Title 1. 2011 National Assembly Inspection of Gyeonggi Province (0923-1)
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The 2011 inspection of Gyeonggi Provincethe Agriculture, Forestry & Fishery Committee of the National Assembly recently took place. During this inspectionthe National Assembly, which was held for the first time at the Gyeonggi North Provincial Government Complex, a number of questions on the agricultural administration of Gyeonggi Province were askedmembers of the National Assembly
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The National Assembly Agricultural, ForestryFishery Committee Inspection of Gyeonggi Province / Gyeonggi North Provincial Government Complex (September 23rd)
During this inspection, members of the National Assemblyboth rulingopposition parties asked questions about foot-and-mouth disease follow-up measurespointed out problems with the management of animal burial sites.
2) Seong Yun-hwan, National Assembly Member of the Grand National Party
“There are prevailing worries on the dangers of leachate leakagethe animal burial sites due to inappropriate management.”
The National Assembly members also mentioned the landslide incidents that occurred in Gyeonggi Province after heavy rainfalls in July,raised the issue of diverted land use in mountainous areas. National Assembly Member Kim Hak-yong (김학용) pointed out that the diverted use of mountainous areas occurs most frequently in Gyeonggi Provincewarned that such reckless usage may cause landslides.
3) National Assembly member Kim Hak-Yong
“Indiscreet development of forested areas must be stopped.”
4) Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo
“I am aware of this problemwe will do our utmost to avoid diverted use of mountainous areas.”
Gyeonggi Province will seriously consider the issues highlighted during the National Assembly inspectionendeavor to improve the related areas

Title 2. Yangpeong Emerges as Autumn Leisure & Sports Center (0926-1)
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Yangpyeong (양평) County of Gyeonggi Province, a favorite place for leisuresports enthusiasts, will host the LeisureSports FestivalOctober 7th.
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A colorful assortment of paragliders fly in the sky above the mountain slopes. Since paraglidingeasy to learn after brief instruction, it has become a very popular aerial sport,there are already many paragliding clubs in Korea.
1) Park Mi-sook, Yongin City
“I was very nervous at first, but it was a very exhilarating experience. I can’t wait until my next opportunity to try it.”
While paragliding charms people up above, mountain bikingcamping provide more dynamicactive ways to commune with nature. Campingan ideal family leisure activity,there a large number of camping clubs in Korea,mountainous areas account for nearly 70% ofnational terrain.
2) Yang Hye-seon, Seongnam City
“The best thing about campingthat it enables the whole family to spend time together. Italso good for our children to learn about the nature.”
3) Gyeonggi Leisure & Sports Festival / Yangpeong County (October 7th – 9th)
The Gyeonggi LeisureSports Festival will consist of comprehensive leisuresports events including paragliding, mountain biking, campinghiking.
4) 27 Programs
A total of 27 programs will be operated in Yangpyeong (양평) CountyOctober 7th to 9th. These programs are open to individuals, familiesclubs.
With this festival, Gyeonggi Province aims to promote nationwide leisuresports activities as well as the local economy.

Title 3. Free Legal Service for Low-Income Brackets (0928-2)
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Gyeonggi Province has been providing free legal services for people in low-income brackets since 2009. These services are now supported alsoseven legal institutes including the Gyeonggi Bar Association.
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Gyeonggi Province has recently secured highly professional support for the free legal services it provides to economically underprivileged residents.
1) MOU for Legal Service Support / Gyeonggi Provincial Office Complex (September 21st)
Seven private legal organizations, including the Gyeonggi Bar AssociationSamsung (삼성) Legal Aid Services, agreed to provide support for this Free Legal Service Programsigned an MOU with Gyeonggi Province.
2) Free Legal Consultation, Legal Aid, Legal Education
There are many individuals in Korean society who are unable to access legal services simply because they cannot afford them or lack knowledge about legal rightsprocedures. According to this MOU, the Gyeonggi Provincial Governmentthe participating organizations will cooperate in finding such individuals in Gyeonggi Provincejointly provide them with legal service programs such as free consultation, aideducation on legal matters.
3) Legal Services in Diverse Specialized Areas
The joining of these high-caliber legal organizations in the Free Legal Service Programexpected to broaden the scope of legal services in a wide range of specialized areas.
4) Total 8,929 Cases HandledFree Legal Service Desk
Since its opening in 2009, the Free Legal Service Desk of Gyeonggi Province has provided 8,929 free consultations on legal, tax, laborrealty matters.
5) Contact: Gyeonggi Provincial Office Complex, Free Legal Consultation Desk ☎031-8008-2234
Free legal serviceprovided at the Free Legal Service Desk of the Public Service Office at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Complex.

Title 4. IT Benefits Agriculture (0929-1)
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The 3rd Gyeonggi Province Agricultural IT Competition was held at the Gyeonggi Agricultural ResearchExtension Services on September 21st.
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1) 3rd Gyeonggi Province Agricultural IT Competition / Gyeonggi Agricultural ResearchExtension Services (September 21st)
This Agricultural IT Competition aimed at promoting the application of IT technologies in agricultural activitiesclosing the information gap between urbanrural populations.
2) Application of IT in Agricultural Management & Promotion of Electronic Agricultural Marketing
The special theme for this year’s Agricultural IT Competition was the promotion of agricultural applications incorporating information technologyelectronic marketing.
3) Range of Side Events
There also was a range of accompanying events including the Internet Search CompetitionE-commerce Golden Bell Quiz as well as exhibitions of packaging materials for on-line tradethe best information postings on the Internet.
4) [INTERVIEW] Kim Jong-cheol / Management & Distribution Team Leader, Gyeonggi Agricultural ResearchExtension Services
“The specific purposes of this event are to expand information culture, cultivate information specialistspromote awareness of the benefits of cyber marketing among the agricultural population.”
5) Aging of Agricultural Population Decelerates IT Infiltration
Infiltration of beneficial information technology into agricultural communitiesmuch slower than in urban society. Thisdue in part to rapid agingthe increased women proportion among agricultural populations, which also causes the widening of the information gap between urbanrural areas.
6) IT Can Reduce Farming CostIncrease Farmers’ Income
Farmers can benefitinformation technology because its application may reduce the costs of distributionlaboralso improve income through the realization of scientific farming
7) [INTERVIEW] Kim Jong-pil / Chairman of Gyeonggi Cyber Farmers Society
“Farmers may promote salesusing the Internet for marketingelectronic transactions. Events such as this provide them with opportunities to learn how it works. Actually, they are very impressedwhat they saw here.”
The Gyeonggi Agricultural ResearchExtension Services plans to promote direct sales through the Internet to help farmers increase their incomepromote the concept of business among farmers, also implementing various projects to improve the competitiveness of the Korean agricultural industry.

Title 5. DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival (0923-2)
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The DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival opened for its third year on September 22nd in Paju (파주) City of Gyeonggi Province. Our reporter was at its opening ceremony.
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1) Opening Ceremony of 3rd DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival / Dorasan Station in Paju (파주) City (September 22nd)
The DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival – or ‘DMZ Docs’ – that celebrates the themes of peace, lifecommunication, began its seven-day film competition. Already marking its third year, this festival has become an internationally recognized event in this unique film genre.
2) 101 Documentaries30 Countries
This year’s DMZ Docs features 101 documentary films30 countries around the world.
3) Dorasan Station, Symbolic Venue
The opening ceremony of this year’s festival was held at Dorasan (도라산) Station, the northern-most station of the South Korean section of the Seoul-Shinuijoo (신의주) Railway Line. This old stationactually located in the DMZ.
4) [INTERVIEW] Kim Jong-hyun / Director of Korea Visual Arts Institute
“This year’s DMZ Documentary Festivalmore meaningful because it actuallybeing held in the DMZ, a unique geographical feature in the world.”
5) Opening Film: After the Apocalypse DirectedAntony Butts
The third DMZ Docs opened with British director Antony Butts’ After the Apocalypse, a harrowing story of a woman living in Kazakhstan near a test site for nuclear weapons bordering Russia.
6) Potential PowerValue of Documentary
The first DMZ Docs was held in 2009it has grown ever since, fostering global recognition of the potential powervalue of documentary films.
7) [INTERVIEW] Kim Moon-soo / Chairman of DMZ Docs Organization Committee
“The DMZ symbolizes the painful memories of waris rather limited to the geographical confines of Gyeonggi Province. But I hope that it will be rediscovered as a place of reconciliationthat this festival will contribute to exchangespeace in the world.”
8) Seeking ReconciliationMutual Existence
This documentary film festival hopefully will convey the message of reconciliationmutual existence rather than conflictconfrontation to the world.
9) [INTERVIEW] Cho Jae-hyun / DMZ Docs Festival Director
“There are few documentary film festivals in the worldnone in Asia. So, I think this film festival has gained a world recognition as a representative documentary film festival of Asia.”
10) 3rd DMZ Docs / Paju Book City (September 22nd – 28th)
The winner of the international competition section of this festival, the grand prize which closed this festival on September 28th after seven days of festivities in Paju (파주) Book City, was Mexican director Tatiana Ueso’s A Small Village in Deep Mountains.

Title 6. 17th IFOAM Organic World Congress (0928-2)
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While theregrowing interest in organiceco-friendly farming along with mounting concerns about free school meals, problems with food ingredients importedChinahealth hazards of food products, the 17th IFOAM Organic World Congress was held in Gyeonggi Province for the first time in Asia.
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1) 17th IFOAM Organic World Congress / Namyangju City
Over 1,000 experts in the field of organic farmingmore 70 countries arrived in Namyangju (남양주) City of Gyeonggi Province to attend the 17th IFOAM Organic World Congress, discuss non-chemical farming techniquesshare information on the organic farming methods of their countries.
2) [SOUNDBITE] Kim Seong-hoon, Former Korean Minister of Agriculture
“Part of the plan for continuous promotion of the consumption of eco-friendly agricultural productsto support the nationwide adoption of the free school meal program… For example, a plebiscite was conducted in Seoul in August this year to determine whether free school meals should be provided atprimaryhigh schools.”
Since concerns about food products have recently become a much-debated issue among the health-conscious public in Korea, the effect of this Organic World Congressthe subject of speculationmany.
The Organic World Congress, also known as the ‘Agricultural Olympics’, began on September 28thwill close on October 5th. This international meeting consists of main academic conferences, general meetingsaccompanying events which will be held throughout Namyangju (남양주) City. There are also a number of programs for the public such as the Organic Foods Expo, Market Festival, Slow Food FestivalG-Food Show.
3) Over 400 Booths Occupied30 여 부스, 20여개국 30여개 기업체 참가
The Market Festivalone of new features of this year’s event in which more than 30 food companies20 countries occupy over 200 booths, forming a market to directly connect producers with consumers.
4) [INTERVIEW] Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-soo
“This Organic World Congress willjust be an academic conference but also a collection of comprehensive events in which many consumers can participatemany organic products will be introduced.”
This Organic World Congressexpected to have a significant impact on the promotion of organic farming in Korea since it will be an excellent channel through which Koreans can become familiar with world organic products as well as international trends in organic farming.

Title 7. Gyeonggi Children’s Museum Opens (0926-2)
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The Gyeonggi Children’s Museum, the largest museum exclusively for children in Korea, opened in Yongin (용인) City on September 26th. This 5-level museum was designed entirely for childrenprovides an excellent place for education.
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The eyes of these children are full of curiosityintent on learning the principles of hydrodynamics as they touch water with their hands.
1) Largest Experiential Museum for Children in Korea
This facilitythe largest children’s museum in Korea. It was designed to encourage natural learning through participation as well asdisplay viewing.
2) [INTERVIEW] Lee Gyeong-hee/ Director of Gyeonggi Children’s Museum
“Children’s museums generally doallow children to touch displays, but in our museum, children can really enjoy learning because they do itplaying, participatingexperiencing things themselves.
3) [BRIDGE] Reporter, Choi Ji-hyon
“When you wrap yourself in this blue cloak, exposing only your face, your body on the TV screen disappears except for your face, whichtransformed into the face of a goblin. All features of this museum are designed to enable children to experienceparticipating, justthis one. And children LOVE it.”
4) [INTERVIEW] Jang Gun-hee, Bitna Children’s House
“It feels great because I feel as I am a prince.”
This museum runs a variety of programs including an exhibition in which children can learn about foreign culturesdisplays that depict the actual lives of children in multicultural families in Gyeonggi Province.
5) Contact: 031) 270-8600 www.gcmuseum.or.kr
The Gyeonggi Children’s Museum also plans to operate weekend family programsproject classes as well as to develop the surrounding areas into a museum park.
While passion for educationvery intense in Korea, the method of education still largely depends on the cramming of knowledge through blackboardsexams. The lively method of natural education adoptedthe Gyeonggi Children’s Museum shows how childhood education can also be achievedchildren participatingexperiencing.