores, playing in nature with children won the third place award, while the 'Antarctic Kingdom' that mixed and matched the 2013 smash hit animation 'Frozen' with Antarctica won the special award. <Third place winner 'Goblin World'> <Special award winner 'Antarctic Kingdom'> Jeon Hye-jin, who won third place, said, "I was always interested in wall paintings because unlike regular paintings in exhibits, it is a popular form that can be seen by anyone in public areas," and added, "I hope that people who come to this town can have a moment of relaxation by looking at our paintings." Meanwhile, the Eubcheon Port Wall Painting Town started in 2010 with 53 pieces through the 1st concert, and has been adding about 50 pieces every year. With the end of this year's contest, the nation's biggest wall painting town was made in which over 210 pieces are shown across a 2km long area stretching along the East Coast.
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"Need to globalize industry-academic cooperation in the global age" YU President Noh Seok-kyun visits universities and industry-academic cooperation institutes of China such as the Capital University of Economics and Business and the China Technology Exchange Center to discuss plans to expand global industry-academic cooperation [Sep 2, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) visited different parts of China to strengthen their global industry-academic cooperation. YU President Noh Seok-kyun, LINC Project Team Director Lee Hee-young and Global Industry-Academic Cooperation Center Director Park Il-gyu visited the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center, Capital University of Economics and Business, China Technology Exchange Center, and the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute located in Beijing on August 28 and 29. This visit was made to strengthen the school's industry-academic capacities in light of the internationalized age. For this, Mr. Noh visited major universities and industry-academic institutes of China to discuss measures on constructing a global industry-academic research cooperation infrastructure, personnel exchange and joint research promotion plans. Mr. Noh first visited the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center (Director Yoon Dae-sang) at 3 p.m. on August 28. This center was established in 1993, one year after making diplomatic ties between Kore and China to act as a window for science technology exchange and a cooperation hub between China and Korea and is currently under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. Mr. Noh met with Director Yoon Dae-sang and listened to explanations on Chinese science technology manpower, science technologies and the infrastructure status in connection with the center and held discussions on measures to promote YU's global industry-academic cooperation and research exchange with China. Afterwards, YU and the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center signed an MOU to find global industry-academic cooperation partners for YU. During the second day of their visit, they had a busy schedule visiting three different places on the same day. In the morning, Mr. Noh visited the Capital University of Economics and Business and met with Dean Wang Jiaqiong to discuss student exchange and industry-academic programs. The Capital University of Economics and Business has a 50 year history and is one of the central universities of Beijing and is ranked 8th in China for finance and economics. The Capital University of Economics and Business has signed an exchange agreement with YU in October 2004 and has been actively exchanging students since then. During this visit, the two universities discussed ways to promote student, faculty and researcher exchange, join research in humanities and sciences, possibility of developing internationalization programs, and other programs that could make the relationship of the two sister schools stronger. Mr. Wang requested cooperation from YU for short-term student exchange of 2 to 3 months, installation of a joint diploma program, dispatch of students to the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, and participation in the global Capstone Design Camp for the safety management and engineering sectors. Furthermore, the two schools also agreed to extend the MOU, which was scheduled to expire in 2015. In the afternoon, Mr. Noh and his party then visited the China Technology Exchange Center and the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute. The China Technology Exchange Center is technology exchange service institute jointly established by Beijing City, the Chinese Science Technology Ministry, Chinese Intellectual Properties Office, and the Chinese Science Institute in August 2009. Its main duties are to carry out industrialization of science technology outcomes of projects carried out by the central and regional governments of China and to combine the R&D capacities of colleges and research centers with the technological demands of companies to provide support for joint industry-academic-research R&D projects. Accordingly, YU discussed methods to construct an industry-academic-research cooperation cluster and possibilities for YU to participate in technology exchange and industrialization between Korea and China. The tight schedule ended at the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute. The Chinese Minister of Science Technology Wang is also the director of this research center. Mr. Noh checked the industry-academic-research cooperation policies and success cases of China to look for ways to promote YU's industry-academic cooperation. Noh Seok-kyun, who had a very tight schedule in China, said "In order for true globalization of colleges, it is important not only to conduct exchange with educational and research institutes with foreign colleges, but also to enhance the school's international industry-academic cooperation capacities by being linked with foreign national research institutes and industry-related organizations." He added, "As we put our foot in the door for practical discussions with major research centers and government institutes of China with this visit to Beijing, it is expected that YU's global industry-academic-research cooperation will be promoted even further.
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Alliance teams led by School of Architecture takes 1st and 2nd place at the '2014 Bio-Digital City Seoul International Event' Creative ideas and architectural completeness on 'urban farming architecture' [Aug 28, 20148] <School of Architecture students who took 1st and 2nd place at the ‘2014 Bio-Digital City Seoul International Event’> (from top left to right, Jung Yoo-jin, Kim Ji-eun, Bae Jin-sol, bottom row from left to right Jung Tae-gwon, Shin Yong-hwan) The YU School of Architecture is being reborn as the cradle of next-generation architectural experts. An alliance team made up mainly of YU students won the 'French Ambassador to Korea Award' and the 'French Cultural Center Director of Korea Award', which are 1st and 2nd places, at a workshop held during the '2014 Bio-Digital City Seoul International Event'. YU School of Architecture students Jung Tae-gwon (24, 2nd term in master's degree program), Shin Yong-hwan, (23, senior), Bae Jin-sol (20, junior), Chungang University Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia and Film Art Kim Do-hee (24, 1st term in master's degree program), and Daegu University Department of Architectural Engineering Lee Seung-hee (25, senior) made up a five-member alliance team to win the French Ambassador to Korea Award. The four member alliance team comprised of the Chungang University Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia and Film Art Baek Jung-gi (41, 1st term in master's degree program), YU School of Architecture Kim Ji-eun (23, 5th year), Jung Yoo-jin (21, senior), and Korea University School of Architecture Hyun Jin-sun (21, junior) won the French Cultural Center Director of Korea Award. Of the nine members that took first and second place, five were students from the YU School of Architecture. This workshop, which was co-supervised by the City of Seoul and the French Embassy and hosted by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul City Citizens Hall, French Culture Center in Korea, and the International City Joint Research Center, was held from August 5 to 14 at the Seoul Citizens Hall Taepyeong Hall and Workshop Room. The theme of the workshop was 'Tomorrow's Seoul Project'. During the workshop period, the participants had the opportunity to come up with and share creative ideas to plan the Hangang Riverside of Seoul with nature-friendly future urban environment 'urban agricultural architecture' that modern society now aims at. Urban agricultural architecture refers to the new architectural mode that combines residential functions and farming functions in urban living areas. Over 50 college and graduate students majoring in architecture, advanced media and landscaping from colleges in Korea, France, Belgium, USA, England and Canada participated in this workshop. Participants made teams of 4 to 5 with students of other nationalities, schools and majors to exchange their fields of majors from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. every day during the 10 day workshop to design a creative city. Each team received instructions from over 20 expert tutors who specialize in different fields and submitted a 5 minute video and 3D printer model for their final works. <French Ambassador to Korea Award> Upon final judgment, the piece that won the French Ambassador to Korea Award was ‘A TUFT (Algorithm of Nature Takes Urban Farming To Future) City’. Shin Yong-hwan explained the concept saying “We created a completely new city by reinterpreting and applying the rules of nature such as light, wind and water in an existing city (Yeouido)," and added, "Though it was made in a short period, it was judged to have high architectural perfection and to be highly practical." The work that received the French Cultural Center of Korea Director's Award was ‘WEAVE (WE Assembled in the VEnue)’. Like its name, it weaved different spaces and added a common work element of farming within such spaces to propose a residential area in which people can communicate naturally. <French Cultural Center of Korea Director's Award> Kim Ji-eun, who received the French Cultural Center of Korea Director's Award, said, "I was able to learn a new perspective for looking at architecture by carrying out projects with students of various majors from different parts of the world." She added, "Our team had a great architectural idea, but what really helped us received good reviews was because our excellence in visual imaging expression of such ideas." Jung Tae-gwon, who received the French Ambassador to Korea Award, said, "I've become more interested in architectural planning so I would like to conduct more in-depth studies." He also added, "After completing my master's degree, I want to experience corporate life for about three years and then begin my PhD program at an architectural graduate school in the United States."
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Over 500 people from 38 countries gathered at the Gyeongju Hyundai Hotel from the 27th to 29th with the goal to overcome poverty among emerging countries Pursue sharing Saemaul Undong experience and cooperation for joint prosperity of global community Global Saemaul Forum Chairman Choi Oe Chool proposes installation of 'international organization' to practice the Saemaul Spirit [Aug 27, 2014] The '2014 Global Saemaul Forum' was held successfully at Gyeongju on the 27th to share the experiences of the Saemaul Undong with the world. This forum, which was attended by experts from 38 different countries, was held in order to search for practical plans for the global prosperity and mutual cooperation of the global community, while sharing the experience of the Saemaul Undong, which is local community development research model and a UNESCO Memory of the World as strategies to overcome poverty of emerging countries of the OECD. This forum, which was held at the Gyeongju Hotel Hyundai Convention Hall from the 27th to the 29th, was co-hosted by YU (President Noh Seok-kyun), Gyeongsangbuk-do (Governor Kim Gwan-yong) and the Global Saemaul Forum (Chairman Choi Oe Chool), and was sponsored by the Korea International Cooperation Agency, Korea Rural Community Corporation, Korea Saemaul Undong Center, and the Korea Development Foundation. This forum, which is held under the theme 'Global Cooperation Strategy to Overcome Poverty in Emerging Countries-Focusing on Sharing the Saemaul Undong Experience', will be attended by over 500 persons such as senior public officials on rural development, high-level policy makers for local society development, international organization workers, Global Saemaul Undong practitioners, and academic experts from a total of 38 countries from Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, Australia, and China, as well as Senegal Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Facilities, Laos Vice Minister of Agriculture, Vice Director of the Vietnam National Ho Chi Minh Academy, and the Nicaraguan Ambassador to Korea. At the opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on the 27th, Gyeongsangbuk-do Vice Minister of Administration Joo Nak-young gave a welcoming address, YU President Noh Seok-kyun gave an opening address, Korea Saemaul Undong Center Director Shim Yoon-jong and Korea Rural Community Corporation President Lee Sang-moo gave congratulatory addresses, followed by Global Saemaul Forum Chairman Choi Oe Chool's keynote address titled 'Saemul Undong with the Global Community to Prosper Together'. At the keynote address, Choi Oe Chool said, "Recently, the international society is showing interest in poverty, education, medicine, human rights, energy, and climate change issues of emerging countries and have made considerable efforts to make improvements. Despite such efforts, however, there are still 1.2 billion people living in the world with less than 1.25 dollars a day, and many countries are suffering from under development." He added, "The Saemaul Undong that aims for strengthening the capacity for self-dependency of residents and self-initiated development based on the spirit of industriousness, self-dependency and cooperation is receiving attention as a new model for improving the poverty issue of emerging countries and for developmental cooperation through an upgraded version that adds the values of sharing, volunteering and creation. Thus, we hope that this forum can be an opportunity to look for the best direction for sustainable international development cooperation, and as a place for actively discussing ways to have the international community share the experience of the Saemaul Undong." At the end of his keynote address, Choi proposed to install a privately initiated international organization called the 'Global Saemaul Spirit Practice Alliance'. Choi emphasized, "It is necessary to have a privately initiated international organization that can systematically support and promote the practice of the Saemaul spirit to construct a prosperous global community," while adding, "The assertive participation and roles of various international organizations, countries, private companies and experts are essential to overcome the common task of the world by practicing the Saemaul spirit." On the 27th, the first day, seminars by topics and genera session 1 and 8 special sessions will be conducted for active presentations and discussions by experts from different countries, followed by a special lecture and general session 2 on the 28th. Participants of the forum will then visit industrial sites and the place where the Saemaul Undong originated in Korea from the afternoon of the 28th to the 29th to experience the economic development site of Korea, while sharing the experience. During the seminar by theme on the 27th, it will unfold in the order of △Session 1, 'Overcoming Poverty in Emerging Countries and Global Prosperity', △Session 2 ‘Global Saemaul Undong Sharing Strategy’ △Session 3, ‘Effective Emerging Country Development Pursuance System’ △Session 4 ‘Projects and Tasks to Overcome Poverty by Country’, followed by presentations, discussions and cases studies by experts from the respective countries. In General Session 1, Korea Rural Community Corporation President Lee Sang-moo will oversee presentations and discussions by experts on 'Global Cooperation Strategy to Overcome Poverty in Emerging Countries-Focusing on Sharing the Saemaul Undong Experience'. Also, three special sessions will also be held under the theme of 'Ideas to Utilize the Saemaul Undong to Overcome Poverty'. On the 28th, the second day of the forum, KOICA President Kim Young-mok will give a special lecture titled 'Post 2015 Development Agenda and the Global Saemaul Undong' and Ho Chi Minh Academy of Vietnam Vice Director Nguyen will deliver a lecture titled 'Strategies to Pursue the Saemaul Undong in Vietnam', and in General Session 2, discussions among experts will be held under former YU President Lee Hyo-soo on 'Post 2015 Development Agenda and Global Saemaul Undong'. Senegal Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Facilities Dogo Seck said, "I was deeply impressed by the amazing growth of Korea through the Saemaul Undong. I am attending this forum to find solutions for new systems for the acceleration of Senegal's agricultural development and national growth," while adding, "I hope that through various ideas and cases of using the Saemaul Undong, we will be able to establish an effective development plan that can be applied in Senegal."
