Title 1. Junior Baseball Team Inauguration MOU (1210-1)
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The Gyeonggi Provincial Government signed an MOU for the inauguration of a junior baseball team consisting of primary schoolchildren. The provincial government will provide the team with continuous support to help the children realize their dreams of becoming world-class baseball playersPark Chan-ho (박찬호)Yang Joon-hyuk (양준혁).
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1) MOU for Inauguration of Junior Baseball Team (December 10th)
Together with the Korea Securities Depository, Yangju (양주) City,the Yang Joon-hyuk (양준혁) Baseball Foundation, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government signed an agreement at the provincial government complex for cooperation in creating a junior baseball team which will be based in northern Gyeonggi Province.
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Under this agreement, Gyeonggi Province will take charge of the recruitment of team membersthe provision of administrative support, the Korea Securities Depository will sponsor the establishmentoperation of the team. Yangju (양주) Citythe Yang Joon-hyuk (양준혁) Baseball Foundation will also provide operational support.
2) Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo
“Participation in this team will be open to talented childrenfinancially underprivileged families who cannot afford to let their children play baseball.”
3) ChildrenFamilies in Low Income Brackets
Opportunities for joining the team will be primarily given to childrenlow income brackets such as multicultural familiesthe families of North Korean defectors. Full support will be provided to these children, who would never have dreamed of playing the game otherwise.
4) Yang Joon-hyuk / Chairman of the Yang Joon-hyuk Baseball Foundation
“I will do my utmost to help the children build self-confidence through baseball.”
5) Scouting Begins This Month for Inauguration Next February
Named the KSD Mentory Little Baseball Team after the sponsoring Korea Securities Depository, this teamslated for inauguration in February next year,scouting willthis month.
6) MOU for Korea’s 10th Professional Baseball Team / (November 6th)
Earlier last month, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government announced that it would Korea’s tenth professional baseball team in Suwon,signed an MOU with Suwon (수원) CityKorea Telecom. However, this plan has been postponedthe Korea Baseball Organization due to a number of difficulties including player scouting.
7) Lee Ji-hoon Reporter
Creation of the tenth professional baseball teamthe junior baseball team in Gyeonggi Province will have a significant effect on the promotion of the sport in the province.

Title 2. Global Hospital Management Academy of Gyeonggi Province (1211-1)
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The advanced medical tems of Gyeonggi Province have been recognizedinternational medical professionals,many foreign medical specialists are visiting the province to benchmark these tems.
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On this occasion, Mongolians arrived in Gyeonggi Province to view the advanced medical tems of the province first hand.
1) Mongolian Medical Delegation Visited Gyeonggi Province (December 10th – 14th)
The medical professionalsMongolia visited hospitals in Gyeonggi Province to study hospital management know-how.
2) Gyeonggi Shares Hospital Management Information
For the first time in Korea, Gyeonggi Province launched the Global Hospital Management Academy to share hospital management information in such areas as hospital administrationpatient management with foreign medical organizations.
3) Choi Joon-hwan / International Cooperation Team Leader of Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital
“Mongolian hospital personnel visited our hospitallearned about our tems in operation.”
There are a number of public hospitals in Mongolia, but most are experiencing difficulties in managing patients due to hospital operation inefficiencies. During their visit to hospitals in Gyeonggi Province, the Mongolian medical specialists were able to identifystudy tems applicable to their hospitals.
4) Batsor Zambudert / President of Hospital 1 of Mongolia
“We are pleased to have had an opportunity to participate in the Hospital Management Academy of Gyeonggi Province. We plan to apply the tems that we learned here to our hospital.”
Gyeonggi Province has established cooperative medical relations with four nations including RussiaKazakhstan. Such cooperative endeavors will also new opportunities to induce foreign patients to the province as well as to secure deals in hospital construction projects.
Gyeonggi Province plans to expand the range of nations in which to promote participation in the provincial hospital management academy.

Title 3. On-site Senior Officials Meeting on Yellow Sea (1212)
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An on-site senior provincial officials meeting, chairedGyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo, (김문수) was held aboard a ship on the Yellow Sea. When it last convened, the meeting was held on a subway train.
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1) Visiting Senior Officials Meeting on Yellow Sea (December 11th)
This visiting senior officials meeting was held on December 11th offshore of the Gyeonggi Province cities of Ansan (안산)Hwaseong (화성) aboard the provincial administrative supervisory ship Gyeonggi Bada (경기바다). The meeting was held to discuss west coast developmentthe perspective of the sea towards the land instead ofa land-orientated perspective towards the sea.
2) 1st Session: Ipado Island Development for Tourism
In the morning, during the first session of the meeting, the chairman of the Gyeonggi Ceramic Foundation delivered a briefing on the Ipa (입파) Island Development Project the vessel travelledJeongok (전곡) Port to Ipa (입파) Island. This projectone of five Yellow Sea island tourism projects of the province,it involved the purchase of the islandthe Korea Forest Service for development as a tourist resort.
3) 2nd Session: Gyeonggi Bay Development Strategies
The second session of the meeting that followed in the afternoon was devoted to a discussion of strategies for Gyeonggi Bay development in preparation for the coming pan-Yellow Sea economic era
4) Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo
“We will designate the west coast as a special tourism zonedevise comprehensive west coast development strategies. This meeting brings us one step further to the formation of effective strategies.”
The senior Gyeonggi officials, ledGovernor Kim Moon-soo (김문수), also visited the Ocean Fragrance Forest Park in Ansan (안산) City to view landscaping work progress, as well as Jeongok (전곡) Port, Ipa (입파) IslandGukhwa (국화) Island to have informal talks with residents.
A Gyeonggi Province spokesperson said that these meetings on the sealand provided useful insights that will help the provincial government formulate Yellow Sea island development plans.

Title 4. Art Exhibition with Viewer Reviews (1211-3)
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An art exhibition opened at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. At first glance, this exhibition isunlike other art exhibitions. However, itan unusual one in which works of art are ‘tagged’ with viewer reviews that become part of the art displays.
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1) ‘Artwork Tagging Exhibition’ / Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (December 6th 2012 – March 3rd 2013)
A painting at this exhibition depicts sunlight filtered through a window. Another features a high school girl wearing a scarf. What these two works of art have in commonthat they are tagged with comments madenetizens who previewed them online. Viewers can read the tagssee how differently others view the same works of art.
2) Jeong Min-jeong / Ansan City
“Itinteresting to see what others thought of the artworksto compare with my views.”
3) Preview of Netizens Adds Interpretation of Artworks
Instead of explanations providedcurators, this exhibition isattendedany curator butinstead accompaniedcomments madeapproximately 400 individuals who previewed the works of art online. Forty art pieces that attracted the greatest responses among netizens were ed for display at this exhibition … together with their comments.
4) ‘Offline Tagging Program’
This exhibition programcomplete when offline taggingadded on-sitethe visitors. Through viewer participation, this exhibition seeks to start a new exhibition culture in which viewersonly appreciate the artwork but are also able to share thoughts with other viewers.
5) Kim Ji-hee / Curator of the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
“We designed this exhibition to allow viewers to have the pleasure of sharing thoughts about the displayed artwork with others.”
This exhibition with viewer participation will run until March 3rd next year.

Title 5. ‘Book Familiarization Program’ for Children (1213-3)
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According to a recent survey, there are many who haveread a single book during the past twelve months. To promote the habit of reading among children, a special event was organized at Paju (파주) Bookcity.
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1) Gyeonggi Book Familiarization Program / Paju Bookcity (December 12th)
At this Asia Publication CultureInformation Center in Paju (파주) Bookcity, approximately 200 children are intently working together in many small groups. They arereading books as one might expect, but are instead ‘making’ them.
2) Book-making Program for Children for Familiarization with Books
While viewing the book-making processestrying their hands at pastingbinding the sheets, children are also drawn into the stories of the books they are making. Creating models of famous book characters, these young bookmakers familiarize themselves with books.
3) Kim Bo-gyeong / 5th Grader of Baekseok Primary School
“It was fun to make books ourselves,I realized that books are made through complex processes.”
4) SongDance, ‘Tracking the Lost Book’
The book-making sessionfolloweda performance of book faeries who express the importance of reading through songdance. The event itself provides children with an experience equivalent to reading a few books helping them to become more familiar with books.
5) Kim Seon-yeong / Director of the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency Industrial Sector
“Children who are well accustomed to the habit of reading will also help spread reading culture among adults.
The Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency will continue to operate this unique program for children that naturally induces them to become familiar with books,will introduce a greater variety of contents to the program.

Title 6. Delivery of Charity BriquettesVolunteers (1213-2)
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A group of volunteers delivered charity briquettes to individuals who have difficulties in getting through the winter. Their care for neighbors in needwarming the hearts of the people involved.
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1) Seryu 2-Dong, Suwon City
In this house on the outskirts of the city, an elderly woman of more than 80 years of age lives alone. She cannot afford to use a boiler because oiltoo expensive for her. A small heaterall that she relies on to get her through the winter
2) Charity Briquettes Delivery Service
Today, she had a surprise visita group of volunteers who stood in linedelivered donated briquettes handhand into storage in her house.
3) [INTERVIEW] Lee Eun-hye / Volunteer Service Worker
“Participating in this volunteer work warmed me so much that I didn’t feel the cold at all.”
The storage was filled with briquettes in no time,the elderly woman expressed her gratitude overover again.
4) [INTERVIEW] Yoo Seong-ji / Recipient of Charity Briquettes
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude. It’s now warm in here, too.”
5) Winter SupportGyeonggi Muhandolbom Welfare Center
Initiatedthe Gyeonggi Muhandolbom (무한돌봄) Welfare Center with supportthe provincial government, a variety of charity services including support for utility expensesfuel costs as well as emergency accommodations are provided to those in financially difficult situations so as to help them endure the cold winter.

Title 7. Gyeonggi Province Announces Breakthrough Strategies for New Town Projects (1211-2)
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New breakthrough strategies that address persisting nationwide problems in redevelopmentreconstruction in new towns were announcedGyeonggi Province.
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1) Sosa New Town
Since the ambitious Sosa (소사) New Town Project was launched in 2009, few changes have been made in the designated development area. With a few old buildingsbeen replacednew ones, this areaa new town in name only. Realizing that thereno positive outlook for any progress in development under the economic standstill in the real estateconstruction sectors, the members of the resident cooperative recently opted for the self-dissolution of their organization. However, even the dissolution of the cooperative doesfree the residentsthe debtinvested costs that they owe to developers for funds that have already been spent for their own redevelopmentreconstruction works.
2) Gyeonggi Province Announces Breakthrough Strategies for New Towns
In a briefing that followed the announcement of the new strategies, a representative of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government explained a new measure that involves the provision of monetary support for up to 70% of invested costs in those areas in which resident cooperatives have been formulated butredevelopmentreconstruction projects were later abandoned, as in the case of Sosa (소사) New Town.
3) 70% of Sunk Cost SupportedProvincialCity Governments
This new support policyexpected to resolve new town project problems at least in the province.
[SOUBDBITE] Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor Lee Jae-yul
“Invested costs are accumulating, continuously increasing the burdens on residents. Therefore, we decided to step inintroduce countermeasures to help residents resolve the situations.”
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The cost of new town developmentborneprovincialcity governments, the costs for the redevelopmentreconstruction of existing buildings are bornethe resident owners. According to the new policy, the provision of invested cost support will be decidedthe city or county administration,a smaller portion of the support will also be sharedthe provincial government. The ideathat local governments will take responsibility for the costs incurredthe residents for projects that were originally initiatedthe local government. Gyeonggi Province also plans to promote passage of a bill through the Korean National Assembly that will provide a statutory basis for supportthe central government in this matter.
4) Choi Ji-hyun Reporter
New town projects are at an impasse throughout the nation. Let us hope that the new support policy of Gyeonggi Province will offer a successful solution for new towns in the province.