SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s overseas aid agency, has signed an agreement with the East Timorese Ministry of Finance to improve the health and nutritional consumption of local youth by introducing a basic health and cafeteria system at schools. Schools in East Timor struggle with a [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will send 400,000 face masks to the Philippines and East Timor this week to help the two Southeast Asian countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. A C-130 Air Force plane carrying the KF-94 masks will depart for Manila on Thursday before traveling [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1,600 students at a Korean language school in Dili, East Timor are reaching for the ‘Korean Dream.’ Since 2009, South Korea has been offering work opportunities to Timorese individuals who pass the Korean language proficiency test. So far, a total of 3,200 Timorese have gone to South Korea [...]