1.Park Ji-seong Children’s Football Center Opens

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The captain of the Korean National Football Team, Park Ji-seong (박지성), opened a football center for children in Suwon (수원) City. One of Park’s teammatesthe Manchester United Football Club, Patrice Evra, flew inEnglandvisited the football center to offer congratulations on its opening.

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A special football school for children, the Park Ji-seong (박지성) Football Center, opened. At the opening ceremony attendedmany notable figures, Park stated that he hopes to transfer to young children what he has learnedhis career as a football player.

A Manchester United defenderteammate of Park in the club, Patrice Evra, was also present at the opening ceremony as a special guest. He travelledthe wayFrance to celebrate the opening of the center.

Following the opening ceremony, Park Ji-seong, Lee Cheong-ryongPatrice Evra played a mini football game with the members of a children’s football club to teach their know-how to the young players.

Associated with this football center, the Park Ji-seong Children’s Football Clubopen to any child between the ages of 613. The first football training course with tematic training programs begins in September. This centerexpected to be a gateway to the world football stage for young players.

2.I Feel Secure Because I Have a ‘Mentor’ Who Is Like My Own Mother
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In order to help foreign immigrant-by-marriage women adapt to life in Korea, Gyeonggi Province launched ‘The Mentor-Mentee Connection Program for Multicultural Families’ last April. This project has since achieved great success as there are now many participants under the care of mentors.

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Two weeks ago, a Viese woman, Kim Kaewooyuing gave birth to a daughter in a hospital in Ansan. She was unable to afford the hospitalization but went through the childbirth at this hospital withoutto worry about the costs thanks to the help of a Multicultural Family Mentor.

Lee Ok-soon became the mentor of Kim Kaewooyuing last year under the Mentor-Mentee Connection Program. It was she who appealed to the local hospitalsuccessfully persuaded the hospital to provide Kim with free service for childbirth.

Apartthe Multicultural Family Mentor-Mentee Connection Program, Gyeonggi Province also endeavors to help multicultural families adapt to life in Korea through other activities as well such as education in Korean cookingKorean language.

There are a total of 32,576 immigrant women who have obtained residential status through marriage now living in Gyeonggi Province. This accounts for a quarter of the national total.

While the treatmentsocial status of immigrant-by-marriage women has become a hot issue recently, the Mentor-Mentee Connection Program of Gyeonggi Province provides multicultural families with solidreliable support as they were our own families.

3.Gyeongin National University of Education Children’s Anshim School Summer Camp

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The Children’s Anshim School of the Gyeongin National University of Education opened a summer camp. There are a variety of programs for children to enjoy during summer vacation. This camp will be a memorable experience for children who wish to make the most of their summer break.

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The students of the children’s Anshim School of the Gyeongin National University of Education, or GNUE, are busy working with clay. A lump of claytransformed into the shape of a cup in the small hands of a child.

The summer school of the Children’s Anshim School of GNUEopen until July 30th for students of Children’s Anshim Schools in the Anyang Uijeongbu areas

A variety of programs for learningpracticeexperience that cannot be found in regular school classrooms will be provided during the camp, with classes on various subjects including art, sciencegymnastics.

Children’s Anshim Schools are afterschool childcare facilities within schools for the children of working or low-income parents which provide afterschool educational programs. As of theof last year, a total of 52 Anshim schools with 77 classrooms have been opened including some off-school facilities such as those in GNUEthe Wabu Library.

The Children’s Anshim School of GNUE was established in March. Forty university students, who were recruited as mentors, provide the children with continuous classes in regular school subjects as well as specialized education in Englishmusic.

4.Success Stories in Securing Employment – Essay Contest

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Various economic indicators have recently shiftedare pointing toward a positive recovery. However, the struggles of job searchers in the employment market are still farover. Therefore, stories of successful job placement can be more inspiring now than ever among discouraged job searchers. This was the concept behind the essay contest organizedthe Gyeonggi Job Center, which invites the submission of job creation ideasstories of success in securing of employment.

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Thisa book of job searchingrecruitment cases publishedthe Gyeonggi Job Center. It has a story of a woman in her 30s who finally landed a job after numerous failuresanother about a man in his 20s who succeeded in securing a job for the first time in his life. These stories of successfully overcoming the challenges of an excruciatingly competitive job search world will inspire confidence in every job searcher.

In order to collect notable job search success storiesemploy fresh job creation ideas in employment policy, the Gyeonggi Job Centerholding the ‘Job Creation IdeasSuccess in Securing Employment Essay Contest.’

Anyone living in Gyeonggi Province may participate in this contest, whichdivided into the three categories of employment policy ideas, successful employment storiesemployment application case stories. Essays will be received through the homepage of the Gyeonggi Job Center until August 31st.

A total of KRW 8.5 million will be awarded as prize money to 23 winners including KRW 1.5 million to the first place winner, KRW 500,000 to second place winnersKRW 200,000 to the third place winners in each category.

Winners will be announced in Septembera collection of award-winning entries will be publisheddistributed to universitieslocal job centers in the province.

5.Invitation of Participants for Second ‘G-Business Startup Project’

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The ‘G-Business Startup Project’ launched last yearGyeonggi Province in collaboration with the Gyeonggi SmallMedium Business Center achieved a great success with 157 cases of new job creation. The provincial governmentnow inviting participants for the second project with this year’s target of 170 newly established businesses595 new jobs.

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Gyeonggi Provincethe Gyeonggi SmallMedium Business Center jointly invited 36 participants to apply for the second G-Business Startup ProjectAugust 13th.

The purpose of the G-Business Startup Projectto provide support for the establishment of new businesses among young or middle-aged individuals who have potentially profitable new technologies or ideas but are unable to start businesses because they lack sufficient funds or knowledge in business establishment procedures.

There are currently 134 potential business founders working in collaboration on business incubation at the Advanced Institute of Convergence Technologythe Common Business Incubation Center in the Gyeonggi Institute of Technology. So far, 44 intellectual property rights27 businesses have been successfully registered as a result of this endeavor.

Potential business founders who wish to participate in the G-Business Startup Project may download the application formthe homepage of the Gyeonggi SmallMedium Business Center at www.gsbc.or.krsubmit the completed form online through this homepage.

6.Abundant Marine Leisure Opportunities in Gyeonggi’s Coastal Areas

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There will be ample opportunities to enjoy a variety of marine leisure activities on the west coast of Gyeonggi Province this summer. Students will be able to experience memorable marine leisure sports of their choice during the summer vacation season.

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Opportunities to enjoy a variety of marine leisure sports will be provided on the west coast of Gyeonggi Province for students to enjoy during their summer vacation.

For primarymiddle school students, Gyeonggi Province will run free experientialtraining programs for a variety of marine leisure sports in the Jeongok Port area of Hwaseong City until theof August.
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Free training programs run everyday except Mondays until theof August. Any primary school student in the 4th grade or higher as well as middle school students in Gyeonggi Province can apply to participate. As of theof July, 700 students completed experiential courses,a total of over 4000 students are expected to enjoy the free activitiestheof August.

Free trainingexperiential programs are available in dinghy sailing, cruise sailing, kayakingrafting. In order to ensure safety,these programswith theoreticalpractical training prior to the real experience at sea.

Inquires regarding the experiential programsapplications may be directed to the Gyeonggi Sea Grant. These free experientialtraining programs will provide students with opportunities to easily accessenjoy marine leisure sports that were previously considered to be exclusively limited to elite participants.

7.Competitiveness of Small & Medium-sized Companies Improves through New Product Development

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The development of new innovative productsessential for the competitiveness of smallmedium-sized companies. A small company in Paju (파주) City has developed an innovative productis now well recognized in overseas markets.
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Unlike other cubic puzzles, these are unique cylinder-type puzzles.

A puzzle consists of 39 pieces with eight pieces along the cylindrical circle of each of the 5 vertically stacked rows except for one missing piece.

The puzzlesolved whenthe pieces are arranged in color groupsmoving the pieces circularly or vertically.

The inventor of this unique puzzle, Kim Jong-man in Paju, says that he developed it as the result of his attempt to invent an educational toy that can help the intellectualemotional development of children distracting themaddictive video games.

After spending five years developing this puzzle, Kim finally obtained approvalthe Patent Office for designtrademark registration. He now exports the toys to the United States, CanadaAustralia.

In order to support smallmedium-sized companies with the development of new products, Gyeonggi Province began operating the G-New Product Development Center at the Gyeonggi SmallMedium Business Centerthis year. The purpose of the G-New Product Development Centerto help smallmedium-sized companies strengthen their competitivenessproviding them with a range of supports for the development of designs, prototypesfinal products.