유학생 정책개발·도정홍보 추진

▲ 외국인 유학생 강원도 명예홍보대사 위촉식이 13일 도청에서 이주익 국제협력실장과 강원대 중국유학생회의 후펑을 비롯한 유학생 11명이 참석한 가운데 열렸다. 이재용

강원도는 외국인 대학생 11명을 ‘강원도 명예홍보대사’로 위촉했다고 13일 밝혔다.

외국인 대학생 명예 홍보대사 위촉은 글로벌 인재양성을 위한 대학간 교류 확대로 외국인 유학생 수가 점차 증가함에 따라 이들에 대한 정책개발 및 도정홍보 필요성이 높아지면서 실시하게 됐다.

이번에 강원도 명예 홍보대사로 위촉된 유학생들은 강원대 중국유학생회의 후펑을 비롯한 유학생회 11명이다.

학교별로는 강원대 8명, 한림대 3명이며 국가별로는 중국 5명, 몽골 2명, 베트남·인도·네팔·미국 각각 1명씩이다.

이들 유학생들은 강원도정에 반영 될 수 있는 정책과 유학생활에서 느끼는 불편한 사항 등을 도와 함께 해결해 나갈 방침이다.

도는 앞으로 외국인 대학생 홍보대사를 학교별·나라별로 확대해 나갈 계획이다.

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Indian Prime Minister condoles loss of young lives in Korean ferry disaster

Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed deep shock and pain at the ferry tragedy in the Republic of Korea (Korea) on 16th April 2014, which has led to the loss of many young lives.   In his letter to the President of South Korea Madame Park Geun-hye, PM Singh conveyed the solemn and heartfelt condolences, of the Government and the people of India, to the bereaved families and expressed full support for the Korean Government’s rescue efforts.  India stood with the people of Korea in their hour of great national tragedy, he said, praying that those who had lost their dear ones, had the strength to bear their loss. Seoul 22 April 2014 Source: Embassy of India, Seoul

Scholarships for Koreans to study Hindi in India

The Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India has announced Scholarships for the academic year 2014-15 to candidates from the Republic of Korea for the study of Hindi at its institute located at Agra (India) from 1st August 2014 - 30th April 2015.
The applications from interested students who have studied Hindi for at least one year and aged between 21-35 years may please be forwarded to Indian Cultural Centre, Seoul by 28th April 2014.


For further information, please contact-

Tel: (02) 794257 Ext.100
Fax: 02)795-4258
E-mail: iccseoul@gmail.com

India eases visa rule for Korean tourists

Indian Ambassador to Korea Vishnu Prakash, right, listens to Lee Ock-soon, professor of Yonsei University, as Lee answered reporters’s questions during a news conference at the embassy in Seoul, Thursday. / Korea Times

By Kang Hyun-kyung

India will implement a visa-on-arrival program for Korean tourists from Tuesday to encourage more Koreans to travel to the country, said Indian Ambassador to Korea Vishnu Prakash on Thursday.

During a press meeting at the embassy, the envoy said that it is a unilateral measure taken by the Indian government.

“At the moment this is our decision to show our gesture of goodwill to the Korean government,” he said.

The move is expected to make Koreans travel India easier as they don’t need to wait two or three days to get a tourist visa after submitting their applications to the Indian Embassy in Seoul.

India’s visa on arrival for Koreans was rare, given that visa decisions are usually reciprocal and the two sides adopt such a measure after agreeing to implement it together.

Ambassador Prakash stressed that India’s unilateral decision reflects strong Korea-India relations, calling on the Korean government to consider taking a similar measure.

Last year, 112,000 Koreans travelled to India.

Prakash expressed hope that the figure will rise once the new visa rule is implemented from Tuesday.

The Indian Embassy invited several Korean journalists to the embassy to present the activities of the newly-launched Institute of Indian Studies led by Professor Lee Ock-soon of Yonsei University.

Ambassador Prakash, Lee, Park Hyun-chae, professor of Chonnam National University Graduate School of Business based in Gwangju City, and several embassy staff joined the get together with the media.

Lee, who earned her doctoral degree in Indian history from an Indian university, said that she and the Indian Embassy decided to organize a press meeting as there are lots of misconceptions about India due to “misleading” media reports.

She argued that the media portrayed India as a dangerous country to travel after a couple of gang rape incidents occurred last year.

“The way the media handles such cases is misleading because they focused on sexual attack cases in India while staying mum on other positive images of the country,” Lee, president of the Institute of Indian Studies based in Seoul, said.

source:koreatimes

Samsung case: Korea could invoke Bipa for arbitration

South Korea is considering invoking provisions under the bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (Bipa) against India for the hit on Samsung Electronics' investments, following a Supreme Court order asking its chairman, Lee Kun-hee, to appear within six weeks before a Ghaziabad trial court in a pending payment case.

This comes even as Commerce & Industry Minister Anand Sharma expressed apprehension the apex court's decision might adversely affect India's investment climate.

Sources told Business Standard the Korean embassy here had taken up the matter with the foreign ministry of that country. Currently, Korean ambassador Lee Joon-Gye is in his home country.

Under the India-South Korea Bipa, a party can drag the other to international arbitration if its investments are threatened.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had directed Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court in a $1.4-million cheating case filed against him.

The Centre believes it is Samsung India that is "to be blamed, as it did not foresee it coming and mishandled the case", says a senior official, adding the apex court order had given an option through which an exemption could be sought from Lee's personal appearance.

The government is verifying the credentials of JCE Consultancy, complainant in the case. Initial investigations have revealed the company isn't registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and doesn't have its sales tax number registered.

"The case has zero merit. The government is fully behind them. JCE Consultancy is a fraud company and is tactfully misusing the Indian judicial system," said an official directly handing the case on behalf of the Indian government.

source:business standard